a grey day in Paris

It was a grey day in Paris, but the promise of rain didn't eventuate. We scurried across the river to catch the train to church. A great service and nice chat over coffee afterwards. Because of the grey day and the pressing need to pick up wine and cheese before the shops shut around midday, we came back home. We looked at the market in Square des Innocents, then went to the supermarket and to another market in rue Montmartre and bought tagine for lunch. We then decided it was far too much for lunch so went out for salad! In the middle of all that we went for a look [just open for the weekend] at the construction of the canopée of the new Les Halles train interchange and shopping centre.

Later we went to Bercy to a new garden. It was very large and very creative with thickets of trees to wander through, seats on pontoons and water features in just the part we saw. There were signs saying “if you love birds, don't feed them.” No-one was feeding the ducks.