thoughts about paris, and other pictures

"For everything everybody says, good and bad, Paris remains one of the greatest, most beautiful, most magical cities in the world. And like a lot of great cities, it's entirely possible to have a bad time. Please don't do that. Just avoid the obvious. Some of us are lucky enough to see Paris once in our lifetime, please make the most of it by doing as little as possible." Anthony Bourdain in The Layover: Paris

Outside La Machine

Somewhere between Blanche and Pigalle

Blanche Metro Station

Eiffel Tower

The garden in the Musee Rodin

View of Paris from the Centre Pompidou

paris day three

This is going to be a long post with lots of pictures, so I'd grab a cup of tea, kick back and relax.

First up, Parc Zoologique de Paris (their website's currently only in French). I've been reading a lot about this zoo, it had been closed for renovation six years ago and has been rebuilt with the well being of the animals in mind.

Penguins

Lionesses

Giraffes were the only animals that remained at the zoo during the renovation because they were too big to move

Otters have to hold their hands when they sleep so that they don't drift away, too cute!

Zebras

Feeding time

Parc Floral de Paris

After the zoo, we headed to Shakespeare and Company. I have been dreaming about visiting this store since always and it was a bit of anti-climatic. Like everything else in Paris, things were kind of expensive, so I just browsed around a bit then left.

No shortage of tourists here

Wall of words

The poetry section is behind this gate

Someone's taking a cigarette break somewhere near the Cite Metro station

Last stop is the Centre Pompidou. Even though we could get in with the Paris Museum Pass, we had to pay the full admission fee because I wanted to catch the Henri-Cartier Bresson exhibition.

We also tried to get into Notre Dame but the queue was so long so we didn't get to go in.

Hope this post isn't too long. Day Four coming up next!