Today, we are taking the yellow bus to the green line...and over to the purple and orange lines. We'll check out that end of the city today...and, again...tons of pictures!
It was last November when the single deadliest terrorist attack in French history happened with multiple shootings and grenade attacks from suicide bombers. Among the locations targeted were a music venue, sports stadium, and several bars and restaurant terraces killing 130 and injuring 350. (Some of these areas were near our hotel and restaurants we visited.)
There was the attack last July in Nice by a man in a 19 ton cargo truck on crowds celebrating Bastille Day killing 86 and injuring 434. In researching this we were amazed at how many other attacks have taken place. Mostly stabbings and vehicle ramming by lone wolf Islamic extremists.
We got off the green line (not far from Notre Dame) and walked up the street to the bus stop for the orange line. We had to wait for a bit...but eventually the bus came and we were on our way.
Paroisse de Saint-Severin...The Church of Saint-Séverin is a Roman Catholic church in the Latin Quarter of Paris, located on the lively tourist street Rue Saint-Séverin. It is one of the oldest churches that remains standing on the Left Bank, and it continues in use as a place of worship.
It certainly looks like it could use a little 'TLC' on the outside though...
Square Barye...
We passed through Place de la Bastille...
National Museum of Natural History... unfortunately, you can't see much of it.
Ministry of Commerce and Finance...
National Library of France - François Mitterrand...
Not real crazy about the modern buildings in this part of Paris. Such a contrast to the beautiful old architecture of the rest of the city...
UGLY!!
AccorHotels Arena...
These (next 2 pics) are government buildings...Ministry of Economy and Finance...(a previous picture shows a different view of the building from across the river)
The road goes under this massive building...
We looped back around the Place de la Bastille and the July Column...
Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis Church...
Another view of Hotel de Ville Paris (City Hall)...
Notre Dame...
Back at the bus stop we got on at...we waited for the next bus...the one that would take us on the orange tour.
The Panthéon...
Jardin du Luxembourg...
The Galeries Lafayette is an upmarket French department store chain. Its flagship store is on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris but it now operates in a number of other locations in France and other countries.
Canadian flag outside of Canadian Cultural Centre a venue for concerts , film art, exhibitions and conferences....
We completed the orange loop...glad to get off the bus and stretch our legs. We found this cool little alley of shops and restaurants...
That's the waiter in the centre back. He may have been the owner...
After lunch, instead of getting back on the bus right away, we decided to walk along the Seine River. We wanted to find one of the tour boat docks.
Fence of Love Locks....
Institute of France...
The Louvre Museum...
Many of the barges carry a car. Not sure how they get them on and off...
Musee d'Orsay....
We found one of the stops for the tour boat...of course, it was just pulling out when we got there. The fellow at the kiosk was very helpful. He gave us the schedule for the boat but it was on it's last loop for the day...so we decided to "do" the boat tour tomorrow.
We caught the bus, getting off at Place de Concorde...deciding to walk back to our hotel from there.
More crazy traffic...no lane lines painted...
It was only about 2.5 kms/1.6 miles to our hotel...but it sure seemed a lot further...I guess due to all the busy Paris streets and dodging all the people. After relaxing in our room for a bit, we went to our friendly little bar down the street for a drink.
Thank you for the pictures of Paris.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! Such a beautiful city...we'd love to see it in the spring time!
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