paris - part II

paris - part II

14 May 2018

So much happens in a week when you're travelling. When I last wrote I was in Paris. Since then I've been in Glasgow conferencing and in a blink of an eye, here I am in London. Before I start exploring today I thought I'd post some more photos from Paris.

I stayed near the Canal St Martin and would wander past most days.



Someone really loves the area!



The beautiful Hopital St Louis is a short walk away.



I just love the peaceful interior courtyard.



I visited 2 of my favourite galleries, the Musee Picasso and the Musee D'Orsay.



I visited the Musee D'Orsay on the first Sunday of the month when admission is free.



Maybe that was a mistake because the gallery was uncomfortably busy.



I decided to pre-book my ticket to the Musee Picasso, which had an excellent exhibition featuring Picasso's work, Geurnica.



I love the building in which the museum is housed, the Hôtel Salé, as much as I love the artwork.



On my last day in Paris I decided to visit the Palais Royale. It was a gloriously sunny day so everyone was out enjoying the sun.



A shady spot.



After my walk, I stopped for a nice lunch at Ellsworth.



Giverny is not far from Paris, so I decided to take a day trip. Here are a few little flower shots from Monet's garden to tide you over until I can get my next blog post together.



Time for me to explore London, so I better go and get ready.

Until next time.

Bye for now,

Jillian

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ellsworth paris

ellsworth paris

21 Jul 2016

Hi Every-one,

I can't believe just how busy the past few days have been. In a rare moment of free time I've put together a few images from my visit to Ellsworth Paris.



It's a tiny little slip of a place near the statue of Moliere in Paris. It does lunch a few days a week, and one of those days happened to coinicide with my 4 days in Paris.



I first heard of the restaurant via Instagram, checked their menu and decided to book a table for lunch.



I'm travelling alone and one thing I'm loathe to do is to dine alone but in this case I decided to be brave. I also don't photograph my food before I eat it when in a restaurant but on this occasion I broke that rule as well.



The lunch menu is small but I'd already decided I was going to have the fried chicken, whilst the dessert I chose on the day.



The chicken was scrumptious. It was well brined, tender with a crunchy coating served with some delicious pickles.



As you can see I chose the almond cake with cherries and mascarpone for dessert. You may have seen this image already on Instagram.

The wait staff were lovely and I didn't feel too self conscious dining solo.You can find Ellsworth Paris at 34, rue de Richelieu 75001 Paris, France.

I'll be back when next I have some time to spare with some more images from Paris.

Bye for now,

Jillian

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