Une journée dans la 5ème et 6ème arrondissements

Sunday we spent in the 5th and 6th arrondissements, heading for an important rendezvous, but taking time for a little sight-seeing along the way.

We got off the Metro at Place Monge and immediately found ourselves in a
good neighborhood

A few minutes' walk took us to the Pantheon, and adjacent to
it, the church of St. Etienne du Mont (we'll see the Pantheon
later)

Knave view of this very interesting 16th century
Flamboyant/Renaissance church

What you come here to see, if you're merely into art and architecture and
history, is the beautifully-carved stone rood screen, the last surviving in Paris

There's also the 1631 organ case, oldest in Paris

A bit of the unusual elevation, with catwalks and gangplanks

In the chancel

Among other worthies buried here is the philosopher Pascal,
famous, among other things, for his Wager (look it up); he lost

More of the screen

If you're devout, you come here for the remains and relics of 
St. Genevieve, patron saint of Paris; her remains and relics 
were tossed into the sewers of Paris in the Revolution, but, 
of course, miraculously found and put back together

Moving right along, we walked again through Luxembourg Gardens

Past many other interesting sights

Including the weekly roller skate parade through the Latin Quarter

To holy ground for philosophers and writers, on the Boulevard Saint Germaine

And a wonderful rendezvous with Marc and Pat Johnson at Les Deux Magots;
Marc was chair of the Idaho Humanities Council and then chair of the board of
the Federation of State Humanities Councils, all during my time in the humanities
in Montana; a great friend and a real public servant; so good to see them here in
Paris