Saturday, April 7
Special wishes go out today for some family birthdays. Fortunately I had time to do a little window shopping for presents.
Happy Birthday Marcia! - perhaps
something to wear for your next garden party?
Happy Birthday Billy! - wouldn't
these be great for floating on at Miacomet? You may remember seeing them spinning around the fountain by the Pompidou Center.
And belated
Happy Birthday Ruthi! - forget about the calories and try as
many as you want!
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Friday, April 6
Ah, if only I had truly heeded my own words of advice to Mom and Aunt Doris, I wouldn't be looking longingly into the windows of this shoe store.
Emergency Dr. Scholl gel inserts will be arriving with Trudy but until then I must suffer for the sake of exploration and fitness.
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Thursday, April 5
Today was cold and rainy, not
Marcia's 'cloudy with a chance of meatballs', but enough to prompt me to stay inside and work on my paper for a class I took just before coming to Paris. I did get out mid-day though, heading for the warmth of department stores and a little shopping. Along my way on rue Rivoli, 'electron libre' caught my attention.
Unfortunately there was no plaque nearby to help me identify what it was all about.
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Wednesday, April 4
Now for today's lesson.
Did you know that when the metric system was first established, sixteen marble meters were fabricated as examples of the standard size of one meter. This meter rule, in a wall across rue Vaugirard from the Palais du Luxembourg, was put in place between 1796 and 1797 and is one of ten remaining examples. And this is my translation of what the bronze plaque next to it says, so I hope it's right.
Today began with heavy rain, sounding almost like hail on the skylight just a few feet above my head. And just to prove that New England's changeable weather has nothing on Paris, the rain alternated with sunshine for several hours. It finally cleared mid-afternoon but stayed cold and breezy.
This is what the clouds looked like out my bedroom window at about 8 pm.
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Tuesday, April 3
Though today wasn't as nice as yesterday, I went walking around the neighborhood anyway, since it's part of my Paris fitness plan. Within just a few blocks of the apartment, I stopped to check out Notre Dame, with all the scaffolding that covered its front on my last visits now removed and repairs made.
Then heading for the flower market on the Ile de la Cite, I discovered this interesting face on the side of the bridge at Pont Notre Dame.
Being able to share these pictures is really fun, but what I'm really looking foward to is sharing the walks and sites in person. I can't wait for my visitors to start arriving.
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Monday, April 2
It's definitely spring in Paris and here are the flowers and flood to prove it.
The flowers are in the park in front of St. Eustache facing towards Shakespeare and Co.
