It's Sunday afternoon and I'm just getting ready to do my French homework, argh! I got up late this morning 10:30, had a little breakfast then went out to shop at the Sunday market at the Bastille. Each Thursday and Sunday, vendors of fresh fruits, vegetables, fish, meat, cheeses, etc as well as all sorts of clothing, jewelry and other commercial items set up along the green space in the center of the rue de Richard Lenoirs. Gabriella requested fresh pasta for lunch so I had to go there to one of the booths that sells Italian specialties to get it. Normally, I would go to our groceries Monopris or 'Frankpris but those are closed on Sundays--yes, it's true that the establishments close here on Sunday still. Kind of nice not to see stores constantly pressured to be open 24/7. Refreshing albeit at time inconvenient but we manage as does everyone else. I ended up getting the pasta, apples, clementines, bananas, walnuts, lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, and a fresh baguette at a boulanger on the way home. When shopping here you must always be calculating how much you can actually weight and volume-wise back home. I've found myself numerous times with way too much, struggling to get it back home, which BTW includes carrying it up 4 flights of stairs! We ended up having a very lovely lunch/early dinner.
Yesterday, Saturday, we went to see an exhibit on Tiffany at the Musée du Luxembourg at the gardens with the same name. This is it's last weekend so we had to rush, and stay in the rain for about 20 minutes to get to tickets but it was well worth it. I was difficult to choose ones favorites among such exquisite pieces but you can see 2 of my favorites and read a review at http://www.artknowledgenews.com/2009-08-04-20-48-31-musee-du-luxembourg-opens-a-louis-comfort-tiffany-monographic-exhibition.html . It was really a feast for the eyes! Afterward we walked to a nearby cinema at the Metro Odeon where we saw the 3D version of Avatar. The house was packed and I thought we would be the oldest ones there until a group senior to us arrived looking for the very few remaining seats. I loved watching the technological wonder of 3D and of course enjoyed the age-old stories of the horrors of colonization, good conquering evil, love curing all, etc. However, I think my favorite parts were the creatures and scenery of Pandora, how magical! Nice to visit such a fantastic world for those few hours.
On the way home we stopped at a neighborhood Italian restaurant for a small bite to eat. This is a place very close by but into which we had never enter because it looked so sad. Recently, they fixed the place up nicely so we tried it but were under-whelmed by the food---way too much garlic! Gabriella is hard to please with Italian anyway but I even noticed the garlic excess. Anyway, we decided we would try them again some other for a pizza to see if those are good.
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