SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2008

Back into the usual routine. Before breakfast (late), Erwin went off to the market to do some shopping since like Old Mother Hubbard, the cupboard was bare. There were, as usual, good melons. He also stopped at our boulanger for more bread. We now can go several days without more shopping.

We went up to the place de la Concorde on bus number 24 where there was an exbibition put on by the Musée de l'Air et l'Espace (Museum of Space and Air) where a large number of pieces of their collection have been assembled for a display at the place and up the Champs-Élysées to the Rond Point des Champs-Élysées. We saw many different planes and helicopters. In the place de la Concorde there were a number of interesting displays. Below are four different examples, clockwise from the upper left: 1) only remaining SPAD XIII fighter used in W.W.I, 2) Mirage III fighter-bomber 3) a French fighter pilot talking about a new model plane 4) nose cone of the legendary Caravelle passenger plane

As we walked up the Champs-Élysées, there were many more interesting examples. Again clockwise from the upper left, 1) the first civil air transportation in France 1918, 2) Cornu helicopter 1907, 3) a new small plane with de Gaulle in the background, 4) a model of the space rocket called "Ariane".











We took the bus back to home and had supper in. A simple meal of soup, salad, cheese, and melon. And wine, of course. Later went to the Café Européen at the Gare de Lyon for coffee and people watching, as usual.