THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008

The elevator was supposed to be out of service again today so Alexandria remained at home while Erwin went out to get some books. While going up the blvd St. Michel, he spotted the following statute at the place de la Sorbonne. It must be relatively new since we had not seen it before.

He stopped at the librairie Gibert Joseph, a very large bookstore on St. Michel and picked up a copy of a book called L'Amour dure trois ans. (Love lasts three years) What an interesting title!

This area is very lively since it is in the Sorbonne area and there are lots of young people around and lots of book stores, too. Spent some time also looking in the bookstores.

In the evening, we went to our favorite restaurant in Paris, Chez René, on the blvd St. Germain. Erwin has been going there for over 30 years, almost every time he was/is in Paris. He had one of his favorites, Pot au Feu, which is like a boiled beef dinner with vegetables. There was enough in the casserole for three people. Yummmmm. Alexandria had a very good piece of tuna preceded by

sautéed pleurotes, a type of wild mushroom. Finished up with a gâteau de riz, rice pudding in a mold.