A beautiful little girl sailing her boat in the Luxembourg Gardens.
Showing posts with label Luxembourg Gardens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Luxembourg Gardens. Show all posts
Monday, April 6, 2020
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Sail Away
Song - Sail Away by David Gray
The boat cart in the Luxembourg Gardens.
It's always a tough decision to figure out what color boat and sail you would like.
Usually it's the one your sister just chose!!!
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Returning to France Day 10
Song - L'Indifference by Cafe Accordion Orchestra
Last day in Paris with my girlfriends Jackie & Sydney. Mr. B will arrive from Biarritz later this afternoon. He has been visiting some old neighborhood friends there for the last few days. My friends will be flying back home early tomorrow.
Sydney has decided that she wants to see Sacre Coeur before leaving while Jackie and I keep packing. We have so much stuff crammed into our room safe that it gets jammed and we can't open it. The manager tries to help but then she has to call a technician.
And he has to disassemble our entire closet to break open the safe!
It's a lovely, warm, sunny day so I grab my camera and head over to the Luxembourg Gardens.
It is just bursting with flowers and people!
Kids are playing while a grandma watches over them.
It's so nice that the boats are coming out for the day!
It isn't long before there is a line at the boat cart.
They are so excited with getting their boat across the pond and if a breeze catches the sails they really move!
I get a text from Jackie and she wants to meet Syd and I at Les Deux Magots and she is holding a table for us. Time for lunch!
Parisian's are all outside enjoying the sunshine. It had been raining a lot prior to our arrival so everyone was ready to be outside for a bit.
Nothing like quality and simplicity.......butter from Normandy, Italian San Daniele ham and bread from around the corner - Polaine!
Returning to our hotel I bump into Mr. B in the lobby. He is just checking in and starving! So we sit outside in the courtyard and he has a bite to eat. Then we head over to the Luxembourg Gardens to watch the petanque players and take a stroll.
Each player has their own technique for throwing the ball.....some roll it like a bowling ball and some shoot it high so it drops down on the opponents metal ball and sends it away from the cochonnet.
An older Frenchman starts talking to Mr. B about petanque and life. Mr. B has been practicing his French for just such an occasion. His goal was to get to know the people instead of just being able to order food or hotel rooms. It is so nice when people are patient with you and ernestly try to help you with your language skills.
I scoot off to snap some photos around the park.
Bee hives.....
....and tulips!
Later that night all four of us head back to Dumonet for dinner because it was just so yummy!
Jackie and Sydney have the duck confit..............
Mr. B orders the lamb chops and spring veggies...........and I have steak with Hollandaise sauce but I forgot to photograph my plate. It was delicious!
And I had the Strawberry Pistache tartlette.............mmmm.........again!
But don't worry as our evening was just beginning. Jackie had asked the manager to place her jewelry, passports and cash into the main hotel safe as our room safe was broken. The man on night duty told us that the safe had been locked for the night and he had no access to it until 8 the next morning! Jackie & Syd were catching a 6 am flight in the morning!!! After a few phone calls and an hour later, the manager returned to open up the safe for us!
(when Mr. B ordered a Gin & Tonic earlier today with a slice of "citron rouge" - you know are with a good person when without missing a beat he covers for your language faux pas!)
Last day in Paris with my girlfriends Jackie & Sydney. Mr. B will arrive from Biarritz later this afternoon. He has been visiting some old neighborhood friends there for the last few days. My friends will be flying back home early tomorrow.
Sydney has decided that she wants to see Sacre Coeur before leaving while Jackie and I keep packing. We have so much stuff crammed into our room safe that it gets jammed and we can't open it. The manager tries to help but then she has to call a technician.
And he has to disassemble our entire closet to break open the safe!
It's a lovely, warm, sunny day so I grab my camera and head over to the Luxembourg Gardens.
It is just bursting with flowers and people!
Kids are playing while a grandma watches over them.
It's so nice that the boats are coming out for the day!
It isn't long before there is a line at the boat cart.
They are so excited with getting their boat across the pond and if a breeze catches the sails they really move!
I get a text from Jackie and she wants to meet Syd and I at Les Deux Magots and she is holding a table for us. Time for lunch!
Parisian's are all outside enjoying the sunshine. It had been raining a lot prior to our arrival so everyone was ready to be outside for a bit.
Nothing like quality and simplicity.......butter from Normandy, Italian San Daniele ham and bread from around the corner - Polaine!
Returning to our hotel I bump into Mr. B in the lobby. He is just checking in and starving! So we sit outside in the courtyard and he has a bite to eat. Then we head over to the Luxembourg Gardens to watch the petanque players and take a stroll.
Each player has their own technique for throwing the ball.....some roll it like a bowling ball and some shoot it high so it drops down on the opponents metal ball and sends it away from the cochonnet.
An older Frenchman starts talking to Mr. B about petanque and life. Mr. B has been practicing his French for just such an occasion. His goal was to get to know the people instead of just being able to order food or hotel rooms. It is so nice when people are patient with you and ernestly try to help you with your language skills.
I scoot off to snap some photos around the park.
