Tuesday, 11/8/16

Today we did our Paris Greeter walk with Gisele Gamelin.  We took the metro to the Ledru Rollin stop, where we were to meet her in front of the McDonalds at 10:00.  Jim’s plan was to get a breakfast sandwich there, so we arrived at 9:00.  Unfortunately they didn’t open until 9:30.  We went to the cafe across the street instead.  Gisele took us on a walk around the 12th Arrondisment.  We stayed in that Arrondisment 2 years ago, but didn’t spend too much time there. It was nice to see more of the area.  We walked through the Aligre market and flea market.  It was a market geared towards the locals, not tourists.  There were no souvenirs in sight.  We walked along the Canal St. Martin where we saw the harbor area.  Many boats were docked and apparently some people live on their boats.  We walked by the Bastille and down some small pedestrian streets.  All in all it was a nice walk.  We lucked out since it didn’t rain.  After we said our goodbyes to Gisele we went to the Marais and had lunch.

We were meeting Philippe at 6:30 at the Hotel De Ville metro stop, so we had time to go to the D’Orsay Musée.  We bought a 4 day museum pass there, then looked through the museum.  We had been there a couple of times, but after 8 years it was nice to see it again.