“Vacance” Is Over and Paris Comes Back to Life
Bonjour,
The streets are teeming again with cars, trucks, bicycles, scooters and people! Stores are reopening and life is getting back to crazy normal here. Still cool and cloudy but very little rain. Outside every pharmacy, tents are set up where folks can get the rapid test for COVID, and vaccinations are still moving forward. The vaccine pass is required most everywhere we go to dine, and if it’s not, we chose a different restaurant.
Yesterday, right behind us on the subway, three burly policemen accosted two young guys who weren’t wearing their masks and gruffly removed them when the subway stopped. We hear the warning all the time over the loud speaker, but this was the first time we actually saw someone apprehended for failing to adhere to the strict rules. Some may disagree with these tactics, but we feel safer with them in place.
Our goal to eat an inexpensive, daily lunch in the Marais proved very successful yesterday. We ate at an Israeli restaurant called Tavline and hope you enjoy the photos.
This tiny little restaurant is on rue de Sicile and we highly recommend it. I can’t say it’s low in calorie, however, because of all the olive oil! We were out of there with a 34-euro bill! And that included wine and two coffees.
Over the years, I have read about places which are supposed to be quite nice but somewhat complicated to find, and thus we’ve avoided seeing them. One of those is Parc Floral de Paris near Chateau de Vincennes. In planning our journey, it sounded arduous, but in reality it was a piece of cake: Subway plus convenient bus and voila, we were there! To my friend Paula Steigerwald, wish we had taken you all here because this is much like our Botanical Gardens, more so than the Jardin des Plantes. Enjoy the tour.
I must lament a dying vocation in Paris and that is the paper hangers in the subways which are giving way to digital boards, more and more. Here’s one from yesterday plus our lovers for the day.
So hope you enjoyed another ordinary day with us. I look forward always to reading your comments. If there is more of something you’d like or less of something even, let us know!
À bientôt
L & B
September 1, 2021 @ 9:51 am
How lovely! The white wire mesh sculptures are interesting. They seem misty from the distance and in the first photo I thought they were made of acrylic. Oh, those water lilies are spectacular!
September 1, 2021 @ 2:39 pm
I think they were made of wire mesh and did have mist or smoke coming from them. At first, I thought they were ghosts for Halloween but I don’t think so. Halloween is not big here and it’s a long time off.
September 1, 2021 @ 10:50 am
I love that you are visiting new places. Your lunch looked delicious. Bob would have loved Bernie’s sardine plate. The Botanical Garden photos were lovely. Good couples photo.
September 1, 2021 @ 2:36 pm
Yes, it’s fun to take the challenge of finding new things which we did again today!
September 1, 2021 @ 11:32 am
Fabulous! What a great new discovery! You are so good about researching and finding new and interesting places to visit. My list of “must see” keeps growing thanks to you❤️
September 1, 2021 @ 2:35 pm
Hope you get to fulfill your list one day!
September 1, 2021 @ 11:40 am
I was fascinated by the ghostly mythological creatures!
September 1, 2021 @ 2:32 pm
We presume they are lighted at night. This is where they have the huge jazz festivals in the summer.
September 1, 2021 @ 12:35 pm
Don’t know if there could be an “ordinary” day when you are in Paris!! ( Except maybe laundry day!! ) Looks gorgeous and peaceful, what a lovely way to spend the day. Great pics, fun living vicariously through your adventures
September 1, 2021 @ 2:32 pm
Merci, Sharon.
September 1, 2021 @ 1:42 pm
Kudos to those police officers. I’d support someone taking measures like that here. Are the masks mandated there? That’s our biggest problem here. A big excuse for the unmaskers.
What a delightful lunch. You probably didn’t need or care for anything for dinner.
So much to see in Paris! I spite of all the years you’ve come, there’s so many wonderful places you’re still discovering. The park was a spectacular escape.
September 1, 2021 @ 2:31 pm
Masks are required in all mass transit and any inside venue. All restauranteurs are supposed to check your vaccine pass or what they call un pass sanitaire but they are not all doing it. We don’t go to those places which nixes the little Bouquet St. Paul below us. The patron or manager also proudly says he will not get vaccinated. He participates in the protests and was a yellow vest participant a few years ago with riots on the street. Each to his own, I suppose, but don’t put my health in jeopardy. After the year I had last from October to May, I take no chances.
September 1, 2021 @ 3:04 pm
I also thought the white wire horse in the botanical garden was lovely! You are quite right that that beautiful garden very much resembles ours here in Huntsville.
September 2, 2021 @ 4:03 am
No day is really “ordinary” on your trip or blog!!! Love that it takes me there with you!
September 2, 2021 @ 7:53 am
Merci!
September 4, 2021 @ 1:41 am
The Parc Floral and Bois de Vincennes is one of our favorite places. We’ve even rowed a boat around the lake! It does seem very far out, but really, if you hop on the metro nowhere is very far away. Next time you go, be sure to get your photos sitting in one of those big letters! Enjoy your warm days. I hope they make up for the chilly summer.