The Ryanair flight was short and sweet, except for our landing in Beauvais (for my first time) which was with a BANG~really a thud. What did I want for about $15? Plus my luggage cost and internet fee and yaddah yaddah yaddah-still very cheap!
And I was on to see my friends Pascale and Yves, who live in Surenes, just outside of Paris. I had met them several years ago when they stayed at my house with Yves' two lovely daughters. They now live just outside of Paris in a very charming home in a quiet neighborhood. Pascale was in a play on Friday night, so I had to take the Metro and walk to the theater. Luckily they had just finished when I arrived. They were starting to wonder if I would make it! So with about eight of their friends and the director, we went to have a drink and a bite nearby. Most of them had been in the play. It was fun, in spite of the fact that I could not understand much of the discussion. It was about 2AM when we got back to their home.
Saturday morning I went to the market in Surenes with Pascale, and Yves watched the rugby semi-finals. (Sound familiar?) France did win! After lunch we went into Paris and parked in the garage at the Hotel de Ville. We walked around; Pascale wanted to buy some boots, as did many others, so she decied to give up. We walked around the Marais and went into an art gallery of an artist whom Pascale likes. It was a spectacular fall day! We ate a falafel sandwich as we walked back to the car with the intention of going to a movie (silent with animation), but we were really too late. So we just watched "Harvey Milk" with French titles, which none of us had seen. It was a very relaxing day!
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