Paris wandering

Three days have flown by as the kiwi wanderer has put in the steps in Paris….with temperatures rising to the 30+ high point during the afternoons…

Tuesday was a day of ticking off a jobs list, with an evening reward of cocktails on the rooftop terrace of a nearby hotel..

With views to Sacre Coeur

And moving to the south …..the Eiffel Tower and La Defence…

Two cocktails later and the terrace now filled with 30 somethings, the old gals wandered home having ticked this activity off the wish list.

The next day was a Sue day in place de Clichy – near Montmartre and the Moulin Rouge cabaret. While these tourists attractions were not the object of my excursion, this area is littered with charity shops…which were on my list of must do’s while in Paris…

I must comment that even in the commercial areas of Paris the tree lined streets provide pleasant meandering conditions! After around three hours of digging though racks and racks of Parisian vetement (clothes) treasures and laden with a full carry bag, I stumbled to the nearest cafe for a cool beer and bathroom stop! The cool beer was great…

The bathroom was interesting to say the least…this image for the Texas bathroom rating team – maybe a 4/10…it had toilet paper,soap and hand towels! A very unisex arrangement – where I could use either a urinal or seatless bowl…either way interesting graffiti art to distract oneself!

By mid afternoon the main streets and side streets were full of tourists

And while I had full intentions to carry on and walk the avenue de Clichy (and more charity shops), the feet were burning and the bag already overflowing, my walk ended after I was on the homeward straight with a bus ride home around 4pm…

Another short stroll to the supermarket for some dinner supplies and home for a catch up with Sally’s son(digging out my HR training to assist him with his CV cover letter)

This morning found a full washing machine of charity shop treasures, after which the wanderers took (once again) to the streets for a meander along the river Seine and a French Pastry for morning tea!

A popular (suburban) area for house boat living…

Spring flowers

Riverboat gardens and arched bridges across islands in the river.

We spent the majority of our riverwalk getting out of the way of these three motorbike police officers…who appeared to be looking for something or someone… whilst disturbing our morning reverie!

We were around an hour from home by this stage and decided to utilise the public transport pass and grab a bus back to our abode… there did seem to be some issue with the bus that was supposed to arrive in 2 minutes, then also the one due to arrive in 8 minutes later, then after another 14 minutes (we would have been nearly home by this time on foot) as we were about to abort the public transport idea, she rolled up in all her glory!

So all is well that ends well…we have now had our lunch at our favourite Italian cafe and relaxing in the late afternoon of a very warm day!