Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Paris 2024 Day Two

 Egads! I slept 'til 10:00 a.m.! Out for a fresh baguette and some croissants for our breakfast: SO Freakin' good! Around noon we went to visit Notre Dame de Travail, a late 1800s church with a very industrial/Art Nouveau interior. We had lunch in a little Vietnamese restaurant nearby. The owner, Dominique, is a one-woman band: serves, cooks, and mixes with the clientele. She and all of it were wonderful. We visited a Christmas market near Notre Dame (whose exterior is not yet finished), and walked through the Quartier Latin as the misty rain started. This evening we visited Lucy at her chouette little flat on the Canal Saint-Martin, followed by a walk to a delicious Chinese dinner. A taxi (can you believe this tightwad?) brought us back to our neighborhood and home. Getting ready for bed and tomorrow's adventure.

So good!

Notre Dame du Travail

Ironwork instead of stone

Art-Nouveau stencils

Dominique and Annie

A Metro transfer at Duroc

Notre Dame

Christmas market in the Square Viviani

Rue Saint-Juliene le Pauvre

Rue Saint-Séverin

Chez Lucy Jane

Gros Bao on the Canal Saint-Martin

Louisa and the old man

Place de la Contrescarpe

Rue Mouffetard

That's it. More to follow.

OXO

D

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What a lovely day and a really cool church! -Maren