Loving Paris

Paris: March 21 - 28

I'll have to expand on this part of my trip later on. But the nine days in Paris were nearly perfect. I learned how to ride the buses, saving my bad back from extra strain. I spent a lot of time around Rue Mouffetard, the neighborhood I would want to live in should I ever live in Paris. The Matisse exhibit was very good, inspiring as usual with HM, my favorite painter. Saint Chapelle---once more, wow. The food, excellent, the wine, delicious, the people---friendly and fun. I like the little parks everywhere, the clean(ish), even surfaced streets, the diagonals creating vistas everywhere, thank you Haussemann.

I'm going back, often. My friend Martha was a delightful companion for five of the Paris days; she too was happy just wandering and sampling cuisine ordinaire. Thanks, Martha, I miss you already... Thanks again to Pauline for phoning just before I left for Rome to hear about my Paris experience.