Il de la Jatte

Well today I was miss tourist with Manuel. We had a lovely day!! (besides the fact that i still can't hear-but im going to the dr tomorrow!) anyway, my friend Nick is in the musical Sunday in the Park With George, which is based on George Seurat's painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Well he asked me if I had heard of the island. I said no, but I would look for it. He wanted me to take some pictures so he could show his cast. Now it's called Il de la Jatte and it's on the border of Paris and the suburb Neuilly. It was about 30 min away from my place. But pretty easy to find and just beautiful! Anyway... Manuel and I met halfway there and went together to the actual island. When we got there we went to the Park which is where Mr. Seurat did his painting which is now called Square Alfred Sisley who was also an impressionist. Anyway, I had read that that the area was very commercial now and that this park was now a garden which was open during certain hours. Well we got there and it was CLOSED. Meaning for good. No one could enter because of the high tides! AND THEY WERE HIGH! But no one was around and I just needed a few pictures, so Manuel and I jumped fence (and other people must have too because there was fresh dog poop) and i took a bunch of pictures.

Then Manuel and I walked the island a bit more, which happens to be 3.04 km. And we sat down and ate lunch on a park bench. Ofcouse i came prepared. I made tuna salad along with some fresh lettuce, a piece of bread and an apple. It was delicious and we had GREAT weather! Then we walked back to the metro and went to the bookstore so I could get some magazines. Then we went to Laduree for some coffee and then Manuel went to work at 3 pm. We had a lovely afternoon. These are the days I love Paris and never wanna leave!!!! After that I went grocery shopping and came home to cook dinner. I made some fish I never heard of (but it was a white fish and VERY tasty) with dill, white wine and lime juice and as a side dish I made a puree of carrots with carmelized onions. Both I didn't use recipes for and I came up with it on my own! And they were very tasty! Now I'm about to go read my magazine and relax. Have a nice night and enjoy the pictures!!!