Paris

We had planned for quite some time to meet up with Craig and Sue in Paris. Unfortunately, they were unable to make the trip, so having already booked our tickets, our consolation prize was to spend some time with Deb, who has settled in nicely to her new life in France. She lives in the delightful suburb of Garches, an almost village-like enclave in the west of Paris.            

The city turned on some perfect autumn weather for the three of us to wander almost aimlessly around the Left Bank area and over the Seine to the Luxembourg Gardens via the Parthenon.

Ingrid and Deb seemed to have plenty to talk about, so I just wandered and took photos. One of my relatively innocuous fetishes is cast iron and glass structures. The 2^nd and 10^th arrondisements of Paris offer a treasure trove of these, from the magnificent Gare du l’Est to the delightful passages and galleries hidden away between the major thoroughfares.

For something completely different, we also visited Les Halles and the Pompidou Centre. Now that is quite a steel and glass structure! Not quite the same fascination as the Belle Epoque marvels that surround it, but impressive just the same.

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