All in a day’s walk! We often found that our best days out were unplanned and that our final destination was never reached as there was simply too much that distracted us on the way. I enjoyed the slices of history and the photos very much. Thank-you.
Rosemary Kneipp
October 26th, 2016 at 9:18 pm
Thank you. So glad you enjoyed it. And that was only the morning! After lunch we got on our Velibs again and cycled to Nation to take the RER to see friends in Neuilly sur Marne where there were more locks and the Marne!
Great overview of the area. Because you stayed kind of in between the two places we normally stay you saw quite a bit of stuff I’ve never noticed too (that tile factory, for example). I haven’t seen the memorial to the policeman. The last time I was there it was only a couple of weeks after he was shot. My memory is of flowers, candles and messages everywhere. There seemed to be a colour theme and some organisation of the flowers. It was very moving, and what really strikes you is what a nice ordinary neighbourhood it is under normal circumstances. I think we should use the co-working space when we are in Paris, but Simon isn’t convinced. It isn’t expensive. I remember looking it up a while ago and was pleasantly surprised.
Rosemary Kneipp
October 26th, 2016 at 9:17 pm
I had imagined you knew the whole area. How terrible to have been there only a couple of weeks after the policeman was shot. You could just go into the co-working space and have a coffee then decide whether to stay there. The people looked very New Yorkish and cool!
Lesley
October 26th, 2016 at 5:27 pm
I’m sorry that I don’t think that we shall ever get to see Paris and certainly not in such a detailed way. Thank you for sharing.
Rosemary Kneipp
October 26th, 2016 at 9:15 pm
What a pity! But I am glad that you are able to enjoy my blog! It makes it worth while.
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The plaque honouring officer Merabet is very poignant. The canal really catches my eye, and I love the look of that spiral stairs!
Yes, the plaque is indeed poignant. It’s a great area. I agree that the spiral stairs are very attractive!
All in a day’s walk! We often found that our best days out were unplanned and that our final destination was never reached as there was simply too much that distracted us on the way. I enjoyed the slices of history and the photos very much. Thank-you.
Thank you. So glad you enjoyed it. And that was only the morning! After lunch we got on our Velibs again and cycled to Nation to take the RER to see friends in Neuilly sur Marne where there were more locks and the Marne!
Great overview of the area. Because you stayed kind of in between the two places we normally stay you saw quite a bit of stuff I’ve never noticed too (that tile factory, for example). I haven’t seen the memorial to the policeman. The last time I was there it was only a couple of weeks after he was shot. My memory is of flowers, candles and messages everywhere. There seemed to be a colour theme and some organisation of the flowers. It was very moving, and what really strikes you is what a nice ordinary neighbourhood it is under normal circumstances. I think we should use the co-working space when we are in Paris, but Simon isn’t convinced. It isn’t expensive. I remember looking it up a while ago and was pleasantly surprised.
I had imagined you knew the whole area. How terrible to have been there only a couple of weeks after the policeman was shot. You could just go into the co-working space and have a coffee then decide whether to stay there. The people looked very New Yorkish and cool!
I’m sorry that I don’t think that we shall ever get to see Paris and certainly not in such a detailed way. Thank you for sharing.
What a pity! But I am glad that you are able to enjoy my blog! It makes it worth while.
[…] a tighter budget, add the 18th and 19th, with access to a park like Buttes-Chaumont or around the Canal St Martin for instance, which is more ‘normal residential’ and very popular with trendy Parisians at […]