THURSDAY, AUGUST 21 2008
Here we are in our fifth day in Paris. Time is flying by. This morning we went for a walk to explore further the neighborhood. We headed north toward the place de la Bastille, this time approaching it from the east along the rue du Faubourg St Antoine. Rather commercial area. We detoured down a small alley called the Passage du Chantier which contains many shops dealing with the furniture business including dealers, upholsterers, and restorers. On the way we discovered a nice looking Thai restaurant that we will have to try later. So many things to do later. We arrived at the Bastille. The picture below is a night even though it was around noon.
Here we are in our fifth day in Paris. Time is flying by. This morning we went for a walk to explore further the neighborhood. We headed north toward the place de la Bastille, this time approaching it from the east along the rue du Faubourg St Antoine. Rather commercial area. We detoured down a small alley called the Passage du Chantier which contains many shops dealing with the furniture business including dealers, upholsterers, and restorers. On the way we discovered a nice looking Thai restaurant that we will have to try later. So many things to do later. We arrived at the Bastille. The picture below is a night even though it was around noon.
We had lunch and hurried back to meet Joe who had come to check out some problems with the TV/Cable/DVD system. He finally got it straightened out. A bit later we had tea on our balcony, eat your hearts out.
After dinner at home again, we watched some DVD's and went to bed on the early side since Alexandria had a dental appointment the next morning. A broken tooth that needed a temporary repair. Ever try to find a good dentist in a foreign city? We got what we hope is a good recommendation from Adrian Leeds, the director of the Adrian Leeds Group, who handled our apartment rental.Pictured below is a small cafe/tea shop directly below our apartment. The shop (and apartment) are on the rue Abel. For those of you who know some French notice the play on words. The name of the shop is l'Abel vie (La belle vie = the beautiful life).
1 comment:
I can't begin to tell you what nostalgia you have given me. Every place you've mentioned from Le Petit Bofinger, le Cafe Francais to the Place Alligre were my stomping grounds for many years. Both my apartments were in the area and even now when I need a hotel in Paris I use the Bastille Speria across from the PBof. I love the real Bofinger as well. What a treat to read your Travels! Thank you, thank you.
Gail
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