This evening I met Dominique (who helped us with liaison, deliveries and advice throughout our apartment renovation and furnishing) for an aperitif...it was wonderful to see her. One of the joys of returning to Paris is to renew the friendships we have made, each time learning a little more about the people we have met and only begun to know. I was a little sad to say au revoir...but hopefully jusqu'à l'année prochaine!
Overnight bags are about to be packed and we leave at 6.30am to take the metro to Gare du Nord, then the Eurostar to London. From London we will take the train from Kings Cross to Hammersmith, where we will see Kate Bush perform on Friday night. Overnight stay in Hammersmith and we return to Paris Saturday evening. I've never been to London, so it should be fun!
PS for Paul: Oui, it was Le Freak on coloured vinyl - yellow transparent French pressing (that last bit was dictated by Brent!). Of interest too...not only was there vinyl-digging heaven at Best Ouest, with a world bière store next door, but on the other side of the bière store was a toy shop with a window dedicated to CBG Mignot toy soldiers...no oldies, but lots of historical information and they were lovingly arranged in their regiments...rue de l'Ouest...one for the collectors!
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Hi Sally and Brent
Down through the centuries crazed fortune hunters, antiquarians, adventurers and Indiana Jones have scoured the earth for ancient treasures and mythical objects - most returning blank eyed, empty handed, hollowed out, crazed and broken.
Some have been drawn by the Holy Grail and the long dried press of Christ’s lips, others have walked into the desert in search of Alexander's tomb and been swallowed by heat and sand. Roland's horn has not sounded for 13 hundred years, his long dead army still waiting on its musical summons to rise again, and armoured, march across fields of old battlefields - now parks and apartment blocks - to relive past glories. Secret elixirs, philosopher's stones, rune stones and fading manuscripts written in long dead languages all pointing the way to the mysteries of eternal life or how to transmogrify the ordinary into the bizarre or base metal into gold.
All pipe dreams with no more substance than smoke or a shadow in the mist.
But sometimes, rarely, someone's quest succeeds. Sometimes the rarest and most exquisite and unlikely objects resurface despite years buried by time and dust. But only the 'Best Quests' and only after long hours of perseverance and dogged determination to achieve success. Such a moment took place not two days ago when Brent unearthed a treasure so rare, an object of such singular beauty and subtle charm that no words could fill the vacuum of awe and wonder it inspired - the legendary Yellow French-pressed Vinyl Copy of 'Le Freak' by Chic!
Pretty impressed I would also have been to see a collection of Mignot toy soldiers - I am familiar will these lovely little treasures and would be tempted to have a few sets but I am scared that a few may lead to a few more, then a few more and then divorce.
Cheers
Paul
Can I just remind you of the hotel for insects in the previous post! We have decided to book our trip to Paris and stay here. We don't want to have a room next to the centipede, who may keep us up all night with his dancing. Nor the bumblebee, who may be a bit loud after a few drinks. Definitely not next to the mosquito, midges and sand flies, who tend to bite back when they feel uncomfortable in conversation. However, a room near the lady beetles would suit just fine. Fi
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