On the Right Bank, at the top end of the Pont d'Austerlitz, I thought this building was striking.
At the other end of the bridge, on the Left Bank, is the Jardin des Plantes and the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. People were lined up the get in during the Toussaint school holiday.
Alongside the Muséum is this tree-lined alley, which was also crowded with people out strolling.
I'm almost in the train station at this point. I think I might be leaving Paris tomorrow. I'll come back to Saint-Aignan for a day or two, and then I'll return to Burgundy — speaking as a blogger, I mean.
the first pix reminds me of the willard hotel in washington dc. do you remember that on PA avenue near the white house?
ReplyDeleteYes, I do remember that well, A M. I'll have to look it up in Google images and compare it. Thanks.
DeleteKen, I love the last pic...
ReplyDeletehave you "done" anything to it...
or is it "as out of the camera"?
The effect of the bark and leaves seems almost watercolour in aspect...
C'est une question très indiscrète, Tim. Et maintenant j'ai donné la réponse...
DeleteTim, did you see my comment about flapjacks on Susan's blog post from a few days ago?
DeleteIf you mean....
DeleteTwo languages split by three thousand miles of water...
yes!
There are worse places than the Jardin des Plantes to wait for a train! Though it was June, I think, when I did it. Thank you for reminging me of pleasant memories. Pauline
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome, Pauline. I was there in October, but the weather was very pleasant. I was lucky.
DeleteIt is remarkable how slim these people are on that last photo. On the first one, this building reminds me of Hôtel Lutétia, near Le Bon Marché on the left bank.
ReplyDeletePeople in Paris are still very slim and slender, even though obesity is becoming a problem in France. That building does look like the Lutétia, doesn't it?
DeleteThat striking building -- see the Paris flags at the door on the left? That's the entrance to city offices. That is where Paul ended his career as a city engineer.
ReplyDeleteEllen, I looked at that picture again this morning and realized it was the Direction du Patrimoine et de l'Architecture (Mairie de Paris). It's not far from chez vous, when you think about it.
DeleteYes, Paul was an engineer at the Direction du Patrimoine et de l'Architecture. He started out at rue Lobau, across the street from l'Hotel de Ville in "Gestion du Domaine", then moved to the big building on Bd. Morland, then to the rue de la Perle in architecure, and finally to Quai de la Rapée. Living in Nogent, all these offices were fairly easy to get to.
DeleteThe last photo is sympa. Jeans and boots are the attire here and there both.
ReplyDeleteThis museum is smaller than in London. In my point of view.
ReplyDeleteGosia:
DeleteThe Jardin des Plantes, the ancestor to the Natural History Museum, was founded in the 1630s. The French NHM might be smaller than it's London counterpart, but it is one hundred years older! LOL