Paris 6th arrondissement

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view of south west Paris from La Tour Montparnasse


Paris in the spring

The photo above is taken from atop the Montparnasse Tower, in the area of the 6th arrondissement. You can take the elevator up to the 56th floor, where there is a spacious observation area, cafe, gift shop, film about the tower, and plenty of windows for viewing the city.

With each arrondissement, is a different neighborhood, a different feeling. We have chosen to stay in a district that is known for the cafes, and the fabulous shops. These cafes have been popular for over a hundred years with the literary and artistic types whose ideas formed global movements. Whether or not the actual writers and artists really did frequent our favorites, doesn't matter too much to us, we enjoy just the thought of being here on a beautiful day.
We arrived on the fast Thalys train from Brussels, Kate will join us from Krakow, and we all are hitting the pavement in search of the cultural promise of Paris.

I will just put up pictures and let you read the captions to each, there is a second page of photos here. We were busy during the few days we were here. Keith has this "get-up-and-go" philosophy on sight seeing, so needless to say we see alot in a short period of time.
I on the other hand, would have been content to sit in Jardin du Luxembourg for hours.
But I didn't, and therefore, this is the first of 4 entries!

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Photos

drinking fountain
on Saint Germain Des Pres square

Corner snack time
this little girl had the curliest head of hair!

lovers
it's spring
and the temperatures are rising along the Seine

pierre herme
a little downpour will not deter those waiting in line for the delicious macarons

Notre Dame
open window

Keith at Montparnesse Tower
the entire city stretched out all around us

do not enter
street performers

filling up
70 some drinking fountains placed during 1870's to provide drinking water to the destitute of Paris. Sir Wallace didn't think the poor should have to pay for water and collaborated with sculptor Charles-Auguste Lebourg to design these lovely ladies

crepe maker
near St. Germain

party
on the banks of the Seine

cafe
cafes such as this accomodated Hemingway Morrison Picasso Sartre and Carter

point
along the Seine on the Ile de la Cite

Montparnasse Tower
maybe the tallest building in Paris
from here we got the photos of the Eiffel Tower

Comments

[Katie]

That is a wierd lamp in the Hotel Dolce la Hulpe. It kinda reminds me of the leg lamp in "A Christmas Story".

[zsteve]

Panoramic photo
Great shot! And thanks for the advice on the Montparnasse tower - I will make sure to get the same view on the Eiffel tower when I'm in Paris later this month