A shopping spree in Paris

Making coffee for Doreen and her family last night, using my Villeroy & Boch cups, I told her about our final shopping spree in Paris in the October of 1987 before coming back to South Africa.

We had chosen the 'Design Naif' set of crockery from the wonderful Villeroy and Boch store in Paris, as it reminded us of our travels to the south of France with the charming villages and countryside that we experienced.

My end of stay shopping spree in Paris, Villeroy & Boch and Christofle

What a spree, as in my letter, 'we went the whole hog! it's really beautiful.'  I have platters, bowls, servers, napkin rings, a pie dish, a roasting dish, over and above a full set of crockery for 8 and I have lived happily with our choice for almost 30 years. And in all these years, I have lost just one of the little cups.

Martie and Fred both bought an expresso machine, 'with hot water spout', making steamed, frothy milk was special then, we used ours for 15 years before it was retired. We then bought her machine as it was unused, that too lasted 15 years and is now retired as well.  Such hardy, valued cappuccino makers!

We rounded off our shopping with a set of Christofle cutlery too.

I am so thankful for the foresight that we had, amid the stress of planning our return, to make these purchases, they have served us well.