I love Paris in the autumn

It is very chilly so I buy a hat

It is not hard to love Paris.  Everything and everyone is so stylish and there is so much to feast the eyes upon.  We find a flea market just around the corner from our hotel and Sue and I are in seventh heaven - Alan not so.  We catch up with him at Notre-Dame.  Then it's on to the Louvre, walking along the Seine to get there.  It is 3.30 pm before we even draw breathe.  I have my picture taken with the Mona Lisa.

Next we walk through Jardin des Tuilleries, where even slumped in chairs taking in the sun around the circular water pond the French manage to look glamorous.  There is an installation of a white tree sculpture being lowered into one pond which is entertaining to watch for a while. 

The Musee de L'Orangerie contains Claude Monet's vast collection of waterlillies plus numerous works by Renoir, Cezanne, Modiglinia, Matisse, Picasso.  It is all wonderful.

We debrief over dinner at L'Etoile du Berger, which is playing live music when we arrive.  Being near the Sorbonne there are lots of eccentric academic types there.  We start with escargots - very tasty.  Alan then has the mussels, which are small and keep him busy for hours.  I have a huge salad with goat's cheese and Sue has a chicken salad.  Alan has profiteroles with ice cream for dessert, me the caramel ice cream and Sue the berries and ice cream.  Mmmm.

Hat hair and the Mona Lisa