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The stylish side of Florence
Paris, day 4; Galleries Lafayette on a Sunday afternoon
Sunday at the Galleries Lafayette. Wow! What a zoo. The annual sale season is in full glory and the Chinese are literally lined up as if in a movie theater to buy designer bags. A line for Yves Saint Laurent, for Chanel, for Balenciaga, etc.
Jambon and fromage crepe for lunch.
Pictures coming later.
Here they come: updated on Jan. 21, 2020
The Mona Lisa in 3-d
Paris, Day 3, some metro lines are working!
Despite the strikes, I found a couple of metro lines operational today. What a gift! I’ll never experience Paris again without thanking the gods for the metro.
Unfortunately, my hotel’s internet is sloooowwwwww, so I will be filling in this post later. Suffice it to say that I saw the Toulouse Lautrec exhibition at the Grand Palais today! Fabulous!
Whipped cream and sweet bread, what could be better?
Yay! I have always been a big fan of this concoction!
The (most elaborate?) wine window in Florence
I’ve posted before about the uniquely Florentine custom of wine windows found in some of the city’s palazzi. They are found, here and there, all around the city. This is the most elaborate one I’ve ever noticed.
The marble plaque above informs customers that the window “It is open from November 1st to April from 10 am to 3 pm pm and in the evening from 5 to 9, from May 1st to the end of October From 10 am to 3 pm E La Sera From 7 to 10.”
The wine windows have their own association in Florence. Here is the website: http://buchettedelvino.org
You can read more about the windows here: https://www.theflorentine.net/news/2016/04/florence-wine-windows/
Or watch videos here:
Rebuilding Notre Dame, Paris
Paris, day 1
The wifi at my hotel is not working well. I’ll fill the pictures in later.
Paris, January 2020; Day 2
get back, lauretta! 
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