All the photos in this post were taken with my iPhone as I haven't felt like carrying my larger camera with me. As a result they're a bit fuzzy at times! Naturally I blame all shortcomings on the equipment!! Actually I'm looking into getting a new camera...but more about that if it happens.
This week has been a big one: Monday and Thursday were spent at the bookbinding studio and I am progressing well with my first book and have the second underway.
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| On Tuesday I finally ventured over to the Left Bank (this refers to the southern side of the river Seine). I took my first bus trip in Paris rather than the Metro, and I am hooked. The reason? Well you can see things from the bus, which you can't underground on the Metro. This photo is looking down towards Saint Sulpice. |
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| I'm becoming addicted to photographing old walls. |
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| Back on the Right Bank, I jumped off the bus here: Hotel de Ville (City Hall) and walked back home to the Marais. This is image is fairly heavily processed using the Iris app on my iPhone. |
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| More of the above. |
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| On Wednesday we celebrated our 25th Wedding Anniversary
with a degustation menu at Le Bristol's 3 Michelin Hat restaurant. It
wasn't really the sort of place where you could whip out the camera but
by the last course the champers had done its work and I snuck the phone
out to quickly snap this. |
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| On Friday we headed to the Centre Pompidou, the National Museum for Modern Art, which is also in walking distance. They have 60,000+ of their works in
their online catalogue. If you would like to take a look it's here. |
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| View to the "you-know-what" taken from the top floor of the Centre Pompidou. |
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| The restaurant at the Centre Pompidou. |
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| I focussed on the display from the permanent collection, which was a chronological survey of modern art. This display rotates through works from their collection and I can't say I saw any of my long-standing favourites. Instead I was surprised to find that it was the room dedicated to work by Giacometti that caught my imagination. Above a sculpture, and below part of the wall from Giacometti's studio. Isn't it gorgeous? |
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It's a long week-end here now and the weather has hit the summery high-twenties. I've been taking it very quietly after the busy week, just enjoying the view from the bedroom window.
A bientot! |
