We spent a lot of time oogling diamond jubilee window displays in England. We couldn't help getting caught up in the love. Every High Street had bunting and flags displayed in even the smallest towns for weeks leading up to the celebration this weekend. (Bobbie: This is a photo of a cupcake display in London) So, with the big event happening today, we took some time out from Paris to watch it on tv (Liz: Or, the telly, which is more British!).
There was a flotilla, à la Canaletto's painting, of 1,000 boats on the water. The smallest person-powered boats from kayaks to canoes stqrted the procession, then the small boats displaying the flags of each commonwealth country, then the Dunkirque little ships including a few veterans from that event, then the recreational boats, barges, narrow boats, etc, then the music and choral boats, canons, horns, and all kinds of noise makers.
In the morning we went to the Rue Cler market and loaded up on food. Hope there's time to eat it all before we leave...
Perfect little bunches of wild asparagus.
Mushroom medley.
We bought some chicken parts and roasted potatoes from the paella guy. Yum.
Yesterday we were in Montmartre and this is a bistro where Gertrude Stein and expat artists used to hang out.
Edith Piaf was discovered singing in the bar at the bottom of this hill; We didn't walk down.
A tout à l'heure!
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