On Saturday afternoon we went out for a nice stroll. As neither of us have our monthly unlimited navigo passes for the metro this month, as we're not staying in Paris for all of December, we tried not to venture too far. When you have a metro pass, you can go almost wherever you like, safe in the knowledge that you can just...
Ian and I decided to head to the Christmas Markets at La Defense which is business HQ as far as Paris is concerned. I'd never been there before and Ian had told me about the skyscraper buildings and modernized surroundings, such an alien land plonked in Paris. As always, we took the metro from Bastille As soon as we emerged from the underground...
We were at home on Friday night when we heard the horrendous news about the terrorist attacks. Earlier on in the evening, when we'd both just returned from work, Ian and I were contemplating going out for a few drinks but decided to stay in instead. On the walk home from work, the atmosphere was the same as any other; carefree people laughed...
Coincidentally, we decided to take a stroll through Montmatre when the harvest festival markets were on! We didn't know they were there until we arrived but eagerly joined in the fun regardless and grabbed a couple of mulled wines to get into the spirit! You know it's nearly the best, festive christmassy time of year when the mulled wine comes out to play!...
