Started the day meeting up with David and Colleen for coffee, then they were off back to Seattle. I decided to do a field trip and took the RER A out to the Ile des Impressioniste. This was where Renoir did many paintings. It was windy and rainy, I chased my hat across a bridge and 4 lanes of traffic, and amazingly nobody ran it over, so it, a little worse for wear, I got it back. Walked around a little and ended up at the classic Maison Fournaise, with a lovely Lobster Bisque followed by a mushroom risotto. With rainy and very windy weather, I headed to the Bastille and found a nearby place on Rue de Lappe for Pho. Then back to Le Bucheron, my local where I get a warm reception. I bought a nice bottle of Gigondas from a local wine shop and you would have thought it was Christmas. This was shared with the owner and his mother and two other friends. All in all a fine low key evening.