OUR LAST 24 HOURS IN PARIS

Our last 24 hours in Paris was memorable for 2 reasons:

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The 1st, and most important one - we shared an excellent dinner at Le Dome du Marais with our wonderful friends, Orna and Ilan.That's them with us in the photo - over hot drinks and shopping bags one afternoon-remember them from the photo at brunch at Cafe Sonya in Israel?  The food was exceptional (how do you make those foam  “sauces” that surround the food?) And the wonderful connection with old friends. And promises of meeting in Berlin at 6.45p.m. exactly in 5 years time! We are still so overwhelmed that they came to Paris especially because we were there.  And we felt very French kissing and au revoiring on the Metro late at night!

We saw the uncrowded village atmosphere of Montmartre with a born and raised Montmartre ? guide - and got our daily exercise in  up and down the hills.  We finished the day at Georg Pompidou Centre - always such a lovely surprise to come upon it from any angle and the water sculptures …..that's me in the rain!!!

The 2nd reason is the time honoured Parisian hobby of ripping off tourists and it matters not how experienced you are, it seems you’ll still fall prey.  I had an all out fight with the barman in Monmartre at LE PALMIER.(just opposite the Metro stop Blanche) and only when Alan intervened and asked a fellow patron (Parisian) what he had paid for his coffee etc, did we get our refund for having been  grossly overcharged. The barman grudgingly slapped the refund on the counter as he could see I was not going to back down. So please, tell all your friends who are visiting Paris to give this cafe/brasserie a wide berth!