Paris 2019 Day Eight

Rod and Vic arrived at our flat about 10:00 A.M. and we made our way on foot to the Musée de Cluny to see the Unicorn Tapestries and a bit more Medieval art. Afterwards we grabbed the Metro to Château Rouge and Sacre Coeur. The Funiculaire de Montmartre was a boon to the lame and halt and took us almost to the steps of the church. We walked through the touristy bits of the village and descended the hill to the Abbesses Metro Station, which has one of two surviving édicule or canopy-covered entrances. Annie found us a superb bistro at the foot of Montmartre where we had a relaxing lunch. We made our way toward home and went in search of a hardware store for some screws and a screw driver. Sorry, no DIY within miles of here. But we did  get to see L'Institute du Monde Arabe, just north-east of our neighborhood near the river. Its window screens, that open and close to control light and heat, are mechanical versions of mashrabiya or pierced, wooden Islamic window screens.

 Tapestry detail

 One of the Unicorn Tapestries

 The species of plants depicted have been identified by botanists

 The doggies are cute, but look at that folded fabric

A Medieval Mary and Jesus by Jean Hey

Early 13th-century gold, ivory, and precious jewels: book cover

Roman baths at Cluny

Roman frigidarium (cold bath) at Cluny

Waiting for Vic to purchase some macarons before we 

head up to Montmartre -- Oh, and that's a nonfunctional

Wallace Fountain

They'll be comin' round the mountain...

I maybe have a problem

Basilique du Sacré-Cœur

Started in 1875 and completed in 1923

Lovely sunny, but hazy day

We found about three artists we liked at the Place du Tertre

 You can try to imagine the art community in the 19th and early 20th

centuries, but one sees only tourists today

This is an artsy man

This elegant Art Nouveau Metro entrance by Hector Guimard 

once stood at the Hôtel de Ville Metro Station

Annie is a wizard at finding good restaurants

This one was a winner

Vegetable soup and a cheese plate

Steak tartare with the best frites I have ever tasted, ever -- they were

even delicious as they cooled -- best EVER!

Soupe à l'oignon

Boeuf bourguignon

Institut du Monde Arabe


Dinner around the corner on the Place de la Contrascarpe


Veal Yero

 Dolmathes and houmous

 Côtelette d'agneau

Au revoir

Rod and Vicki leave for England in the morning, so tonight was our final fling. I'm not sure what tomorrow holds, but I will let you know. This is all for now.

OXO

D.