What I did on Easter Monday & Aquarium 🐟 de Paris

Easter Monday it poured all morning. It even haled 'petit peas'. Then the sun 🌞 came out mid-day. It's pouring ☔️ now.

The sun came out when I went to the pool for a swim (without my umbrella). When I left it was pouring. Public pools are open on national holidays in France 🇫🇷 

I went off to the aquarium for some fish 🐟 research. This time I brought my umbrella. The sun 🌞 came out.

Aquarium de Paris is not in an art deco building. It is underground, huge, spectacular.

A winding labyrinth takes you from one tank to another. Wow.

Later on I was invited by my landlord to attend a glorious concert of Russian orthodox chants by Les Choeur des Nouvelles Voix de Saint-Petersbourg singing Russian orthadox chants. Out-of-this-world gorgeous.

Sung in beautiful Église Saint-Louis-en-l'Ile.

Immediately after I ran to get chocolate fish 🐟 

Chocolate fish ( fritures) to give my landlord, concierge and the kind pool attendant.

L'Atelier du Chocolat has closet-sized shops all over France with 3 in Paris. They started in Bayonne, France's original chocolate city. Their specialty is thin leaves 🍁 of flavored chocolate (citron, ginger, pimente, noisette, etc.). You can buy bouquets of the various flavors. 

 Also pick up an excellent cup of hot chocolate.

I discovered L'Atelier du Chocolat created the crazy hen-sailors sitting on life preservers I saw at Bon Marché. A nautical 🛟 theme for Easter.

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I bought some of their fritures  to draw ✍️ for the April Paris letter.

None are left by now...

The sun 🌞 came out mid-day Easter Monday. Here's a corner of the April Sketch letter. It's going out today 📮 after eating too many chocolate fish and tearing out my hair comme d'habitude.

More fish 🐟 tails tomorrow!