Toby and Allan in Dublin, Galway, London and Paris 2019

Tuesday October 22 was a mix of sun and cloud with a high of about 14C.  We were both a bit tired.  I woke up at 4:30 a.m. and decided that I should check the Canadian election results.  I stayed up to 6:00 a.m (midnight Toronto time) watching the results.  Alain woke up with a bit of a stomach bug, so we mainly hung out at the apartment in the morning. We had decided to spent Tuesday on the Left Bank.  We walked over the Seine.  It was so strange to see Notre Dame Cathedral with missing parts. One view of Notre Dame post fire The Seine in the sun Selfie on the Seine View of Notre Dame  Close up of the damage We walked along Boulevard Saint-Germain, passing my all time favourite cheese shop- Laurent Dubois. Laurent Dubois Fromager We wandered for quite a bit, stopping for a bowl of soup at a restaurant serving healthy food and drinks. We also stopped at the Dries Van Noten store, where Alain indulged in some re...

Monday October 21 turned out to be a mainly sunny day with a high of about 16C.  Very nice change. We stopped for a coffee at Le Boot, a tiny place in the Marais.  Paris has only started serving good coffee over the past few years.  This place was using beans from Oslo. Le Boot Alain with his macchiato We wandered around the Marais a bit more, although a number of stores were closed on Monday. Hello handsome! We stopped at Maison Labiche, a store that does embroidery on T-shirts, sweaters, coats etc. in a unique handwriting.  I got a red-striped T-shirt that says "Moi, non plus."   They also do custom embroidery. Wrapping my t-shirt Great selection We made a stop at Chez Marianne to pick up a poppy seed and apple cake square for the apartment.  Our favourite place on Rue de Rosiers is closed this week for holidays. Poppy seed and other cake squares Next we stopped at Grom, one of our favourite gelato/sorbetto places in...