pictures from paris

re pictures above, i discovered this on the facade of the public school on my street. i'm told that all the schools in paris bear this plaque with its own statistics. how's that for french guilt! if anyone needs a translation please ask.

picture below - your faithful correspondent in the gardens of bagatelle, next to the bois de bologne in paris...





picture below -a plaque on chemin vert, around the corner from my apartment on the avenue parmentier, explaining that mr. parmentier is responsible for bringing potatoes to france from south america, and the reason why we have french fries. brilliant!




tomorrow i'm taking a train to perpignan to visit some dear friends, returning on saturday for another 9 days of paris - and love, perhaps...