Lucy Jane joined us for a trip to town to see the Grands Magasins, the large department stores for which Paris is famous. We stopped first to see the newly restored and reopened Samaritaine, a complex of parts from different eras. The Art-Nouveau portion is spectacular, with engineering reminiscent of the Tour Eiffel. Every item in the store is very posh and expensive, but never mind; we were there to see the architecture. We popped up next at Galeries Lafayette. The massive glass dome is always impressive and there is an excellent view east, south, and west across Paris from the La Terrasse on the roof. Lucy and I parted company with Kris and traveled to the Place Bastille where we began our walk along the Coulée Vert, the original park on an abandoned elevated railway, created years before they even thought of it in New York City. We had dinner with Lucy and stopped at the patisserie for dessert
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Balcony on each level, happy thought indeed.
You had me at “Art Nouveau iron work.” Also so impressed to see the French honoring one of the greatest American founding fathers, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette.
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