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Paris 2019 – Day 14

SHELLEY ARRIVES TODAY! We were up at 0530, yes you read that correctly 0530.  We dressed and headed to the RER C at Boulevard Henri Martin, arrived at about  0550 but the train did not come until 0608 which put … Continue reading

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Paris 2019 – Day 13

We decided to take a walk around Passy to do a little window shopping.  We walk down Rue de la Pompe and wandered around, not many shop are open on Monday but only the food purveyor close up their windows … Continue reading

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Paris 2019 – Day 12(Sunday)

Cleaning day, hard to believe we have been here almost 2 weeks so we arranged for the mid-stay cleaning before Shelley arrives on Tuesday.  We had our coffee and croissants and were out the door by 9:30.  Our plan for … Continue reading

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Paris 2019 – Day 11

Off to the Marché President Wilson this morning.  President Wilson Marché is amoung the largest in Paris.  The market stretches from the metro stop Iéna to Alma Marceau on line 9.  The market has over 70 stalls, some of which … Continue reading

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Paris 2019 – Day 10

The first thing you may notice there was no day 9, well there was a day 9, however it rained on and off most of the day so we limited our activities to research and local shopping to re-stock the … Continue reading

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Paris 2019 – Day 9

Rain, Rain go away!

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Paris 2019 – Day 8

Late start this morning do to the rain.  We decided to visit all of the street Food Markets in Paris (Mike & Pat’s Food Market Adventures), not all in one day and maybe not all on this trip but that … Continue reading

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Paris 2019 – Day 7

As promised, we’re off to visit the remaining 2 streets of the 5 secret streets of Paris La Campagne Paris (Place Octave Chanute) and La Mouza a (Rue de Mouza. We began our voyage on the metro and finished a … Continue reading

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Paris 2019 – Day 6

Off today after a breakfast of coffee, fruit, croissants and baguette.  Only about 500 feet from the apartment it started to hail, about the size of pepper corns, this was a first for un in Paris. We walked down to … Continue reading

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Paris 2019 – Day 5

Sunday morning. Off to the boulangerie for bread for breakfast. La Pompadour is closed on Sunday and I used to have to walk to Maison Kuntz on Sunday; however now the Paul has opened up across the street I get … Continue reading

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