Tromping the Champs Elysees

( photo by Anna Thoreson)

I dreamed I shopped in Paris! Oh wait. It wasn't a dream. I did shop in Paris! After the Eiffel tower we mosied passed the exclusive shops and stores on Champs Elysees: big names, big bucks, no bargins there. We did find a shop or two with reasonable prices. I saw a skirt I liked but unfortuneately (or fortuneately for the pocketbook) I'm not a size 6.
Nonetheless, we much enjoyed seeing the fashions, browsing the storewindows, oohing and ooh-la-la-ing all wares and whatnots of Parisian merchandizing!
Of course Anna had to check out the windows of a major jewler! Myself, I was taken by the extravagent furnishings like an all glass diningroom table, with blown glass legs, accompanied by zebra high back chairs. The horse statue in the corner didn't escape my notice either.

When I oggled the very modern handsome white leather davenport, one of my daughters said to me, "But Mom, it's so modern. I didn't think you liked anything that was modern." Well, even though it wouldn't go well with the decor in the cave, I'm not that much of a neanderthol that I can't appreciate style of all eras! Did I ever say that antiques were the only lovely and worthwile home furnishings? Je si ne pense pas !( I don't think so!)
Some of the stores windows were gayly hand painted. Anna took note of the artwork for scrapbooking purposes, I suppose.
The rest of the day we wandered about the streets of Paris taking in every turn and twist of quaint and seemingly quiet neighborhoods.
The hot chocolate's boost of the lite breakfast that morning was wearing off. So we grabbed a bite eat. then hopped on the Metro that hummed and halted every stop until we were reunited with Richard Lenoir. Exhausted and happy, we three agreed that if we had to go back home the next day, we would be content for all we had seen that day. But, we still had six days and a lot more of Paris to explore!