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| Looking West out our window in Paris at dusk |
I decided that the best way to keep everyone informed about our four weeks in Paris is to post a blog. So, here it goes!
We left Miami on Monday at 6 p.m. and arrived in Paris on Tuesday at 9 a.m. This is the evening of our third day here, so I have some catching up to do already.
We have rented a one bedroom apartment on the fourth floor at 123 Rue St. Honore. You can go here to see us on Google Maps.
On Tuesday, our first day, we walked around to get our bearings in the neighborhood, which as you can see from the map, is just one block from the Louvre Museum.
On Wednesday we took another walk to the Eiffel Tower along the Seine, just for exercise. We also took a stroll over to the Opera House to visit the Nespresso coffee retail store. We didn't bring our Nespresso machine because its power requirements are incompatible. We decided not to buy one here when we learned it only works in Europe, and we wouldn't be able to use it when we return home. But it was good exercise and we got to see more of the city.
Today we walked to the Marche Moufetard, widely regarded as one of the best open air markets in Paris. We bought lots of goodies and brought them back to the apartment, where we promptly started enjoying them. We used the market outing as an opportunity to learn about the Paris subway system by returning to the apartment via subway. I have to say it is cleaner and appears more modern than the NY subway.
We had already found a great little storefront for bread (Roxana says Paris has the best bread she's ever tasted), and another for fruits and vegetables (they are picture perfect, but sorry I didn't take any--maybe in another post).
Speaking of picture perfect -- I thought I better have some photos to post, so I stuck the camera out the fourth floor window of the apartment and shot the three in today's post as the sun was going down this evening.
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| Looking East down St. Honore from our Window |
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| Bikes, scooters and motorcycles are everywhere. In this shot out our window, inspired by this photograph by Cartier-Bresson, two bikes whiz by beneath our window, clearly adhering to the street marking which apparently says it's okay to go the wrong way on a one-way street if you are on a bicycle. Well, that's all for tonight. It's almost midnight here. |
