I dreams of cheese...

...not, 'toasted mostly' as in the famous tale, but the cheeses of France, sublimely abundant in Paris. Here's a shop I always try and come back to in the Rue Montmartre - Le Comptoire de la Gastronomie

...and here in the wonderful Rue Montorgueil which is a must every time you get to Paris, an Italian deli which manages to hold its own amongst the likes of Stohrer just a bit further down this same street. Click on the link for that very French experience

http://www.stohrer.fr/


We couldn't resist spending up big in the Italian deli

... and here is the cheese that occupies my dreams - Mont d'Or - only available in the couple of months before Christmas. Warm it up in a low oven a eat it with a spoon...

Rue Montorgueil

We are in Jersey at present recovering from a particularly virulent coughing virus. Three and a half weeks in and on the third lot of antibiotics (for both of us). It is cheering to look back on Paris and the wonderful time we had there.
More to come...

Quai Branly

An outstanding ethnographic museum right near the Eiffel Tower. In the musical section alone, they have over 10,000 instruments. Fabulous!

http://www.quaibranly.fr/en/

DM amongst the drums

The Eiffel Tower looming above

The gardens around the gallery are spectacular at night

Les Passages de Paris

This is a favourite thing of mine to do in Paris. Visit the covered Passages which link lanes and streets together


http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/mar/02/paris-hidden-passages-shopping-shops


This is the best one  -  Passage Vivienne. What wonderful things we discovered there, some of which will eventually be on a journey to live in Hobart

At the wine bar there - afternoon tea for his two boys

Park your bike there - why not?

My new hat - a Stetson that you can roll up and stuff in your bag

At the entrance to this Passage you can find the Jean Paul Gaultier shop - amazing

...and opposite in the same street there was an Anders Petersen photographic show. The two could not be more diametrically opposed

Paris Photo 2014

Every year in November, Paris hosts the most wonderful month of photographic exhibitions. Luckily for us, just about all of them do not ban the taking of photos in the venues, so be prepared for an onslaught. These photos are from the opening exhibition held in the Grand Palais over a period of four days

http://www.grandpalais.fr/visite/en/