London
I could really dig this town - god how civilised! The cool architects from
the last three centuries really knew their stuff and it amazes me that today
many of these crafts are totally gone - I think of the craftsmen who have
toiled at these monuments - incredible.
Good news on the retail sector
Aussie is way ahead on innovation - went to my usual haunts - Harrods (you
got to go) the Conran store (looking very tired) oka (moved from a catalog
company to big time retailer - very country home) Andrew Martin - a great
mix and to think the union Jack started here (and would be good to stop here
also).
Can't helping thinking that Aussie stores like Hermon and Hermon, Coco Republic, Papaya, o and b and others are right over the top of this lot!
I know why we are forced into constant innovation - a way smaller and demanding population!
Paris
Paris beautiful but Scarey at first with the bustling crowded streets but we are located in a great part opposite st Jacques tower and gardens.
For my birthday dinner we dressed and went to z kitchen gallieria which was a Thai French fusion and honestly divine.
Paris is certainly turning on the sunshine and today was the Paris marathon with ten thousand runners it was amazing and made all the merrier with bands on each street corner!
The lapsed Catholic in me shed tears this morning at Sunday mass in notre dame with the heart tendering voices of the brothers. Awesome both the architecture and the calling.
