The Paris Traveler

Rue des Grands Augustins

by Kim on February 18th, 2008

I thought you should feel as though you are here with me so I am putting up some photos of the street that I am staying on.  Located in the 6e arrondissement, it is centrally located to practically everything–Notre Dame, St-Germain-des Pres shopping area, the Louvre and Tuilleries is in walking distance as well.  I am right between two metro stops on the 4 line if you are familiar with that–Odeon and Saint Michel. 

 This is why many people feel they need sneakers or some other type of comfy shoe while touring Paris.  Not me, of course.  Today I traversed the city as I always do–in my platform heel boots.  Yes, an exercise in stupidity, I know!  You can’t take the heels out of this victim of the 80’s.

This is outside my window.  I am staying at 15.  Jacques Cagna is a cozy little restaurant.

 A little orange tree action on my neighbor’s balcony.

This is where Picasso painted his work Guernica, an immense mural done in black and white depicting the bombing of Guernica, Spain during the Spanish Civil War. 

It is also the setting of a short story by Balzac, The Unknown Masterpiece, set in the studio of an aging artist on rue des Grands Augustins.   

 So there’s just a little taste of what I get to see all day.  I worked very hard at getting over my photo-taking phobia and took more pictures this afternoon than I have taken in the past 20 years.  Had to call home to figure out how to use the zoom on my camera, but once I got that figured out, I was a maniac.  I can’t wait to post some of the others.  Another day!

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