Bretagne

Rennes

 

The first of many kouign amann sampled over the weekend:

Lannion and Perros-Guirec

 

 

Dinan

Piemonte, Italy

The Mosque

While cat-sitting in the 5th, I took advantage of my close proximity to the mosque to finally visit this beautiful building.

This is the teahouse where Christine and I had tea and pastry in the courtyard (that is a bird fluttering in the middle of this photo).....

and knit, of course!

  Christine finished her cowl, hooray!

The people in my neighborhood

I did not take many pictures of buildings or sunsets or places in Paris this spring.  Nor did I take many pictures of people.  But fortunately my friend Kristin did.  So here are some shots of the cast of characters in my daily life....

Here are Kristin and Mike, two of my first friends in Paris, and the reason I know so many of the rest of the people pictured below:

 These are my friends Ariane and Jérôme, a very lovely cross-cultural couple.

 Jérôme and me

 

Sara and Kristin

 The cute little lady who sings old French songs at La Vielle Belleville.  

(She is not a fixture in my daily life.)

Sara and Ariane   

 Christine and me, sitting around in Kristin's apartment while

she probably cooks us something delicious...

 

Audra, who doesn't need a pink wig to be entertaining...

 Kristin the pastry chef with one of her amazing creations

 Ariane and Michael

 Audra, Sara, and Anna, Kristin's trio of crazy sous-chef

 My lovely, sweet, witty and wacky roommate Céline