Live, Love, Eat and Travel

Ok, so I wasn't going to post again tonight, but something unbelievable happened during our dinner. We went to the Leon de Bruxelles near the Bastille and sat outside, it was a warm, balmy evening. (BTW, dinner was Ok for what it was, moules frites for both of us, Den had a beer and I had a quarter litre of white wine, we both had dessert and coffee and the bill was 53 euros).

As we are having our creme brulee, I see 2 people walk by and stop for directions at the corner newstand kiost. I recognized the man immediately and before Denis could stop me, I leapt from my seat and went over to the newstand. I asked the woman who was his companion if it was who I thought it was and she said yes.....................my idol since I was a horny teenager, Robert Plant, lead singer of Led Zepplin!!! He is in town for a concert tomorrow night with Allison Krauss. He was so gracious to this babbeling fool of a fan (moi!), a middle aged woman who was gushing about what a musical genius he was and what a thrill it was to meet him. Of course, I didn't have my camera with me (we were only going to dinner, who knew!) but his lady friend took a picture of me and Robert and took my e-mail address and will (hopefully) sent it to me. He gave me the rose out of his lapel, gave me a hug and I floated back to my hubby, who knew what meeting this rock idol meant to me. It took about 15 minutes for me to calm down, I even called work to let them know what had happened. I couldn't call anyone from my family since it was the middle of the afternoon in Canada and everyone was at work and I didn't have those phone numbers. We walked through the Marais after dinner, stopping for a glass of port at a little outside cafe and I slowly came back down to earth. I turn 48 tomorrow and Paris has given me another reason to love her!!

I will have very sweet dreams tonight.......................Jo