Paris—April 30, 2016

Previous travels are archived at: http://rickstrips.blogspot.com

This is our last post for this trip; our month in France ends tomorrow morning. Today was cloudy and cold in Paris. We managed to dodge the rain as we poked around the Pompidou Center, Marais, Ile St. Louis (walking to it across Pont Marie), Left Bank, and Ile de la Cite. We probably walked five miles easily just taking in the street life. It's fun not having a particular destination, doing our best to get lost. We've walked many of these streets before, so in addition to the surprises that greet us, we'll round another corner and recognize a shop or street and know where we are. It's fun joining the locals in the Saturday morning bustle before settling on a cafe for lunch.

Rue Montorgueil is a lively mix of people and architecture.

Check out all the folks doing their Saturday
morning grocery shopping.

Not everything is lively.

Les Halles, a modern, monstrous mall, is across the street from

Rue Montorgueil where locals were grocery shopping.

Passage du Grand Cerf, a pricey and
pretty shopping arcade.

One of our lunch companions.

Another lunch companion.

Le Pick Clops, the restaurant where we ate lunch. The name
doesn't make any sense to us; perhaps it's a play on words.
Had a diner-esque vibe; food was good, and our waiter was a
nonchalant and friendly cool dude.

Outside the neighborhood restaurant. It was obvious waiters
knew folks arriving for lunch. 

Take a close look where some folks take their lunch. They're on the Seine seated at tables with linen.

Left Bank kiosks.

Making a living along Pont Notre Dame.

And because we weren't quite done with our neighborhood, here are a few more pictures.

On the way to Asniers, a nice walk under the bridges if you like.

Asniers

Our Air B-n-B building.

We're the one at the top with the
white chimney.

The wisteria wasn't in bloom when we left Paris April 4th.