Leaving on a jet plane
The entrance to the Musee D’Orsay, a “retired” train station Today a sunny start then clouding over but mild, about ten degrees warmer at this end of the week than when we arrived. A relaxed morning down to the Musee…
Spring, Chef Daniel Rose’s Restaurant Spring
1979-2010, politically incorrect but much loved Gee our old LaSalle ran great: First, a moment of silence for the passing of the Walkman. Sony has announced the Walkman will go the way of the Edsel. I owned the very first…
Baby Number One
SS said it was a housewares shop. Wrong. Chocolatier. …and nougat and caramel Women’s shoe shop (apparently) Oh oh ladies, look out: Stockings are back Bear made of bears in a bag shop window 70…
Spoiler alert: Tosca dies at the end
Tom Cruise proposed to Katie Holmes here At eight it was bright and sunny and October cool. I got SS a hot croissant (he favours one boulangerie over the other as we have two on our doorstep to choose from),…
Time flies by when you’re the driver of a train
The TGV train station at Avignon; very cool Blue sky, sun shining, and the famous Provence wind, the mistral, pounding. You could feel it in the car and when we dropped it off at the TGV it was almost impossible…
Bull manifestation
Did I ever give the update on the Tate Modern sunflower seeds? Despite taking thousands of Chinese villagers years to create and paint, the porcelain wasn’t lacquered. The seeds “opened” for one day. When people began to walk on them…
Le Shopping
It’s stop not arete and parking not stationnement and shopping. The Quebec sign police would have a field day. We took the lawnmower on the motorway SE to Aix (as in extremee or excusez or X the LA band from…
Man carrying oven
Even the graffiti has je ne sais quoi Any more culture and we’d be yogurt. Today, all day, in Arles. It was sunny, then overcast, but mild, up to about 18C. We started with a coffee in a brasserie on…
Exam at the end
Morning sun looking west from Les Baux Vineyards and olive groves in the Val d’Enfer The limestone outcrop which is Les Baux Part of the remains of the fortified castle at Les Baux Stupendous…
Sunshine Lollipops & Rainbows
Awesome gardens at the hotel Bastide de Boulbon It rained hard all night but we woke up to a beautiful day, occasional clouds, lots of sun, around 8C, but no wind. Our tourist world looked wonderful. Of course still…