Let us eat, drink and walk merry for tomorrow we fly – part 3 – repeat encounters made and missed

The Americans who went up a mountain and called it a hill. Since neither of us were pilgrims nor, speaking for myself at least, particularly spiritually inclined, Patricia and I continued walking northwest from the Tour Saint-Jacques along rue de …

Let us eat, drink and walk merry for tomorrow we fly – part 2 – promises kept

The first promise. I promised I’d circle back to the importance of the Spanish name for the Tower and now it’s time for me to do just that. It’s also the section where I’ll return, as I promised in this …

Let us eat, drink and walk merry for tomorrow we fly

Draw the shade and pour yourself a strong one. This is the last entry and it’s gonna be a long one. (The header above will make sense when I tell you that in its initial incarnation, this was a nearly …