Our third walk was to the Gare de Lyon to scout out its famed Le Train Bleu restaurant. Having achieved that, and gotten dinner reservations for a few nights hence, we Metro'd back to the Marche Bastille, walked through it mostly for old time's sake (our first long-term apartment was in the 11th, in 2014), and then Metro'd out to Le Roi d'la Frite, our favorite frites joint in Paris, discovered when we lived in the 2nd in 2021.
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| Oddly (we thought), just across the river from the Gare de Lyon is the 1860's Gare d'Austerlitz, somewhat eclipsed in recent years by the Lyon and Montparnasse stations, but now being enlarged to handle the big TVGs (trains of great velocity); just above the trees on the right you can see where the above-ground Metro #5 intersects the Gare d'Austerlitze |
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| The Louisiana Belle (click to enlarge); isn't it supposed to be on the Mississippi?! |
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| Approaching the Gare de Lyon and its great clock tower |
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| Entrance to Le Train Bleu; we'll be back for a memorable meal |
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| Appropriately low-tech booking system |
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| A blue train |
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| Strolling through the market at the Place de la Bastille; as great as ever |
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| Le Roi d'la Frite is an appropriately sized hole-in-the-wall frites joint on rue Montmartre where you can get authentic Belgian frites...infinitely superior to Parisian or any other frites |
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| We had forgotten how generous the servings are: this is a medium-sized order |
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| New to us: Belgian poke bowls, frites with your favorite topping |
1 comment:
Oh, my...frites and more frites!
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