Paris Friday April 5 continued.

So after lunch and a short siesta we set off for FNAC near Gare St Lazare to buy tickets for two museums for next week.  The line for tickets at the store was very long and very slow but we finally reached the clerk and got tickets for next Tuesday for Musee du Luxembourg which has a Chagall exhibit and tickets for next Thursday for Musee Jaquemart Andre which has a special exhibit of Boudin's paintings.  He does wonderful seascapes and is famous for his skies.  Several years ago we visited the museum in Honfleur dedicated to his work.

We took the metro back to Place de Clicy, buying a sandwich and a small dessert at one of our favorite bakery chains, Paul's, which has shops all over France as well as in London and Washington DC.  We then detoured to a wine shop because you can't eat a meal in France without wine - well maybe breakfast without wine is OK.  We do have an expresso machine at the apartment for breakfast.

Choosing a bottle each of red and of white wine we trudged on home.  We get tired easily these days so "trudged" is the appropriate word.

Then the fun began.  We wanted to open the red wine but it had the tightest cork Harley or I had ever encountered.  We worked for over half an hour and after one broken wine opener, an Ah So which is a permanent travel accessory fo us, joint cooperation and a ton of sweat equity we succeeded in getting that cork out.  Oh, by the way, we also broke the cork in the process.  The wine was very good as was the sandwich and dessert.  But we are worn out!