Latin Quarter

After leaving the gardens we wandered generally toward the Latin Quarter and an ultimate goal of the shops of Au Vieux Campeur, a favorite on earlier visits to Paris. But mostly just gawking at the assorted shops and restaurants of interest.

Doll store; no Barbies

Can't remember whether this was a book store or a flower shop;
or maybe something sinister...

Find of the day (mainly because Vicki never misses a menu):
the Polidor, which counted Hemingway, Joyce, and the rest of
the gang, but probably not Proust, as regulars; also famous as
seen in Midnight in Paris

Can't imagine Hemingway and Joyce being in the same room;
or even the same city

Now at an antique and hand-made knife shop

For when your Trident Solingen just won't cut it

$1,000 pocket knife

Knife-making workshop

Custom-made jeans shop

The red tag says they've been worn a year and a
half; evidently a major selling point

Bamboo bicycle shop; strong, light-weight...

Bespoke shirt shop...evidently for architects, engineers mostly 

Big Find of the day: the Bar de Bouillon Racine...we'll be back!

Finally arriving in the precincts of Au Vieux Campeur, a cluster
of 23 shops, scattered over several blocks, featuring the latest in
camping, hiking, mountaineering, travel... 

Thus; you need a map to find what you're looking for

And a gazetteer

Solar-powered fondue kit

Sorbonne

Favorite French philosopher, Montaigne

The custom is, rub his shoe and you will return to Paris

Thus; vigorously; Vicki now informs me she just fabricated the
thing about returning to Paris; so whatever the custom is, I am
entitled to it; or have a ticket in the lottery...