Follow Up

A quick follow up about the shop closures due to the holidays

In our neighborhood, it's a ghost town right now. The three bar/restaurants nearby are all closed until after the 5th. The shoe repair is closed, the Presse is closed (as are all the other ones within walking distance). There is a boulangerie that has stayed open during the holiday, thank goodness. I know that other neighborhoods are open. I went to the Champion on rue de Seine on Sunday AM because the 8 a 8 in our neighborhood that's always open on Sunday AM from 8 - 1 was "exceptionally" closed.

Our guardienne is also on vacation. So, every morning, Terry has to go down to the common mailbox and retrieve our newspaper.

Where's my holiday spirit?