Arrival Day

Not too much to report thus far - a pretty uneventful trip arriving an hour early.  Driver was there to pick us up & not too much traffic getting to the apartment. Unpacked & then wandered around the Marais for a couple of hours.  Leas has had a bad cold & was worse today so we picked up some chicken soup and a baguette to have dinner in the apartment & get to bed early.  Stopped at a pharmacy to see what they might have to help her get better & the pharmacist recomended a naturalcapsule that appears to be oregeno..  Weather went from cloudy to light rain to sunny & hot & back to cloudy. rur St Antoine has changed a lot  two years - lots of new shops have opened & the sidewalks are a mess with construction going on.  Picked up some madeleines at Mamy Therese, a new & highly recomended shop.  Went into St Paul to see the writing on the wall that they keep removing but it always reappears.. It says "French Republic or Death" & was written during the revolution. I need to go back & take a picture of it as i forgot today.  Was really sorry to see the restaurant around the corner "Gorille Blanc" is closed as it was very cute & good food.