Marie and Kristina joined us in our little rental car this morning to drive down to Lou’s place an hour south-eastish of Paris.   The area is called Douchy and the nearest village, where we stopped briefly is called Courtenay.  We learnt later that many French people don’t know where that is and they often resort […]

Having been here in recent years, it’s nice not having the pressure of visiting the “must see” attractions. We just roamed the city, went into some shops including a Toyota dealership to look at some new models.  Best of all, we could just relax, eat, drink, absorb the atmosphere and enjoy the company of friends. […]

More sightseeing It was a grey drizzly day and we started today’s exploration on foot, walking to Galeries Lafayette department store.  We weren’t shopping but the view from the rooftop is supposed to be quite good. To my surprise the store was quite shabby in parts but very big with a very nice atrium.  I […]

Arc de Triomphe to Eiffel Tower Breakfast at the hotel was nice, consisting of rolls pastries with ham and cheeses.  The coffee was nice and there was plenty of hot milk for café au lait.  There wasn’t any fruit, but I think that’s because the French are more into their pastries first thing in the […]