Sunday, April 28th 2019

So the day started off with an interesting twist. When I left the apartment, I went to double lock the door as usual and the key would not work. This meant not only couldn’t I lock it fully with the deadbolts, but since the door had latched, I couldn’t get back in either. After struggling for awhile, I went and had coffee, came back and tried again. No luck, called landlord, Eva, who is in Greece. She asked me to knock on a neighbors door, he didn’t have any luck either. So, she called a locksmith, who showed up about an hour later. By sliding a piece of X-ray film through the crack he could get the door unlatched. He pulled the lock off and got it partially working again. This lock has both an outer cylinder and an inside cylinder. Something has failed in the outer cylinder. As it stands now, as long as I just pull the door closed and don’t double lock, it works, but if you double lock, even from the inside it seems to seize up again. Fingers crossed that it will all hold together until I depart tomorrow morning. Anyway, this whole thing took up the morning, so it was off to Huiterie Regis, a wonderful little oyster bar for some lunch. The weather was off an on rain and still quite cold. Went up to a favorite cafe on rue de Montorgueil called La Compas D’Or to hang out for a little bit, then to catch the Sunday afternoon crowd at the locals wine bar called Le Baron Rouge.

The Baron Rouge on Sunday afternoon.The dreaded Les Halles mall and transit center.