Your Left Bank Ladies woke up today to the news that the S.N.C.F has called for a transit strike and we Parisiennes are left holding le sac. The streets are one large traffic jam. Just one train in the entire Métro de Paris system is running, and only up and back on the RIGHT bank, at that. And the only reason it is in service is because it has no driver! We prefer to only ride on trains with a driver, merci.Faced with limiting our travels today, we met over café and came up with un plan. We hired a horse, a thin one who could fit between the taxis. Here's a snap the concierge took of us, Ruby about to mount up and trot off for our little shopping excursion. Ruby sends the horse back for us and Rebecca, Ruth and I take turns, all of us meeting up for shopping on the haute couture hotbed rue de Foubourg.
After a little shopping, it's a quick culture stop at the le musée Jeu de Paume for the Edward Steichen exhibit. With about 400 vintage prints covering some six decades and all aspects of his work, this is arguably the most comprehensive such overview to date. I just adore his pictures!
Tout alors!
Barbie
4 comments:
Ruby
You are just amazing....you found the horse and rode it.
Love you Jamie
I have been sending you the other comments
When there's a transit strike, let them drink wine! Wish we were there walking the streets or sitting along the Seine with a bottle of wine, a baguette and some cheese.
Lucky ladies!! can't wait to hear all your tales.
Mon ami - Who needs le Metro? Le Cite et magnifique. Just hoof it girl. It is the best city on earth for walking. You eat, you drink, you walk it ALL off. Paris son le primiere regime du la monde!
Miss you and wish we were there with you!
Michael and Jay
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