On Friday, Relationnel and I went to the sales to replace some of the clothing that disappeared with our missing suitcase. We left our sports shoes until last and I was a bit reluctant to make the effort. Fortunately, Relationnel overcame my reticence and we went to Au Vieux Campeur. This time, I was eventually helped by a young man who was keen to practise his English and talk about Australia. The shoes I bought are actually much better (and cheaper) than the last ones. Thanks to Aurelia (see comment), I managed to get a receipt for the ones in the suitcase.
![Palais Royal Gardens](http://www.aussieinfrance.com/wp-content/uploads/palaise_royal_gardens.jpg)
So when I woke up on Saturday and saw that the snow was still on the ground, I was able to go power walking for the first time in months. At about 10.30, I headed for the Tuileries where I was certain I’d find a good depth of snow.
![Night Revellers Kiosk on Place Colette](http://www.aussieinfrance.com/wp-content/uploads/night_revellers_kiosk.jpg)
Next to the Night Revellers’ Kiosk on Place Colette, greatly improved in my opinion by its layer of snow, the waiter from Le Nemours was sweeping a path across the Place, doing what all retailers and caretakers should do: remove the snow from the pavement to avoid accidents, particularly when the temperature drops and it becomes icy.
![Ducks on the first pond in the Tuileries](http://www.aussieinfrance.com/wp-content/uploads/first_pond.jpg)
In the Tuileries, there were no sailing boats on the first pond – just the ducks swimming busily around the unfrozen section.
![Looking towards the Louvre Museum](http://www.aussieinfrance.com/wp-content/uploads/green_chairs.jpg)
Neither was there anyone sitting on the green chairs facing the Louvre and piled high with snow.
![Pond behind Café Diane](http://www.aussieinfrance.com/wp-content/uploads/tables.jpg)
I checked out the pond next to Café Diane, one of my five favourite lunch venues near the Louvre, but the tables were deserted there too.
![Big Wheel at Concorde](http://www.aussieinfrance.com/wp-content/uploads/big_wheel.jpg)
In the distance, the Big Wheel was just a haze and the whole scene looked as though it were in black and white!
![Pond near Place de la Concorde](http://www.aussieinfrance.com/wp-content/uploads/second_pond.jpg)
Closer up, I could see the seagulls on the pond near the Big Wheel with the Orangerie and Place de la Concorde in the distance.
![Rodin's "Kiss"](http://www.aussieinfrance.com/wp-content/uploads/kiss.jpg)
There were still two people kissing further down, though, undeterred by the cold snow.
![Thomas Moore's "Reclining Figure"](http://www.aussieinfrance.com/wp-content/uploads/thomas_moore.jpg)
As I made my way back, Henry Moore’s Reclining figure seemed to be making the most of the snowfall.
![Family having a snow fight in the Tuileries Gardens](http://www.aussieinfrance.com/wp-content/uploads/snow_fight.jpg)
Further on, a family was having a joyous snowfight, and aimed a snowball at me when they saw me taking photos. But I ducked just in time!
![In front of the first pond in the Tuileries](http://www.aussieinfrance.com/wp-content/uploads/fraussie1.jpg)
When I reached the last pond, I asked a photographer with his tripod if he wouldn’t mind taking a photo of me with my iPhone. I figured he’d know how to take a good photo first off. And he did! I’m wearing my new headband which is the warmest thing I’ve had in a long time – much more comfortable than a woolly hat and wonderful protection for my ears, not to mention my rabbit-lined leather gloves. It was about 1°C after all.
![Africans selling hats and gloves in the Tuileries Gardens](http://www.aussieinfrance.com/wp-content/uploads/sellers.jpg)
As I walked back to the Triumphal Arch, I saw that the itinerant sellers were spreading their wares – hats and gloves – to the relief of unprepared tourists.
![Caroussel Triumphal Arch](http://www.aussieinfrance.com/wp-content/uploads/triumphal_arch.jpg)
By the time I got back to the Palais Royal, there were people galore!
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Pssst! I think you’ll find the reclining woman is by Henry Moore…:-)
Dammit! I did that last time. Barb very kindly pointed it out. It’s because I met Thomas first.
More snowy photos, yaaay! Cafe Nemours….I just love sitting there and watching the world go by…. You are looking grea, Fraussie, and I LOVE the headband, you trendy thing you! I want one for when I spend that 2 months in Paris over winter !! If only 🙂 x
Relationnel was a bit surprised to see the headband but he approved! You need to be able to drop everything and fly over when snow is predicted – only you could find that your plane can’t land because of the ice …