TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2008


We were a little short of fruit so off to the market again this morning. We got some wonderful Cavaillon melons. The avocados we nice and ripe and very unctuous. We had some of both for dinner.

Early in the afternoon we got the bus up the street and went to the WH Smith bookshop on the rue de Rivoli. Their stock is almost exclusively in English.You would not believe the selection of books in English available here. All the latest bestsellers, huge selections of fiction, technical publications, travel, etc. Alexandria had decided that she wanted to work on her French and we wanted to get some type of easy program that she could use. We found one that seemed workable with a CD and a book, French for Dummies. Before getting to Smiths, we stopped at Hagen Daz for an affogato cafe which we discovered in April. It is an espresso with a scoop of ice cream, chocolate for Alexandria and vanilla for me.

We had stopped first at Gagliani, the very first English book store in Paris. It is a rather more traditional book store, the rear of the store having a large selection of books in English. They had a few of what we were looking for but we decided to try Smith's. Much better selection there.

We are slowly mastering the Paris bus system with its nearly 80 different lines that crisscross the city. A much easier way to get around in Paris rather than using the metro.

See our other post for Tuesday and all about moving in Paris.