Foiled Again~

Only two days left....

We must get the last of the "souvenirs" and we want to return to the Minerology Museum at the Jardin des Plantes.  We went there last time, but none of my photos turned out.  Now that I have a camera that does better in low light, we wanted to see it all again.

To get to the Jardin des Plantes, we decided to walk along the river on the Quai de Tournelle.  There is a path with gardens and sculpture~it will be our "something new" today.

We started near the Notre Dame.

 Looking back to the Ile St.Louis.

Most of the sculpture was abstract..and most was vandalized with grafitti.

This is such a quiet peaceful walk.  We didn' t see very many people at all.

 As with all the other garden areas, the flowers were very colorful.

 In no time we were at the riverside entrance to the Jardin des Plantes.  This was such an easy way to get here.  If you go through the Latin Quarter it is all uphill!

There is a very small zoo.

The last time we were here it was May and the gardens were blooming prolifically~

especially the rose garden.

Fall really isn't the best time if you want to see flowers.

There were some dahlias.

When we got up to the Museum entrance where you buy tickets the door was locked.  Read the sign, open every day except Tuesday.   Today is Tuesday.  Then we walked over to the Minerology Museum...big sign on the door, closed for "travaux"...they're working on it.  We wouldn't have seen it even if it wasn't Tuesday.      Recalculate the plan.

We decided to walk over to rue Mouffetard, a pedestrian street with lots of shops and restaurants.  It was about time for lunch.   We passed the Mosque de Paris.  We went to the Mosque the last time we were here. It is a beautiful, serene place.  (Click on the link to see photos.)

About a block from the Mosque we came upon this little shop that sold Moroccan items.

It was small and very dark inside.  Woody said let's go in.  (Woody and his family lived in Morocco for 4 years when he was a teen.)  This shop was incredible, like an exotic bazaar...or what I imagine a bazaar would be like.

These lamps were beautiful!

As well as the hanging ones.

The earthenware was so colorful....we did buy a plate.

After we got home, I wished I had bought one of these lamps.

Our plate...it goes with my dining room color scheme.

 It's time for lunch!

 I had the french onion soup and  tomato & mozzarella salad.
Woody had his favorite beef burgundy.

We found  Le Grenier.  We ate here the last time we were in Paris and it was really good. When we checked the menu, the had Boeuf Bourginon~Woody has had a craving for this ever since we got here.

After lunch we walked leisurely back to rue du Louvre, stopping in several shops along the way.
When we reached the Seine, we walked along the river to browse the bouquinistes.  They sell mostly old books and tourist stuff but sometimes you come across something different or interesting.

It was a good day...a walking day~we didn't use the Metro at all. 

 I have to think about packing now......