Weekend of the Mutti...

Maman Wainwright descended on Friday night, and we had great fun trying to squeeze two people into tiny teeny flat of joy. Eventually managed it, though v little sleep was had as twas just....too...hot! I think I must live on the sun!

Had a fabby weekend with her, on Saturday we went shopping and mooching. Found a wonderful area in the 5th with tiny little windy streets where the people in the restaurants come out onto the cobbles and try and entice you in. There were some fantastic window displays of their produce - amazing looking seafood and rotisserie chickens *droooool*...also were some less fantastic translations...one in particular offered us a "tray of delicious fish salesmen...." erm.....no thank you.

Theeeen we found a floating market (as you do) and bought some snails in a carton. Felt v french again, sitting on the banks of the seine people watching and mangeing les escargots....that is of course till we each found a particularly big proper snailish one and got the heebie jeebies at the same time!! Then we found some fabby shops that might possibly be an outlet for the jewellery selling (if I ever get round to making any more!) and then in the evening we went for a yummy scrumbos meal near my house. I had originally planned to go to this amazing Duck restaurant that Vati took me too when we were here in April...so off we went...much map reading ensued....aaaaand oh look...it's closed down :( undeterred however we found a v nice place not too far away where mutti and i had duck and mango stuff and davide had kangaroo...which I must say is very yum!

Right....this is rambly and not really full of any substance....I am sposed to be meeting up with a girl tonight for a "conversation exchange". David is going with me in case she turns out to be an old scary man. But she was sposed to email me with a place to meet..and so far nooothing. Curiouser and curiouser....shall let you know what happens.

Bye bye

PS Article was in yesterday. Huzzaaaaah!