Paris, 29 June 6.51am
Before I left home on Sunday night I briefly considered packing a small umbrella.
I now wish I had.
I have woken up to a rainy day in Paris which puts a hole in my plans to walk from my hotel in the Louvre-Le Halles district along the Rive Gauche past the Eiffel Tower and back over the Seine again to my meeting in the 16e arrondissement.
There is also a slight chill in the air so I am glad I have packed long sleeved shirts/trousers as well as my summer work dresses.
On the plus side I am able to open the windows in my tiny hotel room so I am sitting here at a tiny desk, looking out a large open window onto a side street with classic Parisienne apartments.
Update 9am
The rain has stopped and the sun is peaking through the clouds. Once I have finished preparing my presentations I'm hoping to go exploring for a couple of hours with my Beijing colleagues. My Middle East and Sub-continent colleagues don't arrive until later. I'm hoping to catch a look at the Musee D'Orsay.
5 comments:
Did you watch the Dr Who episode set partly in the Musee D'orsay?
Fabulous gallery that one. It's one of the few places I remember from my trip to Paris, suffering as I was from a flu-induced semi-conscious state. I would *love* to go back again.
Jealous. Green, really. A sickly lime shade of green. *mumble mumble bloody Paris mumble*
You don't want to get your timtams damp...
Well, you're obviously up there with the high and mighty and the hoi poloi as the Queen (of England) has just arrived in Canada to pouring rain. Her umbrella was huge – big enough to cover from a high hat down to her shoulders and see-through so she could be seen, of course. Not even rain can dim the joy of Paris – the centre, of course as the housing schemes round the outside are a different matter altogether but, I don't suppose you'll be going there and nowadays most old cities are all the same that way.
Oh gosh it's been a good 20 years since I was in Paris and that doesn't seem right. I hope you get lots of wandering time, and I agree about rationalising the dollar to Euro ratio, there's no other way really.
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