Today's Happiness Experiment entry - La Rochelle

Running along bank of estuary in evening sun - La Rochelle - past monument to the Free French & Resistance

Leisurely dinner in French restaurant, including fish soup

Listening to the evening sounds of the harbour square filtering up into my hotel room (Hotel St Jean d'Acre)

We'll always have Paris - yesterday's Happiness Experiment entry

Walking through the Place des Vosges and the Marais en famille - the enfants terribles' first visit to Paris



Dinner with Marco and Christian Preart at Marco's new pad in the Rue de la Roquette, 11e



Finding a Space Invader on arrival at Place Leon Blum

This weekend's Happiness Experiment entries

13/10/07

The elation of the England rugby world cup victory over France - extraordinaire! Watched it downstairs at the Lord Palmerstone on Dartmouth Park Hill when I was supposed to be upstairs otherwise engaged - so naughty but nice factor too.



Getting D's compass fixed at the Italian clock-makers in Crouch End



Kicking the rugby ball with N and Gonzalo at Kenwood



14/10

Chatting with Alan Greenberg at the rugby field



Scraping light rods



Moroccan style soup in the autumn sun