More Paris

Monday morning was the perfect time to walk in that new park I wrote about before. It was much quieter and we were able to keep up a brisk pace. There were young mothers pushing buggies and we could hear children playing in this elementary school yard:

Entrance to the school

As we set out for the park we went by this Fiat 500...all ready for you to play chess or checkers if you get stuck somewhere.

How about the name of this little shop?

After lunch we decided to use our bus pass and ride the 74 over to Hotel de Ville so we could stroll through the Quartier Latin. This apartment building really looked strange to me on rue Legendre:

When all the shutters are closed it is just one solid black metal building with little holes like a sieve.  (Do you see the bikes and go racks at the bottom of the photo? All bikes in use!!)

This rooftop garden on another building however is quite nice!

This business sign caught my eye from the bus window...it could be a setting for a novel I think!

Made me think of the detective  novels by Cara Black which take place in Paris. The greenish tint on some of my photos come from the tinted bus windows by the way!

Along the quais of the Seine there are many garden stores and also pet stores but not just any kind of pets...here are two shop signs for those stores.

There was one where you can actually buy a live swan if you need one for your pond!

This is the Tour  St. Jacques which is one of the places I really like in Paris. It is all that remains of a church St. Jacques de la Boucherie (St. James of the Butchery... its patrons were butchers from Les Halles which is nearby) a starting point in Paris for pilgrims setting out to Tours and from there to the route to Santiago de Compostela.

We got off the bus right about here to see the newly gilded tower of the Conciergerie...

Under the bridge this barge was going by. Do you see how well prepared the family is? They have their little red car with them as well as a blue motor boat.

There were a few interesting ads and wall paintings on our way...this huge ad is for Badoit sparkling water

And this is some neat trompe l'oeil painting on the wall above Place St. Andre des Arts.

The row of bikes are the ones you can rent and return to another location...just put in your credit card, take the bike off the stand and ride off. We are going to do this next week we decided.

What about this sign for a frame shop...nice play on words...

I think this was the cafe in which Adam proposed to Holly...(am I right cheri?) we had planned on having coffee here but it is being remodeled!

We waited for the bus later and stood along the Seine with the bouquinistes and a slight view of the Eiffel Tower.

taken from the bus window

Going back home on the bus I took some more photos...what do you think about this lady on the motorbike with her leopard jacket and bright yellow tennis shoes!

A lady at the window with balcony was talking to the man below in the street

This is the high school JC's sister attended...a girls high school at the time. It just celebrated its 100th birthday!

Like I said, they are doing lots of urban renewal here and this is a really unique way to keep the two buildings standing until construction gets underway.

Okay, so we are in Paris where black seems to be the color to wear...so fun to see this cheerful ensemble on the older lady in front of me in the street!

Have a cheerful day!