Our plan for the 8th--our 51st wedding anniversary, BTW--was to wander around on the left side for a bit, St. Germain de Pres and thereabouts, and then to cross back and on to Les Halles and the kid's playground there, the Adventure Land in the Parc Nelson Mandela. We like just wandering around, but P needs some activity and the prospect of being with other kids. It was a partial success...the wandering around bit, where you can hardly go wrong...
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| In St. Germain de Pres church, oldest of Paris' churches |
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| X=0, Y=0, as Cartesian coordinates go |
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| Today's wedding pix pix |
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In a wonderful old-timey spice shoppe, with a knowledgeable keeper: alas, the
French do not do red pepper flakes (which I need for the Thai cucumber salad) |
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| Florally-topped cafe and ghost-signed building |
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| Wordy cafe: too many words, as Salieri might have said |
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| Another great Guimard |
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| Very fresh ghost-sign; or not |
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| P outside the great church of St. Severin |
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| Downspouts at St. Severin |
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| P said take a picture of this...love her sense of humor |
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Now, on the right side: "Paris is the most beautiful in the rain"; Penelope does
NOT agree |
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| Faux windows, seriously |
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So we circumnavigated Les Halles, looking for an entrance
to the kid's Adventure Land at the Parc Nelson Mandela |
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The whole grounds had been taken over by the FIFA Fans extravaganza...
the women's World Cup is going on right here in France; so we decided to
have a look instead at St. Eustache...this is SO Paris |
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| But first, a little sculpture |
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St Eustache is a very young Gothic, 16th century, but has
always intrigued me by its great height |
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Foiled again! The Rubens Emmaus painting I wanted to see
is in restoration! |
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