Another spectacular day here - I’ve been lucky - it’s in the high 60s with glorious high blue cloudless skies!
Impromptu concerts along the river and on the bridge between l’île Saint-Louis and l'île de la Cité. Sunday hanging-out on the former expressway Voie Georges Pompidou, now pedestrianized.
The usual lazily cruising river tour boats.
My 11th day in Paris and my first Confit de Canard! EEK! I’m slipping! I had it in tourist central at Le Flore en l'île on the tip of l’île Saint-Louis, but was pretty decent!
And two scoops of Berthillon ice cream (salted caramel and
dark chocolate) with an almond tuile topped off lunch beautifully! The main Berthillon shop is just a couple blocks away, so you know that the ice cream was fresh! Also, everyone and their niece were buying cones at the nearby cart.
Someone was celebrating their birthday at Le Flore en l'île, and the waiters started singing and clapping, and everyone in the resto joined in (well, joined the clapping at least) while the waiter delivered a dessert with a fireworks-type candle. (It’s a little hard to see in this photo - I didn’t grab my camera fast enough - the flame is in front of the guy in the red t-shirt.)
There is still scaffolding all around Notre Dame. Here are a couple photos from the back side.
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| from a bit of a distance |
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| closer up |
The London Times ran an interesting article about the restoration effort, now expected to be completed for Christmas 2024. I PDF’d it - here’s a link to a copy in my Dropbox:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tocxsilram7hpfs/Notre%20Dame%20set%20for%20a%20dazzling%20resurrection%20-%20London%20Times%202022-09-20.pdf?dl=0
And what kind of a lazy day would it be without a little afternoon cocktail at a café terrace? This «Le Secret» - Rhum, St Germain, citron, gingembre, vanille, menthe. Tasty!
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