As I said in my last post, I had the opportunity to just walk my neighborhood the other day and it was great all the little places of history and stories that are around. Plus, it was a great way to work off all the great French food I've had while here :) Anyway, more pictures and less words....
A popular hang out spot for Sartre and de Beauvoir
Okay, so this little apartment actually is gated from the public and pretty far back from the road but luckily the nice man, John Paul, you see in the picture was willing to let me in through the gate just so I could take a few pictures.
The second floor flat where James Joyce finished editing Ulysses
Mentioned in his book, A Moveable Feast, Hemingway's apartment in 1922
Above this little cafe is a hotel where Paul Verlaine died and also where Hemingway wrote
A favorite hotel of Jack Kerouac
Pablo Picasso's studio
Both Henry Miller and Auguste Comte lived here
The Hotel where Oscar Wilde died
Where Hemingway spent his first night in Paris and a few doors down is where Franklin, Adams and Hay met to sign the treaty recognizing American independence
Gertrude Stein's home
Along the way I also saw bigger tourist spots such as St. Suplice, the church filmed in The Da Vinci Code....
(Unfortunately the church is undergoing major renovations so I just shot the fountain in front and the one side that wasn't covered by construction equipment.)
...and yet another church, St. Germain des Pres....but too be honest I wasn't impressed with the church itself so I took this instead....
Still part of the church, just not the main entrance. I have this thing with red doors so I couldn't resist :)
Now, for those of you who know me, you know that there is no way I could walk to all those places and not get lost. And this is true but it proved beneficial since I just happened to get lost in an area where nothing but little art galleries line the street so I spent a great deal of time wandering in and out of these as well! Have I
said how much I'm in love?
More later?!?
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