Paris Pitstop

So from New York to ... Paris, of course! Where I met up with Sally to begin our education in French food, wine, culture - the lot.


Sally and Ali in Paris!

So what did we do? As any one of my good friends can guess, we started with lunch ...


Marais lunch at my new local

... and Sal showed me her new Parisienne look!


Je suis trés à la mode

So these two Parisienne chiques, (I just made that word up, by the way - don't go using it around your French friends) thought it might be nice to share some of our favourite sights and scenes with some other Aussie girls (didn't think I'd be using that phrase too often either).


Clare and Bella with Ali

Can you believe it? After all that idle talk in our cubicles at the College of Surgeons, we finally managed to meet up in Paris - where I shared my new-found pleasure in the traditional apéritif with Clare!


A kir and a catch-up

Then it was time for a quick round at the Pompidou Centre, to get our fill of modern art.


André Pevsner


Red is sooooooooooo passé, Ali

We followed up our exhausting afternoon in the museums with a fabulous morning tea at Angelina - the extremely charming tearoom that Monsieur Roissybus (famously of my Paris visit '05) told me I must go to, and where I discovered that my French table etiquette was sadly lacking. No such embarrassing problems this visit however!


Getting excited about hot chocolate at Angelina

And no visit to Paris is complete without stepping out onto the streets to see that magic structure, la tour Eiffel.


Au dessous


...et juste à côté de...!

Apologies for the poor image - I wanted you to see it sparkle too! Tellement belle!