Just a couple more photos of the elegant Right Bank. Specifically, the Place Vendome at left and the gardens of the Palais Royal at right. There are lots of these sorts of squares and gardens all over the city, and the grand architecture, combined with the gardens manicured to within an inch of their lives are a defining memory of the city. That, and the food, which was a real relevation, especially to Somchai. He fell in love with white asparagus and foie gras there, but also of the theatre of a great French restaurant. He also started to like (but will never love) cheese, most memorably and an intimate little restaurant with a groaning cheese cart. The waiter was showing another table the cheese selection and had stepped away for a minute, and Somchai grabbed a big hunk of blue cheese off the cart and was about to carry it to the waiter to tell him it had gone bad!