Wonderful weekend

I went away again this weekend... The evidences:



This is the garden of the Petit Palais in Paris. Nice, isn't it? The inside was even nicer, with an exhibition presenting  Yves Saint Laurent's dresses. Unfortunately, no photo allowed, but believe me, it is breath-taking!


This is the front of La Madeleine Church. Along one side, there is a flower market, and tyou can buy the finest foods all around the square. Yummy... note to self: come back on a weekday, when the shops are open!
However, the Pinacotheque was open and presented Edvard Munch or the Anti-scream. Again, no photo allowed... far more disturbing than YSL, but very interesting.


This hen decorates the metro station under the church.


This is Le Louvre, the palace of the French kings.

Le Palais Royal with les Colonnes de Buren.


I don't know what it is, but I liked it...


And the most important part of the weekend: enjoying the visit of friends from Australia, and my daughter.
I think you can find out who are the mother/daughter couples :-)

Take care!

Paris

Not much to show right now. I've been knitting a lot but forgot to take the pictures...
The weather is not good either, it has been quite cold, nut no snow worth to mention, and now it is raining, heavily, with a very strong wind that makes me quite nervous (I don't like hearing things flying in the garden...)

So let's go for a little trip, to Paris. Those pictures were taken before I started to blog.

Have a nice Friday all!

Back from the big town!

I've spent the weekend in Paris!
Friday was dedicated to my sister and to Aiguille en Fête, a big show for stitchers and quilters. The weather was awful, cold and snowy, but my sister and I did not mind, we enjoyed ourselves a lot.
Here are my purchases, stuff by Oliver Twist, just in case, a box of perle thread from South Africa, a book about whitework, a felted belt, and some yarn by Habu textiles. I'm very curious about them, the grey one contains stainless steel...

The show was crowded, and outside it was very cold and grey, so no pictures of my sister and me. Shhhh.

On the Saturday, my sister was home, and Emilie and I walked in Paris. The weather was much better. We were wondering where we were going to have dinner. In fact, the answer has been quite simple: we collapsed on the couch!
On Sunday, before I left, we had our revenge, in a Cuban restaurant, full of spices and delicious scents.

I don't know what she is thinking of, but I like this picture: Short before we had to left, musicians arrived and sung and danced the salsa. It was very hard to go back to the station, I would have spent the afternoon listening to them.