Fourth Form of Madness

I have definitely been kissed by the sun today! I’ve always wanted to do a cruise on the Seine, so we embarked out today to find and do one. First stop however was the “world’s best” hot chocolate at Angelina. A big call, so we thought worth a try. As the waiter brought it over to us, I could feel my insulins level rising just looking at it. A jug of chocolate velvet that had the consistency of molten larva and a mountain of whipped cream on a plate to the side. I let my husband go first and he gave it the thumbs up . I followed and managed to make it through half a cup before my gag reflex kicked in (probably a safety mechanism in my body so I don’t OD on sugar). I let husband finish the rest whilst I tucked into the remainder of the whipped cream and tried to channel Proust who was said to have dined there in his day. I don’t know how successful I was in channelling him but I did feel like going back to our flat to bed so perhaps I did a better job than I thought.

Off we went cruising…….with 20,000 other tourists. We sat on the top of the boat as you couldn’t really see anything from below. I felt myself melting in the first five minutes as the sun was cooking but as I had suggested this activity and didn’t think it was in my best interests to whinge. As I enjoyed the many and varied sights along the Seine explained in 20 different languages, my husband started doing a combination of yogi moves next to me to relieve the pain in his back that he has been having. Feeling rather overwhelmed by his ability to do lotus pose in jeans, we disembarked and was able to purchase a wonderfully cheesy photo of us boarding the boat an hour earlier. I’ve got to admit I am enjoying some of the tourist stuff.

Off we went to the Dali Museum. Two metro lines and a delicious lunch involving a very big glass of champagne later we found ourselves climbing a very big hill in Montmartre in the cooking sun. Can’t these artists live on the flats for a change. I’m sure a lot of artistic ability can still be conjured up living in the lowlands, you don’t always need a view to create! The museum is well worth the hike and husband spent half our time there playing with the Dali Photo booth where you can have your head transposed into some of his famous paintings. I’ll be framing a few of those.