Entre Les Murs

Beau-Père

Many people start their visit to Paris with the Paris zoo (aka the Gare du Nord in summer). My father-in-law is one such, having elected to come through the chunnel from London (where he started his European travels). I extracted him from the zoo, becoming so entangled in the crowds myself it might have been more practical, if not hospitable, to simply have given him directions and had him make his own way chez nous.

The heat wave continues, and our first order of business today was to find several fans for the apartment. We bought one a couple of weeks ago; we bought three more today.


We commenced B's Paris orientation with a trip to our favorite wine store, Lavinia, for a little tasting and stocking up. We took him home via the Place de la Concorde and up the Champs Elysée, which is all set up with bleachers for the arrival of the Tour de France tomorrow.

posted 22.7.06