Paris is one of our favourite cities so we felt that we couldn’t leave Europe without paying another visit. We spent a few days wandering around admiring the French art and architecture.
This time we stayed near the Boulevard St Germain ,the main street in the Latin Quarter
Historic Latin Quarter Cafes
Suzie’s favourite perfume shop
Denis Diderot, a French philosopher, art critic and writer
Georges Jacques Danton, was a leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution, but was later guillotined by the Revolutionists after accusations of venality and leniency to the enemies of the Revolution
A short walk away from our hotel was the Seine, and the Ile de la Cite with the Notre Dame Cathedral
Charlemagne on his horse in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral
Fine sculptures and gargoyles on the Cathedral’s Gothic exterior
Priests swinging their incense burners beneath the stained glass windows at Sunday Mass
The French representation of the Madonna and Child looked very different from the Greek Orthodox church Byzantine style
We spent an afternoon exploring the colourful Marais district, the centre of the Paris Jewish community, and full of Jewish bookshops and Kosher restaurants and food outlets
One of the cheap lunch options – the falafel
Philiosophy and food
The beautiful renaissance courtyards at the Hotel Sully
Enjoying the spring sunshine at the Place des Vosges
Talented street musicians on the edge of the square
The gold Genie de Liberte on top of the impressive July column at the Place de Bastille
The circular Bourse du Commerce building
The Eglise de Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois
On both sides of the Pont des Artes was a wall of love locks, with padlocks locked onto other padlocks so that in some places they were at least three or four padlocks deep!
One of the bridge entries to the Louvre
Outside the Musee D’Orsay
View of the Tour Eiffel from the Trocadero
The Arc de Triomphe
The flagship store of Printemps on Boulevard Haussmann
Beneath the cupola at Galleries Lafayette
The small boutiques were also beautiful
Beggars fishing for contributions
The famous passages of Paris
Historic and relatively inexpensive dining at Chartier, a beautifully preserved turn of the century Bouillon (soup kitchen) with a long dining room and high ceilings
Art Nouveau metro station
Love that statue of General de Gaulle
The dog kept getting excited about a smell but then couldn’t reach the ground to sniff it
Armenian genocide memorial
A big cat with a moustache!
Statue on a Seine bridge, or a rocket?
The Opera House
Outside the Basilica Sacre Coeur at Montmartre
Joan of Arc
The Moulin Rouge
The Porte Saint-Denis
