Friday

I started the day well, with a cup of decent coffee and a croissant. The bad part was the cost = 7 euros (5 coffee and 2 coissant).   But the very ordinary coffee of the day before was 4 , so i didnot mind. When in Rome... The troube was when I went to pay I realised my wallet was next to my bed. OOPS .  They were understnanding and I went back , 8 min brisk walk one way, retrieved the wallet and paid. Then I walked to the next place on my list. I got to the right street and number 100. I wanted 52 so started walking in the right direction,  it was not at 52, so I looked again at my list and found it said 90. OOPS. When I got there , the mobile repair man was very helpful , spoke better English than my French and pointed out that there was no problem at all, which I had worked out in Canberra ( swapping simm cards, different sizes, differnet phones). I had forgotten the solution I had come up with. OOPS 

I pottered for the rest of the day. I went to the tourist office, met the owner of the apartment, wandered along several streets to a wool shop in a lovely old passage way, Passage du Grand Cerf, looked in the big department store in the next block to me - it was too big for my tired brain - found a supermarket for a few more staples, looked in some shop windows - the January sales in many shops seem to extend into mid February according to signs. A pity I usually find shopping stressful.

  When I was walking back from th wool shop, I thought a cup of tea would be good with a little something. I decided I would stop at the first place. This turned out to be a beautiful patisserie / cafe , one of a fancy chain.  The fancy tea ( mint and  a slight peppery taste) and little citron tart were delicious. I had an excellent view of the passing parade.

I love just wandering, there always seems to be something different around the corner like the tower below.

Tower of St Jacques , the only remaining part of a 16th C church destroyed durng the French revolution

Same tower from a different street

Passage du Grand Cerf