Friday am, Paris, revisited

rumour has it that a new candidate for the hunchback de Notre Dame was sighted yesterday - no, it was just I, having to lug my 25kg bag up and down stairs of the Metro (made worse by diversions) .. I did expect to have to pop some Neurofen for brekky this am and not be standing straight for a good part of the morning, but so far, so good

special mentions today - Google : +10 ten points for recognising Im in France -100 points for changing the primary screen to french language (*1) (luckily its fairly easy to navigate, thank heavens for basic french 101)

(*1) I guess thats giving them credit for being that smart - likely its just that Im hitting the closest google server to me and its in France

Friday am, Paris

so, I have a tour to Monet's Gardens booked for this afternoon. I missed the catacombs http://www.catacombes-de-paris.fr/ last time I was here, and had left spaces (except Mondays when they are closed) in my rough schedule to go and visit - creepy but fun. It appears Im going to miss them again - an entry on the Museum de Paris site says they closed on 15th Sept due to vandalism !!!

ok, time to recover previous notes I made on antiques markets instead

ttfn, votre traveller intrepide (et un peu miffed)

Paris, Thursday

J'ai arrivee dans Paris - et je suis tres fatigue

Translation in Aussie - I made it to Paris and I'm knackered

- ok, so the London metro was out at a couple of points on my travels and I had to compensate - the Paris Metro makes the London metro look like chopped liver !!!!! So when its out, life gets fun, NOT

On the bright side, I have a studio apartment - the only 'weird' thing is it has a fold-out sofa bed ... Apart from that, it has more amenities than the place I was staying in London ....

Time to snooze, test the internet connection, then figure out what's for tea ......

'G'

Thusday, manners update

I'm forgetting my manners - although the Caesar is owned/run by Spanish, they have a league of nations working here - Hungarian, Polish, Spanish (d'oh), Portuguese

So to Bruno, 'obrigado !' ('Thanks' in Portuguese)

'pita' award goes to Westpac for calling me about 'some mail' .... Stunned silence when I replied 'great ... You do know I'm in London, right ?". Snicker - you can run but not hide from Westpac it seems

Must be about time to grab tea, toast, shuffle towards Heathrow .... See y'all in Paris

Thursday

about to head for Paris

thought I'd mention, for anyone who likes 'Fado' - A Portuguese 'lament' traditionally by fisher-wives when their husbands didnt return, Bruno, the waiter last night at the Caesar, suggested

youtube, Mariza - 'gente da minha terra' - look for 'fabuloso'

Fado isnt for everyone - its pretty strong, emotive stuff ...

'g'

London, Wednesday

Placeholder - lagging behind already

London, Tuesday

Placeholder - you guessed it, will edit soon