We departed Le Gué Rochoux early (7.00am is pre- dawn) in order to be sure of refuelling and dropping off the car by 9.00am to avoid an extra day's rental.
The trip to Granville was made in good time, so we decided to spend our "savings" on the car rent, and a bit more, on the early train- the tickets we bought in Australia were a special price and not exchangeable. In effect we bought three hours, and it was very good value indeed, since we settled into our Paris apartment at 1.00pm instead of 4.00pm and had ample time to do the initial food shopping and explore the street environs.
As it was Shabbat we encountered several groups of chaps in black frock coats and and black Homburg hats.
Our apartment is within a stone's throw of the lively Marché des Enfants Rouges- Paris ' oldest covered market, well stocked particularly with all kinds of vegetables, deli, cheese, seafood, and fronted by a classy boucherie. We are in a very lively area of the Marais - dozens of places to eat, chic clothes shops, a handy small supermarket, excellent patisseries, and a choice of several Metro stations.
We chose a couple of different quiche slices from an irresistible patisserie for our light tea before the Grand Spectacle de l'Opéra which Wendy will relate in our next post.
The apartment has been thoroughly modernised in Ikea style and with the living area open-plan feels spacious.
You can view the owner's promo here:
http://www.homelidays.co.uk/paris-03/apartment-flat-355110en1.htm
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