Monday 09/30/19

Started the day by heading over to Pl. St. Sulpice, where it turned out that the funeral service for President Chirac were going on. After getting through 4 layers of barricades and security, it turned out the service wasn’t going to start for at least another hour. No sense waiting around for that. Later I was to find out that Bill Clinton and Putin were in attendance. Many streams of black cars with motorcycle escorts, lights and sirens around all day. Headed over to Bon Marche where I was able to get a haircut and peruse the grand epicerie, every foodies idea of heaven. Then off to a restaurant near the Champs de Mars for lunch. This one called Les Fables de Fontaine. Excellent prix fixe lunch, with a celery soup, salmon and a dessert. Then walked around the Eiffel Tower and over to Trocadero before heading down Ave Montaigne. That’s the street that sells nothing you need at fabulous prices, Chanel, Gucci, Feragamo etc… Some interesting outfits wandering around and of course the “influencers” with their camera crews for that spontaneous shot. Then headed to the Opera Garnier, which is closed on Monday and “Exceptionally” closed on Tuesday as well, oh well. Then after regrouping at home, it was off to meet M.C. At Bistrot de Perigord, for some foie gras and some duck, it’s a low key place but it didn’t disappoint.