Dragged out of bed at 8:30am and headed to a promising looking coffee shop nearby, Big Shot, which did end up being very good. Then after regrouping I went to the Musee de Malliol, which had a temporary exhibition of photos by Robert Doisneau. Maybe best known for the famous photo of the kiss at Hotel de Ville. (It was hired actors!). Some very amusing photos, my favorites being a series depicting reactions to the painting of a nude derrière through a window, see below. After a lunch at Chez Germaine, back for a brief nap and then across the street to the Distillerie de L’Arbre Sec. This was featured in Earful tower podcast and you can craft your own gin with a small still and various botanicals. I opted just for a brief orientation, and Lucille who provided it was a student of oenology had worked in Bordeaux and was very much in to it. They had a whole wall of different herbs etc. Here is the link to the episode if you want to know more https://theearfultower.com/2024/12/02/check-out-this-fun-new-gin-distillery-workshop-in-paris/

After that is was off to look at Pl. Dauphine and then to St. Germain. Some food at Avant Comptoir du Terre and then over to Rue de Montorgueil for a little more dinner. All in all a solid first day.

My AirBnb is small, but a great location within a few blocks of the Louvre-Rivoli metro stop and near Chatelet and Montorgueil. Fun discovering new places in a new but nearby neighborhood.