and it was Day 2 of our month in Paris. We left early to go exploring the city, from our apartment in the 16th arrondissement we made our way to the Metro at Trocadero and walked towards the Eiffel Tower...
Our first stop was the cafe near St Augustin where Joe had left his favourite cap the day before when we had lunch there...
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We then walked east along Boulevard Hausseman towards the Palais Garnier, the beautiful opera house of Paris, but first we were drawn into this Aladdin's Cave...
A side view of the Opera House... it is so big and so hemmed in by other large buildings that it was very difficult to photograph...the details are beautiful...
This is part of the front...
On we walked in search of lunch...this was a little too costly for our budget...we had soup and a baguette in a rather modern little place just past here...
Joe met a friend in one of the beautiful covered arcades from the 19th century...
My turn for a photie...
A tiny shop dedicated to Tin Tin and his friends...
This is one of the very old city gates, the walls around Paris are long-gone but five of these magnificent gateways remain...this is the Porte St Denis
There are wonderful vistas in every direction, I'd love to look inside this building...
Another city gate, this one is Porte Saint-Martin
We must have walked miles that day(and every day!) and at times there was simply too much to see and comprehend but I would return in a heartbeat and hope we will have that chance again.
Au revoir,
Sue
xxx
We then walked east along Boulevard Hausseman towards the Palais Garnier, the beautiful opera house of Paris, but first we were drawn into this Aladdin's Cave...
A side view of the Opera House... it is so big and so hemmed in by other large buildings that it was very difficult to photograph...the details are beautiful...
On we walked in search of lunch...this was a little too costly for our budget...we had soup and a baguette in a rather modern little place just past here...
Joe met a friend in one of the beautiful covered arcades from the 19th century...
My turn for a photie...
This is one of the very old city gates, the walls around Paris are long-gone but five of these magnificent gateways remain...this is the Porte St Denis
There are wonderful vistas in every direction, I'd love to look inside this building...
Another city gate, this one is Porte Saint-Martin
A cheeky and cheerful lorry driver spotted the camera...
We must have walked miles that day(and every day!) and at times there was simply too much to see and comprehend but I would return in a heartbeat and hope we will have that chance again.
Au revoir,
Sue
xxx
Ah, Paris! I've been there twice in Autumn but long to go there in the Spring! L'amor!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a perfect vacation. Glad to see the friendly lorry driver. Wherever I go I always hear how the French are rude. It's nice to see one making an effort to be friendly. We were in France about 13 years ago however we did not visited Paris. Your photos are lovely. The architecture is phenomenal!! Great photo of you in the gallery!
ReplyDeleteIt was less than a year ago for us and your post has made me want to return
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