Well, so much for a heatwave! Not that I like it hot, but considering some of the temperatures in Europe it hardly made a difference here in NW England. My SIL and hubby had it far worse in Poitiers, just as it was in 2019 when we had baking temps in Toulouse and arrived at Poitiers station to be told that is was 41 degrees Celsius.
Okay, back to cold Paris - as it was in April this year.
We used to pass by this park most days - it's part of a short cut we found last September
The outside of the railings had an exhibition about the place of women in society
These are some of my favourite water colour pencils.
I love the views from our hotel bedroom windows too. Lots of roof gardens and pretty balconies to see.
Butte Aux Cailles is an area built over Limestone mines and heavy buildings were not permitted to be built
Let's go window shopping!
The Easter Bunny making an appearance!
They got a bit battered before we ate them - not cheap but delicious!
Not many eating outside in the cold weather so chairs stayed stacked!
Holding them with our gloves on!
Hubby had something chocolatey, I had lemon and melon sorbets - shaped into a rose!
Hubby had (I think) Tiramisu...
..and I had the most delicious fruit cheesecake.
This man just wasn't going to move....here's what I bought though!
We did though - it may have been cold but I can always make an exception to get some of my favourite Amorino Ice-cream
Which leads me to the most delicious meal of our holiday - we had walked to Montsouris park and in the past have bought sandwiches to either eat in the park or back at the hotel before going for our Eurostar journey home. We had booked a later train so had time for a leisurely lunch.
The place we chose is one we had had a quick pizza at one day. Chez Nenesse is a bar with TV screens - we saw a Wimbledon match here once!
There's nothing special about it but the food!
It is here where I will join Bleubeard and Elizabeth for T Stands For Tuesday
Water came as standard and we had...tonic for me and coke for hubby.
We both chose the Plat du Jour - Pork, Mushroom and Linguini - it was just what we needed - considering, as we now know, that Hubby was recovering from Covid and I was about to start with it!
Some street art
So, that's it from Paris...or is it? There's certainly no more from this visit and next week I'll be somewhere else....so...watch this space!!!
This is just around the corner from our hotel - I envy the retired folk who live here!
Thanks for looking, Chris
