SDP on tour - Hmmmm? Where to next?

I know! That champagne break helped me to gain a new perspective on the world....

(actually I had a coffee and pain aux raisins, but why spoil a good story!)

SDP on tour - Galeries lafayette

Billed as "the most beautiful department store in the world", Galeries Lafayette in Paris would take some serious beating.

If you are a shopper, the best time to drop in is during the twice-yearly, fixed-date sales - "les soldes". In late June / July, the summer stock goes, in January / February, winter.

Everything I have been told is true - take an empty suitcase and fill it up! Apart from the heavy price reductions, the department stores offer 10% discounts on many products (some exceptions during sales on some luxury lines) for overseas passport holders, and if you get your act together and don't miss the appropriate place at your point of departure (a sore point with me - grrrrr at Nice airport!!), you can also claim the 12% tax back.

For true indulgence, you can even enjoy a drop of champagne at the in-store champagne bar....

SDP on tour - Meeting Paris DP

 

I have thought a lot about whether to continue with Sydney DP and, yes, I want to. But I have very few pictures of Sydney I would consider worthy of publishing, so to fill the gap in transmission from Sydney I am going to go all self-indulgent and publish some pics of which I am particularly fond from my recent travels. And I want to tell some little stories.

Here I'm meeting a familiar face to many. A late afternoon cocktail in a lovely bar in Paris. And, no, he didn't get me drunk; despite appearances I could still walk a straight line when I left, and anyway, I ordered before the lovely, friendly Parisien appeared on the scene!

This was my first day in Paris (July 7) and I had already hit the sales and am here wearing a new dress from Le Bon Marché! (The cardigan made the journey from Australia, and very nice it is too; it was waiting for me to buy that dress)

Theme Day: Postcard-worthy

Back from my travels just in the nick of time for the Theme Day. Otherwise you may have had to put up with someone else's city!

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A little break

Well, it's been a hectic last few weeks. I'm now taking a short break - a holiday and a conference.
I'm winging off to Paris and the south of France for a couple of weeks, and then on to Cape Town.

Hope you come back and visit again when I get back!

Thanks to everyone for your comments and encouragement and support!

Sally

Winter blooms

Juxtaposition

Bexley Park

iPhone Crowd

What do you do at a Ball?
Create album, like, post comment, friend, share, create album, upload....of course!

Garden