Paroissien’s in Paris

My small round purple table looks terrific on the balcony, complete with slatted wooden fold up chairs - I feel very Parissienne.    What is surprising is that no one else has tables and chairs out - perhaps it’s too cold still.   I also have a beautiful white azalea, full of tiny buds - it was sitting on the table until the wind came through and with one almighty blow, the azalea fell off the table.       My horror on finding it was the thought if it had actually blown off the balcony - could have made a sizable dent in the cars parked below!!  -  the azalea is now on the balcony floor, not on the little table.

My struggle with the tv/dvd player continues…..    As I mentioned in an earlier blog, Ian bought a few dvd’s for me to while away the evenings whilst he was in Amsterdam.    We then couldn’t get them to play in English, despite pushing every button on all three remote controls!!!!  
Well, dear Sam, my apartment manager has come to the rescue again - I have a page of notes but I can now play the videos in English - hey!!   I have just watched The Queen - what a terrific movie, and being a royalist from way back, I loved all the photography of Buckingham Palace, Balmoral and 10 Downing Street etc, not to forget the flowers for Princess Diana - what an amazing time that was.

Big social event today - I met an American chap who runs the Paris Expat web site - what fun to sit and have a glass or two of wine at lunch with an expert on Paris.    They are having a book launch on Monday night - will be interesting to see who goes to these sort of functions - and I will enjoy an evening of speaking in English!!!

Off to Amsterdam by train tomorrow - it’s so many many years since I was there but I don’t suppose the canals have changed all that much.   And hopefully the tulips will be in full bloom.

Au revoir
Barb