Bee hives.....
....and tulips!
Later that night all four of us head back to Dumonet for dinner because it was just so yummy!
Jackie and Sydney have the duck confit..............
Mr. B orders the lamb chops and spring veggies...........and I have steak with Hollandaise sauce but I forgot to photograph my plate. It was delicious!
And look what's for dessert!!!! A pointy one and a flat one!
And I had the Strawberry Pistache tartlette.............mmmm.........again!
This time we closed down the house!
But don't worry as our evening was just beginning. Jackie had asked the manager to place her jewelry, passports and cash into the main hotel safe as our room safe was broken. The man on night duty told us that the safe had been locked for the night and he had no access to it until 8 the next morning! Jackie & Syd were catching a 6 am flight in the morning!!! After a few phone calls and an hour later, the manager returned to open up the safe for us!
We had wine served by our friend Deni in the lounge to celebrate!
"The red ones are very rare and not quite in season yet."
-- Deni
(when Mr. B ordered a Gin & Tonic earlier today with a slice of "citron rouge" - you know are with a good person when without missing a beat he covers for your language faux pas!)
Monday, May 21, 2018
Returning to France Day 6
Song - "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Nina Simone
Beautiful day today so we headed to the Luxembourg Gardens which is only a few blocks from our hotel.
This Roman Catholic church was used in the film "The Da Vinci Code" with Tom Hanks.
A meridian line of brass was inlaid across the floor and ascending a white marble obelisk.
In the south transept window a small opening with a lens was set up, so that a ray of sunlight shines onto the brass line. At noon on the winter solstice (21 December), the ray of light touches the brass line on the obelisk. At noon on the equinoxes (21 March and 21 September), the ray touches an oval plate of copper in the floor near the altar.
Beautiful day today so we headed to the Luxembourg Gardens which is only a few blocks from our hotel.
The tulips were in full bloom.
Sydney and I were trying so hard to get photos of the pollarded apple trees.
Finally one of the gardeners spotted us and let us inside!!!
Naturalized narcissus with dappled light
After about a thousand photos, we walked over to Les Deux Magot for lunch and so I could take some waiter photos. Sydney and Jackie decided to go shopping and I headed over to Saint-Sulpice.
This Roman Catholic church was used in the film "The Da Vinci Code" with Tom Hanks.
The building was founded in 1646 and in 1727 a gnomon was added.
A meridian line of brass was inlaid across the floor and ascending a white marble obelisk.
In the south transept window a small opening with a lens was set up, so that a ray of sunlight shines onto the brass line. At noon on the winter solstice (21 December), the ray of light touches the brass line on the obelisk. At noon on the equinoxes (21 March and 21 September), the ray touches an oval plate of copper in the floor near the altar.
The great organ from 1862.
I returned to our hotel to rest my tired feet. Words of advice - Never travel with new shoes. Always bring comfortable shoes at the risk of not being stylish.
Mr. B had to ship my shoes to me. Lesson learned!
That night for dinner we went to one of our favorite spots....Le Recamier.
It has the best souffle's in Paris - both savory and sweet.
For my dessert I had the Grand Marnier souffle. Tres Bon!
You probably noticed that it comes with a full bottle of Grand Marnier for you to pour over the top of your souffle according to your taste. Well.....since the last time we dined here, they have put a teeny-tiny spout on top so it just drizzles out ever so slowly. I guess someone (insert wink here) may have taken advantage of that lovely bottle!
"The only thing that will make a souffle fall
is if it knows you are afraid of it."
--James Beard
Monday, September 29, 2014
Par-eee
Paris is always amazing!
Last Tuesday we dropped our car in Avignon and took the TGV into the Gare de Lyon.
Then checked into our favorite little hotel that feels like an oasis when the hustle & bustle of Paris feels overwhelming.
We went to the Cluny Museum and saw the "Heads of the Kings of Judah" which were discovered buried on a farm in the 1970's.
......St. Sulpice which was made famous for Dan Brown in his book "The DaVinci Code" with the meridian line running through the church.....
"The meridian line is a fascinating astronomical instrument of the 18th century, used to study the planets and determine the date of Easter each year. The sun's rays enter the church through a small opening in the south transept and rest on the line at various points throughout the year. On the winter solstice, the rays hit the obelisk; on the spring and autumn equinoxes, the bronze table. The obelisk bears a Latin inscription that doesn't quote Job, but describes the use of the meridian line. "
....enjoying one of my favorite places The Luxenbourg Gardens...
.....and the Pétanque guys.....right next door to the sweet crepe maker....
.......great food, wine, cheese, desserts and art......always!
We enjoyed the Marche Raspail........
......as well as the Marche aux Puces - the famous Paris Flea Market
Rode the Metro and climbed a lot of stairs...a whole lot!!!
In fact my thighs should be rock hard by now......if I didn't enjoy that wonderful French cheese so much!
And Mr. B trying to look casual while they were doing a fashion shoot right behind him in the beautiful glow of the late afternoon light on the steps of Sacre Coeur.
Au revoir Par-eee.....until next time!
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