On our last full day in Paris, Lucy Jane trained up from Lyon for one more day of fun. We set out on foot to the Grand Mosquée for lunch in their Morrocan-style restaurant. Lucy introduced us to Paris busses and we rode to Sully-Morland in the Marais, and walked on to the Place des Vosges, where Lucy led us though the secret door in the south-west corner of the arcade into the garden of the Hôtel Sully. We pressed on to the area near the Paroisse Saint-Paul Saint-Louis. We jumped on the Metro to the Parc Monceau for some rest and refreshment before proceeding to the Musée Nissim de Camondo, an elegant Belle Epoque, Beaux-Arts mansion in the manner of 18th-century french design. In the evening we ventured back up the hill for a return visit to Le Vieux Bistrot. It was a delightful meal! Later that night I put LJ in a taxi to her tiny Airbnb.
🎶 April (1st) in Paris
Off for an adventure
Arènes de Lutèce - Roman amphiteatre
Mosquée
The science of geometry was developed by Islam
The ladies
The Jardin d'Eden
Grilled lamb and frites
Same three
Mint tea
LJ descending toward the entrance gate
Splendid door at Sully-Morland
South entrance to the Place des Vosges
Brick-vaulted arcade of the Place des Vosges
Inlaid wooden door
The secret garden of the Hôtel de Sully
Hôtel de Sully entrance court
Miraculous sky over Saint-Paul Saint-Louis
Pink!
Dans le Metro
Parc Monceau
The pause that refreshes
No tourists, just French parents and kids
I need the Wee Plant Man to tell me what these beauties are
He's a tall old feller
Deb's lovely photo of this folly
Musée Nissim de Camondo
The kitchen
Copper in the Kichen
A sitting room in the style of Louis XVI
Asian ceramics with French ormolu mounts
Neo-classical metal-arabesque wall panels
Very contemporary-looking tiles in the bathroom
Library detail
Entry court with stables, later garages
Rue Mouffetard for dinner
Savoy reblochon tartiflette is a sumptuous French version of
funeral potatoes; beef bourgignon
LJ and Dickie
A rainy night on Rue des Ecoles
More to come.
OXO
D.
