Back in discovery mode, yesterday we went along to the Dalida exhibition at the Hotel de Ville. Michelle’s a big fan after hearing Mado Lamotte sing “Gigi L’amoroso” at a Mauritian restaurant on the rue Duluth many moons ago. The exhibition was well thought out, there were personal effects, video clips of her songs and also of her films, a collection of dresses and numerous Karaoke booths where fans (like Michelle!) could sing-along to all her well known tunes with a microphone. They judged the crowd well, everyone wanted a turn to sing-along, most of whom were atrocious!

We wandered home via the Marais, stopping for falafel on the rue des Rosiers and at a Craftsman fair where we found paintings and bags and teas and lamps and a whole range of beautiful things that had we more space in our apartment they would have been hard to walk away from….