Segue

Rebecca was with us the better part of four days, the main priority of which was delivering Penelope. There were secondary priorities as well, since Rebecca is a seasoned Paris visitor, with her own list of things to see and do. Some food, some shopping, some cultural stuff, most of which we got done in good order. Then it was time for her to take the train on to Amsterdam for several days there with Jeremy and then on to Bruge and Brussels before returning to Paris to pick up the kid. After Rebecca's departure, our attention turned strictly to Penelope.

At a favorite creperie on Charonne in the 11th;
a beautiful salted caramel dessert crepe

Vicki's; I generally pass on the dessert crepe, going
for the Calvados digestif instead; an apple a day...

Moving right along, now, after thr  Pavillons of Bercy, we are
at Galeries Lafayette

T-shirt not bought

Taking Maman to catch her train; attempting again to emulate
Monet's Gare Saint-Lazaire paintings; at Gare du Nord

After some shopping on Rue Vavins with P, a brief stroll in the
park; here, a line of Luxembourg's famous chairs

Luxembourg bee hives

Something other blogs don't show you: the pissoir in the bushes
behind the petanque courts at Luxembourg; dating, presumably, from
the time when boules was not a mixed sport