Paris: Une Journee Typique

Une Journée Typique

Our pattern of daily life in Paris took on a rhythm similar to Saturdays in Windsor with, of course, a European flair. After a breakfast of cheeses, bread, tomatoes, cucumber, and fruit, wheaded off to explore small corners of Paris. Some days we walked a neighbourhood lined with the classic white Paris façade buildings, while on other days we explored one of the multitude of museums, parks, or historic sites.

At some time in the afternoon we would seek out a cafe to enjoy a cappuccino and pastry while reconnecting with the world on the Internet. After our meager, but decadent, lunch we wandered around another neighbourhood taking in the sights while meandering our way home. En route we stopped at specialty stores or market stalls to pick up cheese, olives, bread, wine, wild, seasonal mushrooms, figs, fennel...whatever was local and was inspiring to us.

Back at our room we washed the vegetables (in a plastic tub in the shower stall using a microwave splatter dish as a drying colander) and prepared our evening meal by the window as it provided ventilation. Given our very limited equipment (1 electric frying pan, a few small plates, 1 chipped mug, a couple utensils – including 1 dull knife) the meals were relatively simple (eg., Ceres and chanterelle mushrooms with camembert omelette, rocket and fennel salad sprinkled with herb de Provence, figs and brie cheeses for dessert) and generally very delicious. After dinner it was off again for an evening stroll or, more often, to sit at a cafe around the corner resting our feet and relaxing with a beer during happy hour.