Wandering around

Paris Plage was being packed up this morning for another year.

before

after - even the palms have gone

We have been trying to buy a book about a French explorer by Prof Ed Duyker [who lives in our area] in French for my cousin. At the second shop in St Michel which said online they had it – no you have to order it, it will take a week. It has been ordered on Amazon.fr which was an interesting experience. They said two days.

We walked up steep rue de la Montagne Ste Genevieve [must be the longest street name] and back down the winding rue Mouffetard window shopping and poking around. We walked on to Jardin des Plantes and enjoyed the gardens. Which idea could we use for our garden?

 

The finished part of Les Halles train interchange and shops near us is very smart and the shops nearby must be so relieved that part is finished. The building next door has scaffolding up that is covered in plastic and hessian and they are often banging away at the facade! Fortunately they come and go and don't start early.

Les Halles view from the apartment

scaffolding next door