Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019

After an early wake up with trucks etc. doing noisy things below my window, I had coffee and then went and met John and Atsu on Isle St Louis to head for the Van Gogh exhibit at the Atelier des Lumieres. This is an amazing light show projected all around you. Last trip I went to the Gustav Klimt version of the show, this time I found that the Van Gogh one was not as good. Still, a really interesting medium. After watching through the progression of three “shows,” Van Gogh, a Japanese thing and a purely shapes and forms thing, we headed to a restaurant that John had found for us. Mokonuts was the name and the front of house was a Japanese lady, and her husband was the chef. An excellent lunch ensued, and the Seattle people at the next table turned out to live only 4 blocks from me! We walked back to Isle St. Louis, I grabbed a bus and took some down time, did some laundry. I’m staying in a 6th floor studio, which while worn would be fine if it weren’t for a mold issue. I’m leaving all windows open day and night, but it still noticeable. After some laundry, it was off to Vincennes to meet Emi, a friend from the Camino days. We met having dinner with Ian K. Who was a Camino veteran, and we had a wonderful dinner in Samos, the three of us. Little did we know that he would pass away just a few days after that. Emi lives in Vincennes, which has a huge forest and big chateau. Unfortunately the last entry to the Chateau is at 4:15 and we weren’t scheduled for dinner till 8:00pm. Easy metro run over, about 20 minutes and then we walked around the enormous floral garden. Early dinner ensued and then Emi advised using the RER A for return, which was really quick. Only a couple of stops, same Navigo pass. Vincennes seems to be its own village but only about 12 minutes to Chatelet. Worth thinking about.