Thursday September 27, 2018

Had a lovely dinner with CC last night at Bistro D’Henri. A small neighborhood bistro on Rue Princesse that’s managed to stay fairly off the radar. A lovely Chateaubriand with some green pepper corn sauce and some gazpacho as an appetizer. Then some walking around with a nightcap at Deux Magots. Fun staying in the 6th right near everything. This morning, I went to Malongo for some excellent coffee and then headed to the Pantheon, since I’d never been inside it. After waiting around for the 10:00am opening, walked around inside. Unfortunately one of the most interesting features was out of commission, Focault’s Pendulum. Focaults’ Pendulum Wiki. The pendulum was designed show the earth’s rotation. From there I wanted to explore some of the non touristy neighborhoods, so I headed to Butte aux Cailles, famous for having a village feel. Lovely little cobbled streets, not too crowded some excellent cafes. Had a good lunch at Tandem, (called that because it’s a partnership between the owner and his brother). Lady and husband next to me communicated, her in English him in French. She was from Kansas and they own the tea room next door. After lunch I walked through Pl. D’Italie and the Chinatown area of Paris and then headed to see the Atelier des Lumieres exhibit. Too much of line for me, and trying to buy online tickets involved having to create an account etc. so I skipped that and headed back to the apartment for some down time.