Thank you very much, annhig.

no probs, lantana. hope you enjoy it.

Man, I am really bummed out by teh constant grey/rainy weather...I know, can't complain, I'm in Paris right?? But every time I go out to walk around, it rains on me, and then I go home...

Wait until a bus splashes all of the water in the gutter on you like me today.

Bad weather is a bummer. Hope it improves soon. Meanwhile, you might look into passing time indoors at some of the city's municipal museums, all of which offer free admission to their permanent collections:

http://www.paris.fr/english/museums/...-museums/p8229

There's a special exhibit at the Carnavalet now of Eugène Atget's photography that I would love to see. There is a charge of €7 for that.

Oh dear - your forecast doesn't look very hopeful, either. Stay dry!
sharbear - maybe you will pick a few museums to enjoy

Kerouac - Thanks for the link to the report on the 19th Arr. Like so many of your pieces, it allows us outsiders a special "slice of life" view of a part of a city we are still hopeful of getting to know much better.

Yes, Kerouac, thank you!

And yes definitely planning on some museums...today some were closed, and I"m just a wimp about going out in the rain, I know it's silly. . I definitely want to go to the Carnavalet, and I want to visit the Rodin museum but I should probably wait for a nice day for that because of the gardens? A lot of other stuff I want to do is outdoors, but if it keeps raining I will definitely be visiting the museums.

But lest you all think I've done nothing lately, at least I have been cooking, if anyone is interested. I realize it's not exactly a normal Fodors post, but here it is anyway: http://www.eatdreamtravel.com/2012/0...egetables.html

You should definitely go to the Rodin Museum on a nice day. The garden is wonderful.

The cauliflower looks yummy!

No complaining Sharbear...while they are nice cities, I will spend this week in Columbia, SC and Charlotte, NC...not quite Paris! I do agree, wait for Rodin for a nice day...lovely!

nice food, sharbear! very enterprising. i have cooked in some of the apartments we have rented in Italy, particularly in Venice, where eating out is so expensive, and the produce in the markets so enticing.

in Rome i found that we ate out all the time - it's much cheaper, and there were so many restaurants I wanted to try.

I took advantage of some sun today and headed out Pere Lachaise Cemetery..
http://www.eatdreamtravel.com/2012/0...rison-and.html

Loved the recipe and appreciated the cemetery. Please keep it coming! Agree about the Rodin Museum--inside and out, it's neat.

Tip to everyone: Musee Carnavelet closes most of its rooms between noon and 2:30, I think every day. We got there at ten of twelve and they were nice enough to warn us that we probably shouldn't buy the audio guide, as there wouldn't be much to see for awhile. It's so French...I can not imagine a museum in the U.S. ever doing that! We only had a few hours so we just went nearby to the Musee d'art et d'histoire du Judaisme, which, while not free, was really great. More on that in a future post, but just wanted to share what happened!

Hi sharbear84,
Enjoyed reading your post about pere-lachaise-cemetery. I was a big fan of Jim Morrison & the Doors, and vividly remember when he died. Your photos are awesome. I really enjoy cemeteries (i know, weird, huh?) Two of my favorites are the cemetgery in Savannah, GA (from MIdnight in the Garden of Good & Evil fame) & the National Cemetery at Vysehrad in Prague.

Looking forward to more posts about Paris. I will be in Paris for the first time this summer & can't wait. Where do you go when you leave Paris? What an awesome opportunity for you and your husband!

Two and half weeks!! So nice to know that I can look forward to fresh strawberries! Pere Lachaise, can't wait. You should read Waiting for Gertrude by Bill Richardson.

HI Kwoo - the cemetery in Savannah is a favorite of mine as well - I'm glad you mentioned it because I accidentally said it was in Charleston on my post, but I've fixed that now!
We are actually going to be in Prague for a few days at the very end of our trip so I will make sure to check that Cemetery out as well. (and it's not weird, I really enjoy them too.)
We are going to Bologna, Italy next after this!

Question for all: Does anyone know a book store where I can find an ENGLISH guidebook? Going to Amsterdam next weekend and would like to bring an "old fashioned" print guidebook, as we probably won't have data plans on our phones there to look things up on the internet.

What wonderful photos, sharbear. We plan to go to Père Lachaise in July. My daughter loves Chopin and we hope to find his grave there. Thank you for your lovely reports!

Here's a link to English bookstores in Paris: http://www.secretsofparis.com/english-bookstores/
Have fun in Amsterdam!

Thank you lantana!

Chopin's grave was one of the ones I was looking for and didn't find - I do hope you have better luck!