Ah, Paris....(day one)

Made it to Paris by the skin of our teeth. The floods of England were moving in to stop us. Netty drove us to Luton airport north of London, and as we drove along the rain got heavier and heavier. By the time we were in the airport, the building was actually flooding on the inside through the doors and the roof. BUT, miraculously, we made it out, and into 3 beautiful sunny days in Paris.



Our hotel (St Jacques) was right in the heart of the Latin Quarter, which was great, as it turned out to be close to everything we needed. Especially my restaurant with anchovie and caper pizza (Napoli) right across the street. Ended up setting up our room and going to dinner there the first night. Dinner as usual, started late, and lasted a long, long time.



Afterwards we wandered through the serpentine streets of the quarter, where vendors were out, restaurants were crammed, street performers were singing, and everyone was partying it up.