More Paris promenades -

or, "How do I make the sunburn go away??"

Paris is another place where, if you don't like the weather, you should just wait a bit. Because of the up and down nature of this month - a good day followed by rain or overcast - I wasn't surprised to see clouds this morning after yesterday's clear warmth.

The real surprise was that the clouds quickly burned off, and the day turned seriously hot. Even the natives complained (although they quickly retrieved summer clothes and sunglasses, and most women seem to have tans already!)

Welcoming any stray breezes, I walked along the Seine from the Gare d'Austerlitz to Notre Dame, then on to the Cluny museum. After the museum, I walked further into the 6th, first for lunch, then to find a bus that would take me back to the 17th. Some Parisian buses are air-conditioned, but this one made do with a vent that opened in the roof.

The Cluny, home of the "Lady and the Unicorn" tapestries, seems more beautiful and well-organized every time I go there. Because of large corporate donations, the museum has developed a number of new exhibit areas, and redeployed some of its smaller treasures (ivory coffrets, enamel pieces) to better advantage. And it's always interesting to see how the excavated parts of the huge Roman bath house that first stood on this site continue to be incorporated into "The Museum of the Middle Ages."

Here's a fragment of stained glass, mounted along with many others on a lighted wall in a dark corridor. I like the red feet on the patridges ("perdrix.")