The Pursuit of Poetry (by Jennifer Compton) It’s later afternoon. It’s always later afternoon. Pick up all you want to carry. Walk out the door. Walk towards the setting sun. It’s very importan to walk towards the setting sun. Of course it means turning away from all the people you are leaving with cold …
ok… the boys are back from their tour and the house smells of sport kits wore for two weeks and occasionally washed in a sink… if you catch my drift… but you know what? I don’t care. I’m happy they’re home, I’m happy they’ve had a fabulous time and saw some of the world out …
Emmeline (by Judith Rossiter) A laugh a minute it ain’t, but I really enjoyed reading it. The story is a fictionalized account of the life of Emeline Bachelder Gurney. Both anecdotal and documented evidence have been found about Gurney’s life. Emmeline is 13 and when her farming family in Maine falls into hard times she is …
You will be glad to see this is the last post about our stay in Paris… as I’m writing this I’m sitting at my kitchen table at home having just been food shopping, having sorted out a locksmith because our front door won’t let us out, sorted out the gate people because they didn’t show …
Finally the moment No 3 had been waiting for and the only reason he wanted to come to Paris… Magical. SaveSave
Last full day. Fondation Louis Vuitton, designed by Frank Gehry and opened in 2014. Fascinating building. Great exhibition of modern/contemporary art. (Francois Morellet) Yves Klein Alberto Giacometti. And the amazing Japanese artist Takashi Murakami…. SaveSave
Breakfast… Tuileries Gardens and amusement park with big the wheel and unforgettable views Le Louvre Musee d’Orsay Tour Eiffel Sacre Coeur After lunch: Pere Lachaise Cemetery (Oscar Wild was also buried there, but his tomb was covered in plexiglass because people kept leaving messages/graffity etc. so hard to take a decent pic) Atelier du Lumières, …
This morning we left history and art and turned our attention to science instead, mainly to appease the ‘tween’ who has ‘no interest in paintings’. At all. Science museum then. We decided to hop in a taxi to travel overground rather than underground in the metro… it was interesting to realise how big Paris actually …
Day 2. Once Mr M and No 2 finally got out of bed, and after a quick cappuccino and croissant breakfast we headed for the Picasso Museum. You would have been excused in thinking I was taking them to the guillotine they were so thrilled. Ignoramus. The Museum in its current form only reopened in …
Paris by train… isn’t it great to be able to do this? So quick too. And one arrives right in the centre of the city… fabulous. This is the view from the flat we’re staying in this week (on the left bank, near St Germain des Pres): … it’s a pretty bonkers place, the …
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