We’re knee deep in cleaning, getting ready for our big trek across Europe to The Hague & Amsterdam. Our neighbour is borrowing our apartment for his parents who are coming down from Brittany to spend christmas in Paris, which suits us because there will be someone here all the time but it means we have to clean up before leaving… which is not so fun. On the agenda today is the local market to place our big order of oysters & prawns for New Years Eve, stop for a coffee on the street (our coffee machine is on the blink) then cleaning, cleaning, cleaning. If we’re lucky we’ll get a break when Di comes to pick up some chairs she’s borrowing to seat all her guests for christmas lunch, and luckier still if we get to the Louvre for Michelle to see the Miniatures exhibition that finishes in early January. Dinner out at our friends JD & Mathilde who have just finished renovating the apartment they bought this summer and then bags packed we take the train for the Glasgow reunion.

Merry Christmas, and we’ll see you in the New Year.
xx