The 86 BUS usually goes to Odeon. On Monday it took a mini detour to Place Saint Sulpice. All the Older French Girls (OFG) onboardmade mini noises of horror. This was no surprise for me. I knew what was coming.
We stopped instead close to Marks and Spencers, my 'candy store'.
I skip buying envelopes and the bank at Odeon and do small DANCE😄🐻 and go to town.
My haul. MandS happens to have very tasty strawbs for a mere 2,99. Who doesn't need a 'Ploughman's Lunch' sandwich now and then (Cheddar, ham, pickle).
Minus the mini citron cheesecake I ate on the way home...
You can see how strong the sun hits in Paris when the skies are clear.
The Paris sun fiercely bounces off the Seine as les Flics rush to resolve some catastrophe in their mini speedboats.
Les bateaux-mouches are back. Hooray! Not over crowded like some boats at Niagara.
A French girl girds herself with shopping bags to deflect the sun?
Don't you love how the clever French leave mini reminders of A NEW EXHIBITon cafe tables? I better run see this.
Ah, even in the midst of a heat wave, Paris looks calm and lovely. Is that Mark Twain I see reading in the first picture?? He's aged very well! Stay safe and cool.
I love tables like those..we've had a July canicule carol..Hot hot hot..Love les nuages:)Especially divided like that♥That girl is so cute from the back..youth is so fleeting and we don't even know it :(
Hmmm...I see a trend here...another stylish older gent in the foreground of your first pic. You have a great eye, C! Love how les Parisiennes are dressed for summer....so cool and simply chic.
Hahaha Honestly most of the time and especially when the sun is put, I'm shooting blind. Just click and run. And pray a little I'll have something. Often I don't. It depends if I'm wearing my lucky horseshoe IMHO...
Our very hot (not QUITE that hot but close) has eased here at the lake and it's divinely pleasant now. I've been working sky a bit of late but have fallen short. I'm very fond of your clouds!
we just love passing the time at the Café de la Mairie en face de Saint-Sulpice (BTW it’s the church we consider as OUR parish church while we are in Paris since we stay at the nearby Relais Saint Germain https://www.hotel-paris-relais-saint-germain.com).
I love that the senior women are called, "The Older French Girls!" In Paris, you celebrate the beauty of ALL ages! In America, we are now called, "The Invisible." We are "disappearing." That is so wrong on so many levels! Viva La France!
Love your post today, marveling at the ever present STYLE of Parisian women in the heat. I wilt! We were there when conditions were similar to yours today and a housekeeper at our hotel rescued us with a fan and an exposed block of ice created with a banana bread sized loaf pan positioned in front of it in a bowl. Magical refrigeration. Don't know if you have any space for one in your tiny freezer but worth a mention.
Ooooh, luscious cooling clouds..Why did the bus make a detour? This must be your 6th summer in Paris or so...I am 7 years now in Midcoast...You moved after I did I think...
Ah, even in the midst of a heat wave, Paris looks calm and lovely. Is that Mark Twain I see reading in the first picture?? He's aged very well! Stay safe and cool.
ReplyDeleteI love tables like those..we've had a July canicule carol..Hot hot hot..Love les nuages:)Especially divided like that♥That girl is so cute from the back..youth is so fleeting and we don't even know it :(
ReplyDeleteHmmm...I see a trend here...another stylish older gent in the foreground of your first pic. You have a great eye, C! Love how les Parisiennes are dressed for summer....so cool and simply chic.
ReplyDeleteHahaha Honestly most of the time and especially when the sun is put, I'm shooting blind. Just click and run. And pray a little I'll have something. Often I don't. It depends if I'm wearing my lucky horseshoe IMHO...
DeleteEven inthe heat, I'll take Paris. Love the cool and serene clouds.
ReplyDeleteYou might change yr mind when you realize the only AC is in the yogurt case or department stores...ahem
DeleteOur very hot (not QUITE that hot but close) has eased here at the lake and it's divinely pleasant now. I've been working sky a bit of late but have fallen short. I'm very fond of your clouds!
ReplyDeletewe just love passing the time at the Café de la Mairie en face de Saint-Sulpice (BTW it’s the church we consider as OUR parish church while we are in Paris since we stay at the nearby Relais Saint Germain https://www.hotel-paris-relais-saint-germain.com).
ReplyDeleteI love that the senior women are called, "The Older French Girls!"
ReplyDeleteIn Paris, you celebrate the beauty of ALL ages!
In America, we are now called, "The Invisible." We are "disappearing." That is so wrong on so many levels!
Viva La France!
Oh I made up that name as far as I know 😄
DeleteThank you so much for a glimpse of Heaven
ReplyDeleteMy fav cafe !!! Every trip to paris takes me
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It is truly a lovely place and often overlooked merci deux
DeleteFun to see your haul post-confinement!
ReplyDeleteVery Summery selection..citron cheesecake. Yum
Looks almost like Mark Twain sitting in the first
ReplyDeleteHe 's reading Tom Sawyer in French!
DeleteLove your post today, marveling at the ever present STYLE of Parisian women in the heat. I wilt!
ReplyDeleteWe were there when conditions were similar to yours today and a housekeeper at our hotel rescued us with a fan and an exposed block of ice created with a banana bread sized loaf pan positioned in front of it in a bowl. Magical refrigeration. Don't know if you have any space for one in your tiny freezer but worth a mention.
It is positively 19th century here with hand fans and ice chunks :((
DeleteNutz imho
Bear must be staying home in the shade. Probably sneaking into the Refridge and sucking on ice cubes.
ReplyDeleteHe's cooling off on a bed of ice lolling around...
DeleteOoooh, luscious cooling clouds..Why did the bus make a detour? This must be your 6th summer in Paris or so...I am 7 years now in Midcoast...You moved after I did I think...
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