Quelques jours à Paris (cinq, last one, Astier de Villatte)

Last but not least,Astier de Villatte on Rue Saint-Honoré...with its handmade delicate, chalky ceramics,  shelves stacked high with a mismatch of plates  & bedecked with rows of cups, jugs and votives.All set against a haven of creaky floorboards, narrow stairs, tattered...

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Quelques jours à Paris (quatre)

The first time I visited Paris was when I was studyingin pulsating, energetic, colourful, vibrant London.I remember being so taken aback by suddenly finding myself in such a bright, white, pale city,with wide streets and plenty of room to breathe.Of course Paris has many sides,but it's that pale and luminous...

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Quelques jours à Paris (troi, vert)

A rather enticing marriage of looming clouds hanging over our heads   and all that green lusciousness... (From now on, I am so serving water  flavoured with sprigs of fresh min...

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Quelques jours à Paris (deux, on the dark side)

We ate mussels, snails and crepes,bought a few luxuries to take home, peered into hundreds of perspex boxes at the Palais de Tokyo, walked, walked and walked some more...&nbs...

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Quelques jours à Paris (un)

Paris was grey and chilly,but with pleasures at every corner(why is it that just saying that makes me think of all those little jack russells & pugs, westies&French bulldogs,without a leash, faithfully following their owners, cute little tales wagging away?)And despite only...

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... then a postcard from Paris

Dropping by quickly to say that I'm backfrom a little escapade in Paris...The trip was more about catching up with my sister-in-law,who lives on the other side of the world,and not so much about focusing on the camera.I did snap a few, though,so I'll be back with some morewhen I've had a chance to go through...

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A postcard from Porvoo

I think my daughter and I drew the longer straw, as we jumped on the bus to Porvoo, leaving the boys behind to get on with the painting in the hallway.Lunch, a browse through whichever little shops happened to be open on Ascension Day, coffee, basking in the sunshine& goodies to take ...

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