Today was positively balmy at 16 degrees! 

Bethany would have worn shorts had I let her bring a pair... blue sky all day.

It may be nearly winter but there are beautiful flowers and fresh fruit everywhere!

Real or not real?

I have seen this staircase in postcards... now we're in our own postcards...  having to pinch ourselves to believe it's true.

It was a long walk from Villiers to Montmartre and we needed a sweet reward...  

Well worth the walk - Nutella crepes, hot chocolate and a tartine (baguette with butter and jam) 

We had to hold our cups and plates at times so they didn't slide off the tables while we watched the world go by and the artists paint...

 A perfect day to visit Montmartre and enjoy an expansive view of Paris in one direction and 

Sacre-Coeur, above and behind. 

These bubbles were huge!!!!!

OK so we did pay 2 Euro per garçon (!) to use the toilet here on the Champs Elysée (a little more than a Penny) but when a boy has to go, he has to go... On the positive side, I would actually call this a restroom museum - well worth the admission fee to see the colourful décor and toilet paper on exhibit... Almost certain one must fold any papier toilette containing a Paris scene on each square ... never scrunch! 

Despite some functional French I have not a single idea what went on in this puppet show. I do know the main character was 'Guignol' and I read somewhere that 'Guignol's sharp wit and linguistic verve have always been appreciated by adults as well as children'. Clearly what my French is missing is 'linguistic verve'... Have made a note to work on that with vigour and determination!

This is just some of what you have to look forward to in the gastronomical department Annie and Isaac... Yes great slabs of chocolate!

These delightful people have been made out of leaves and varnished. The fragility of the figurines and in contrast, Australia's robust customs regulations made me think twice... 

No autumn leaf people for me... shall have to leaf them in Paris...