Paris 2019 Day Nine

What a day! The Marché Monge next to our metro stop was in full swing this morning. It is filled with every good thing; the temptation was too great and we did buy. Our destination today was the Père-Lachaise Cemetery, a beautiful hilly spot where loads of famous people are buried. We had a delicious lunch near the cemetery at a cafe with the unlikely name of Le Bear Café. Once again, it was excellent. We have only had one stinker: the sandwich Grec in the Latin Quarter, and even it wasn't bad. After lunch we went to see Frank Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton, a new art museum completed in 2014 that looks like a ship close up, but is supposed to look like floating clouds. Problem is, it's huge and you can't get back far enough to see the whole thing. I found it very interesting and beautifully crafted. AW, SKT, and KBT headed back to our flat and I kept on to see the other Hector Gimard édicule or canopy-covered metro entrance at Porte Dauphine. It has enclosed sides with some interesting details, but I think I prefer the Abesses station that we saw yesterday. We are home now relaxing, sipping hot drinks as the evening cools, eating chocolate, and enjoying this very pleasant flat.

Marché Monge

High fashion at marché price points

Un peu de fromage

Des légumes

Des olives

Du poisson

Des écharpes

Père-Lachaise Cemetery

Do you think Oscar Wilde would be upset that they broke off

the sculpture's junk with a hammer? -- well protected now

from the hoards 

The ups and downs of cemetery plots

Annie's GPS led us in a straight line through the cemetery, avoiding 

circuitous cobblestone streets, but navigating some steep bits

Jim Morrison's well-visited grave

Tombs upon tombs

Winding streets lead up the hill, and down, too!

Annie's photo of Paris to the west

Le Bear Café in the neighborhood where I lived in the 80s

Couscous de poulet for AW

Croque Madam for Dickie

Hamburger for SKT and KBT

They treated us well and offered us postprandial libations 

Were we on display in our window-table seats, or did we 

just have a street view? Both, perhaps

Flowers on the Avenue du Père Lachaise

Back on the Metro

Fondation Louis Vuitton

Design by Frank Gehry

A remarkable design

Detail

It is so large that you can't get a clear view of the whole thing, and the

trees in the Bois de Boulogne don't allow a clean view

I had seen pictures, but the scale was so much more than I expected

Metro entrance at Porte Dauphine by Hector Guimard

Plant-like Art Nouveau details

Interior Art Nouveau panels

Details, details

A little gem from around 1911, well preserved, well loved,
and still in use

Once we got home, nobody wanted to go out, so we just snacked. Tomorrow is our last day of adventure in Paris, so there will be more to see. This, however, is all for now.

OXO

D.