Xmas and New Years celebrations have come and gone and a good time was had by all. Xmas was spent in Dourdan with Em's family and the in-laws of her brother. Jill was away in NZ so the bulk of the cooking fell on Em's shoulders, and she cooked up a storm! Luckily for me I got a virus the week before which saw me off to hospital for tests with malaria like symptoms and over the course of a couple of days lost some weight. So the excess food we ate on the 24th and 25th just filled me out again.

We had a couple of days of snow so Dourdan looked lovely, from inside looking out!

We came back to Paris on the 31st and spent the night at Em's buddies place, Geraldine and Emeric. Was a lovely evening of snacks, wine and dancing and a nice way to see in the new year.

Now we are back into the routine week. Em's back at work and I'm looking for work. A friend, Juliet, is here this week so we are getting around the sites also. Up the Eiffel Tower yesterday and off to the Musee D'Orsay to look at some paintings today. It's still freezing cold, but summer is not far away now.