On Wednesday we went for a big walk up through the Bastille area, then down on the other side of the River Seine & onto Ile de St Louis (where we had a legendary Berthillion Ice Cream each) & Ile de Cite ( the home of Notre Dame) before continuing a walk round more of the wonderful area that surrounds our Marais district. Yesterday we checked out an awesome fresh food markets up near the Bastille. They had all the fresh produce you could ask for BUT we we...

We arrived in Paris on Sunday afternoon from Rome. I was sitting next to a beautiful older lady who turned out to be a famous French actress of days gone by, called Macha Meril. She was delightful & friendly. That evening she was dining with the Australian director was looking for her to play a small part in his latest film about a young Australian/Jewish boy who was retracing his roots. We even shared a taxi with her & she gave us her ph no in case we ne...