Day 10 - Walk #10
After we went to see the Eiffel Tower, we did Walk #10. Isn't it cool that we did Walk #10 on day 10? I think so. Anyway, this walk is called Playing Hooky in le Quartier Latin.
We started off by looking at this fountain. It is of Saint Michel and he is slaying a dragon. Cool.
On our way to the next stop, I took a picture of this. Look at those needles. Store owners in the city will sometimes put these up if they have a sign on which birds can perch so to prevent said birds from perching and excreting on customers :) It will sometimes kill the pigeons, but mostly it will injure of take off a toe or two or a foot.
I'm going to quote from the book again. I do this because it is hard for me sometimes to try to explain it especially since I haven't done any research on it or anything. Plus I think it is interesting and you might too. Here goes: "One of many small experimental theatres that popped up in the years following World War II, La Huchette had modest success until suddenly, in 1957, it staged the hit of a lifetime: Eugene Ionesco's absurdist La Cantatrice Chauve (the Bald Soprano). Although the play had its debut in 1950 at a different theatre (where it had a 25 show run), La Huchette's 1957 double billing of La Cantatrice Chauve and Ionesco's La Lecon was a bigger hit than anyone could have imagined. Yes, bigger than Cats! or Les Miserables. So big that the play is still running more than 50 years later (15,500 shows and counting!)."
The narrowest street in Paris, called the Fishing Cat (Chat-qui-Peche). It has been around since 1540!
This is l'eglise Saint-Severin. 
This is a modern stained glass window. Only the first three bays have glass art dating back to the 14th century. Still, this is probably 50-100 years (or maybe more) old.
This is a cafe where revolutionary thinkers came in to discuss their ideas while drinking coffee. Diderot, Rosseau, Marat (I mentioned him in my Conciergerie post), and Voltaire were some of the many that came here. Not too shabby. 
And here is a statue of Voltaire that concluded our walk.
We started off by looking at this fountain. It is of Saint Michel and he is slaying a dragon. Cool.
On our way to the next stop, I took a picture of this. Look at those needles. Store owners in the city will sometimes put these up if they have a sign on which birds can perch so to prevent said birds from perching and excreting on customers :) It will sometimes kill the pigeons, but mostly it will injure of take off a toe or two or a foot.
I'm going to quote from the book again. I do this because it is hard for me sometimes to try to explain it especially since I haven't done any research on it or anything. Plus I think it is interesting and you might too. Here goes: "One of many small experimental theatres that popped up in the years following World War II, La Huchette had modest success until suddenly, in 1957, it staged the hit of a lifetime: Eugene Ionesco's absurdist La Cantatrice Chauve (the Bald Soprano). Although the play had its debut in 1950 at a different theatre (where it had a 25 show run), La Huchette's 1957 double billing of La Cantatrice Chauve and Ionesco's La Lecon was a bigger hit than anyone could have imagined. Yes, bigger than Cats! or Les Miserables. So big that the play is still running more than 50 years later (15,500 shows and counting!)."
The narrowest street in Paris, called the Fishing Cat (Chat-qui-Peche). It has been around since 1540!
This is l'eglise Saint-Severin. 
This is a modern stained glass window. Only the first three bays have glass art dating back to the 14th century. Still, this is probably 50-100 years (or maybe more) old.
This is a cafe where revolutionary thinkers came in to discuss their ideas while drinking coffee. Diderot, Rosseau, Marat (I mentioned him in my Conciergerie post), and Voltaire were some of the many that came here. Not too shabby. 
And here is a statue of Voltaire that concluded our walk.
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