Concluding Seemingly Random Paris Walk, 2026

Our last day in Paris was mostly about packing, cleaning, etc., but we also did a concluding walk, initially headed for the river, but instead exploring some of the lesser traveled (by us) streets and alleys in the area. Old Paris is made for wandering, getting wondersomely lost, discovering new or interesting things at every turn.

A strong market for miniatures and figurines in Paris

A street of nothing but cafes and restaurants, both sides...
Rue Guisarde

At the covered Marche St. Germain (site also of the Apple Store),
wild strawberries, which we've been looking for all over for weeks;
they didn't look too good, and at $15 per tiny barque, we passed; 
our Montana property, just beyond the deck, pond, and raspberry
patch, had a huge infestation of wild strawberries, which we'd harvest
every spring, on hands and knees, crawling up the hill, eating as we
crawled; indescribably sweet complex strawberry flavor

Stopping for refreshment

Typical covering for renovations in Paris; what you're seeing is what
will be there when they finish

The ghost signs are nearly always more interesting, and beautiful,

than the current occupants

Very interesting sculpture...Venus of the Arts...

I would have called it a synthesis of the arts...wonderfully
conceived and executed

In one of the scores of galleries...probably asking 7 or 8 figures....

So the provenance would suggest

One sees these foot sculptures throughout the Roman world;
usually I ask Vicki to take a picture of me checking for toe jam;
she demurred this time

Interestingly, you've got to use your phone to see what it is
and who it's by...

Institut de France, again

True hole in the wall...just a narrow aisle wide

It's the Echo Karma Vibes and Vibrations store...

Start-up?

Passage into a courtyard

Tudor/Art Deco, or Art Deco/Tudor...no...it's neo-ArtDeco/neoTudor...

Jewelry design ideas...my mother used to kid about
making someone a razor-blade necklace...

Patisserie and sake bar; reminiscent of "Fred's Fill-dirt and Croissants"
(family gag about diversification)

Another beautiful hole-in-the-wall, maybe 10 seats inside

Madame Guan, herself...crepes Chinois, hot dogs (Chinois?),
and other goodies...next time