June 16 Lazy Sunday

June 16  Lazy Sunday

Gare de Lyon going retro

We didn’t come across a lot of buskers in the Metro tunnels - faux piped-music versions but here is a real live performer. He was playing Gounod’s Ave Marie - it was heavenly echoing trough the tunnels 

Walk! I reckon we’re doing an average of 10km per day. Probably not that much but it feels like it - at least a third of that is within the labyrinth of the Metro and we are starting to feel like burrowing moles. But what I was going to tell you .....today finally we had a lazy day. Found our way to the Place de Bastille on the Canal Saint Martin then sat down and watched the world go by - with a glass of wine of course. Eventually we roused ourselves to wander through the Sunday market in the Bastille just as they were packing up. Bought some dinner and wine and headed back to the Metro. 

A little aside .. . some of the Metro lines are computerised - driverless trains running on rubber wheels or some such material. Quiet as!! Marvellous really.

This is the site of the fortress Bastille Saint Antione. It’s worth googling the history if you’re interested.

Lindsay with a mouthful of cumin flavoured olives. Delicious!

French onion soup and quiche - great lunch!

Lots of roller blading. This woman (50s plus) arrived on a motor bike, donned her blades and took off.

These intrigued me but while I was looking they whisked them away - the market was closing.

Wouldn’t you love to own a boat and moor it here.

This like platform at Bastille a number of metro stations is fully automated