French & Sparrow

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Our First Week In France - Paris

I've been slowly going through our photos of our holiday & instead of boring you
with every photo (there are over 1,000) I am picking out some of the best to share...

Paris Grey

This was the grey, foggy morning that welcomed us on our first day in Paris!

Notre Dame de Paris

We braved the cold & after queuing for 45 mins climbed the stairs to Notre Dame.

Musèe du Louvre

Place du Carrousel, Musèe du Louvre

We stayed in Le Marais 3rd Arrondissement - Paris Apartment

Rentals, 165 Rue St Martin. Perfect location & apartment for our needs.

Tony the owner is Australian & extremely helpful & friendly to deal with.

Paris restaurant - notice the rose petals on the front step!

So many fantastic restaurants in Paris it is hard to choose a favourite.

We found Trip Advisor to be good for recommendations to get you started but

any restaurant/café/bistro busy with locals is recommendation enough!

Sacre Coeur

Doors To Sacre Coeur

Detail Pere Lachaise

Pere Lachaise

Early spring blossoms ~ Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

I adored walking through Pere Lachaise. It was a warm spring afternoon
the first sun we had seen all week. We had a picnic lunch of baquettes &
pastries sitting in the sun.

Next week photos of Versailles, Laduree & Angelina's...

Wishing you a wonderful week,

Sunday, April 14, 2013

A Quick Update From France

I am sorry for the lack of posts while I have been on holidays. If you follow my Facebook page

you will no doubt be aware that we are into our third week away. Paris & the Loire were wonderful & we are now into our second week in Provence.

The weather has warmed up & we are having some beautiful warm spring days.

Unfortunately I didn't realise until I was away that you cannot post images to your blog from an IPad

Very inconvenient as I have so many photos to share with you all.

Once I return to Australia I will be busy getting them up for you until then I encourage you

to pop on over to my Facebook page where you can see what I have been up to.

Best wishes from France,

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Easter Orders

I've been busy putting together Easter orders before the shops

close for our four week holiday in France.

A lovely customer from New Zealand has asked my to gift wrap & tag some

presents for her family here in Australia, which inspired me to create

some Easter themed gift tags.

Feel free to print & use them with your own Easter presents.
Personal Use Only Please!
Please make sure you link back here with any use of this image on the internet!
Thanks to the Graphics Fairy for the lovely vintage frame.

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Paris - Travelling In Style

It's now less than two weeks till we fly out to Paris! With twenty-six hours of travelling time, comfort is my high priority - but at the same time I don't want to arrive looking like I have travelled in my pyjamas or work-out gear!
These are my top pics for in-flight Parisian chic...