En route in Singapore

Dear Reader the TG is on route to Sydney after a quick stopover in Singapore. Rather than the usual Orchard Rd accommodation the TG stayed in a nice hotel in the Arab/India area - very vibrant and lively. But of course Orchard Rd, Hawker food, massage and Raffles still remind the traveller was Singapore is all about....

Au Revoir Paris

Well Dear Reader, since the last blog the Travelling Goddess has been exploring more of Paris. She was enchanted to meet a range of fellow travellers including Genevieve Patroness of Paris, a range of dead French kings and queens nicely entombed, said hi to the Mona Lisa and a range of other well known figures at the Louvre, had lunch with Deepak and sparrows at the Paris Mosque, bought books at Shakespeare & Co (how unexpected!) read many more books (thanks dear Deepak), did some shopping - mainly shoes and clothes (now that IS unexpected) walked the Promenade Plantes, dropped into Notre Dame because it's just across the road, ate Berthillon ice cream because it's just around the corner, didn't ride a bike round Paris but took a photo to make it appear she did ride a bike, dropped by the Pantheon again, caught up with Oscar Wilde, Rossini and Sarah Bernhadt at Pere Lachaise, none of them up for a conversation sadly, walked the canals around Republic, got into the rhthym with Deepak, Kelvin and Isabelle at the Soweto Choir at Le Chatelet, had some good food and wine..because there is no other option. Slept in and read most mornings because it's still dark....(apologies to "the workers" who are reading this blog). Kept being approached by people for directions (brave misguided souls) and got quite good at saying in very bad French that I don't speak French. Je suis Australie goes a long way, managed French keyboards .....Had great weather and that's all I can think of right now.....Oh just one more thing I leave tomorrow.............can you believe it?????

Montmatre on a Saturday afternoon

Many readers have been to Montmatre (and thereabouts) so I won't describe in words......still busy and the place to people watch and sketcher watch......um the Travelling Goddess took a video to capture the mood - photos don't quite do Montmatre well - sadly it is taking forever to load so the TG may not bother on this occasion......something to look forward to....

Reims Friday 6th November

Well dear reader, Reims just 45 mins by train from Paris on a sunny day was a great find. The capital of the Campagne region (as opposed to sparkling wine - note to Aussies). The Travelling Goddess in the spirit of the region tooka tour of one of the Champagne houses G.H. Mumm, whilst it could be said it's a good PR deal - the tour was most interesting. I have a new regard for the history and technique of Champagne production and enjoyed sampling some G.H. Mumm Cordon Rouge at the end of the tour.

Reims of course has a catherdal to Notre Dame and a Jesuit planetarium plus a very up market shops full of fashion and local produce. Very gracious homes and streets...

TG's local neighbourhood

Nice shot Deepak

My ("my" ha ha) sweet neighbourhood... I'll keep adding to this...

Did I mention I was going to Reims tomorrow (Friday) and to see the Soweto Gospel Choir at Theatre Chatelet on Monday evening with Deepak et al?

Catch you at the next blog....