Sunday in Paris

 On a very cold yet beautiful Sunday, we all bundled ourselves in the car and thirty minutes later ended up here.  Yes, Sunday we played at being tourists, and boy, there were huge amounts of people who were waiting to visit the Eiffel Tower.  Luckily for us, we had bought and printed our tickets in advance, so no waiting

Before reaching the Tower we had  to dodge the many joggers that were out in force despite the near freezing conditions.  What a place to jog, personally I wouldn't like to, but I can see the attraction

After visiting the second floor, we managed to get the children to agree to go to the top, I never took any photos though, too cold.  Back down on the second floor somehow we found ourselves in a tourist trap souvenir store, 2 bracelets, 1 pencil, 1 pen, 1 keyring, 1 giant chocolate euro and a packet of Eiffel tower shaped sweets later, we left, hopped in the car and came back home to a piping hot Chili Choc Carni (Nigella Lawson recipe) made by Alain, and it was delicious.

Sunday afternoon walk down by the River Seine

Our house in the middle of a small village not far from Paris. If you walk down the hill, you will find the River Seine.

 Today, we walked down with Marie-Kate.  It was spitting a little, but still nice to get out, and great to spend some time with MK.

 There are some lovely houses that border onto the river, but  we ruled out buying one here because of the flood risk.

 Alain reckons that these geese are destined for someone's  Christmas table..

 A grey day but still nice reflections and some autumn colours lingering on

 Time to climb the hill and head off home.

Sunday's Soup

My favourite soup tureen

After a hard day decluttering, we made a easy soup and the girls chopped up some melon and some mozzarella to make a salad for us all to share.

We're still eating outside, both for lunch and dinner, as the weather's still great. (probably will till the clocks go forward towards the end of October).