Thursday, September 25, 2014

For the past two days we have not done anything extraordinary. Just a small bit of shopping and some café sitting. In the evenings we frequently watch either the TV or some of the DVD's we brought with us.

Today, Thursday, we went for a walk to the BHV (Bazaar de l'Hôtel de Ville). This is one of the large department stores, about a 20 minute walk for us. It has very large selections of housewares and home repair items. However, not needing anything of that nature, we went up to the 5th floor to their cafeteria which looks out on the rooftops of Paris, more specifically the Paris Hôtel de Ville (City hall).

The corner of the Hôtel de Ville.

The rooftops of Paris.

On the way back to the apartment, we passed a pet store called Moustaches. See the interesting display window here and the dog watering bowl outside the front door.

Across the street from the bus stop, they are doing extensive work on a large building. Here is the wall they have put up on the street level to block off the building. Interesting but no comment. I think
this may be more a matter of graffiti than anything else. Some cases of graffiti can be very extensive and well done in Paris.