OOh la la, Paris was amazing and I had a ball. We stayed in a beautiful little hotel in Montmartre called Hotel Particulier (hope that’s spelt right – ok, checked – it’s at http://hotel-particulier-montmartre.com/fr/ ). Only 5 rooms – and ours had its own private steam room – my pores were very clean by the end of the holiday.

I dragged Ben around the galleries – bless him. I adore the Pompidou Centre – modern art. I’m a huge Rothko fan and there are 2 amazing Rothkos in there – huge red and black ones. They always make me cry which is pretty embarrassing really – but I’m kind of used to it by now (as is Ben). I’ve seen Rothkos all over the world at this stage – Chicago, New York, Paris, London – and they really are amazing paintings. I’m a Rothko groupie.

Rothko

Oh and by the way thanks so much for all the lovely emails and messages to say Happy Birthday – I’m touched. You are all so kind.

What else did we do – well we ate a lot of excellent food, drank cocktails in the hotel’s sweet little bar, walked up the Eiffel Tower (my legs still ache), walked to the top of the Sacre Coeur church – in fact Ben named it the holiday of the steps.

I do love Paris!

SarahX