Vive la France!

Paris was wonderful, such an amazing city, so much to do...in fact too much to do.
Obviously this just means that I will have to make a return trip! We stayed in the Latin Quarter which is very lovely indeed, plenty of restaurants, bars and patiseries so I was a very happy camper and felt very much at home.


I was so stuck by how polite the French are to each other. They always manage to greet each other and say please and thank you, it kind of put me to shame, so often I forget about my own manners when in a rush, or when I'm on the bus or tube. It's easy to get caught up in the grunting and eyes down attitude. I thought I was going to come home really inspired artistically but I think I came home with a greater sense of the desire to going back to the basic and simple things in life. The French eat so well and they take their time over it, sitting down with a bottle of wine and just talking. The market place was buzzing, and people were queuing to get fresh baked bread each morning. The pace of life there seems more manageable and desirable, more like what it should be like. They make time for each other and for themselves....and I like that....next move France!