Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Today had rain predicted and indeed, although it didn’t rain solidly there were occasional showers. I headed out to check out one of the parks that is frequently referred to, Parc Monceau. After an interesting bus ride, walked through the park, which has little icons of various places in the world representing travels, including a small pyramid. From there it was a nice walk over to the Montmatre area where I hopped on the funicular up to the steps of Sacre Couer. After finding a small cafe for lunch I hopped the metro back to Odeon to meet a long time aquaintance, Sharon, for tea. She’s been living in Paris for years and teaching Pilates instructors in France how to teach. We met back in the Tango days, probably 10 years ago and have kept in touch. She seems to be doing very well although not without bureaucratic horror stories. For dinner I went off to try Frenchie, Bar a Vin, and had an appetizer, but most things didn’t appeal, my stomach has been off. So, stopped in at O Chateau, a great wine bar where you can get half glasses, and was able to have a salad.