An American in the Paris of South America

I used to daydream that we would move to London and live there .. Knightsbridge.

Close enough to Harrods ( Food Halls ) and a train ride away from Paris or Cornwall.

Then after a few trips to Paris, I started to adjust my daydreaming .. an apartment in Paris , Left Bank, train to London.. or Provence.

I love so much about Paris and about all things "French " ..

the Architecture is my favorite, the clothes and food and design.. the way they all take their dogs everywhere with them, even the cafes and well, you know, Everything.

We rented an apartment on our last trip to Paris, we were expecting a visit from our wandering son, on his way from India to visit us in the US .. why not meet in Paris ?

So we rented this lovely little apartment .. a couple of blocks from the Eiffel Tower and had one of the best memory making trips ever.

I keep the photos handy, I go back and remember it all fondly and I can refer to the decor in the apartment and other places if I need inspiration here at home.

Here At Home being in Argentina.

How did that happen ??

They say that Buenos Aires is the Paris of South America.

There are vague similairities but the best of them would be the architecture in some areas.The love and availability of music and dance and the influence of the French who were here in the 1800's and whose furniture ended up here when the rich Argentines went shopping .. in Paris.

So here I am .. An American in the Paris of South America ... and how lovely it is ..

Frenchness , Harry Potter and Time

Over the past year or so, my husband and I have played with the idea of living somewhere else. I imagine from past trips , from my love of museums, music and old places, that Paris would suit me fine. Not to mention the food, fashion and how much the French like their dogs .. the Frenchness of life in Paris is so appealing ~

Frenchness summing up everything that I like about France .. not the bad stuff .. like high taxes, cost of living and ridiculous cost of housing.

Frenchness like this street, rue de Grenelle,where we rented an apartment one year and pretended that we lived there.

This was our neighborhood, Cafe Roussillon was "our" corner cafe, the fromagerie on rue Cler was "our cheese shop" .. after dinner at night, we would walk two blocks over and watch the Eiffel Tower twinkle ..until we scurried back to the warm apartment where we could continue to watch the twinkling from our bed.
But things have changed, I think.

I am unable to imagine only two of us on this adventure, when it should be three.

I have started wondering about living here forever, perhaps in another building but then, why ? this one is so nice.

Maybe I can change all the windows and block out the noise better, then I think it would be close to perfect.

Would a Paris apartment be that perfect ?

I like this street in the photo.

The three of us walk here and shop in our favorite Boulangerie, buying fresh buttery croissants, loaves of yeasty soft bread for the week, something sweet for tea.

I might not mind living in this area.

But then, Pup likes it just fine where we are .

So here we stay.

We went to see Harry Potter today.

We loved it.

I was sad , it was the last one.

It was great.

I saw that the vet had called twice while we were away ..

I thought there is no more bad news possible, it can wait until I get home.

I called when we got home and she was telling me something but so quickly that I thought I did not hear correctly ( and she was speaking English!) so I repeated it back to her.

More blood test results?

His red blood cells are regenerating ?

Yes, his bone marrow is active and he is rejuvenating red blood cells . . so in her words..

"We have more time with Pup " ...