Wednesday, September 11, 2024 Shakespeare and Company Bookstore and the Paris Opera House.

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I was beat from walking all over Versailles yesterday so I decided to sack in this morning. I didn’t get out the door until 9:00 and made an immediate beeline to my favorite boulangerie

Isabelle has absolutely the best croissants in the world!
This is her trophy case.
I also added some Driscoll raspberries from Morocco.

After breakfast I walked over to Shakespeare and Company Bookstore.

This bookstore didn’t open until 10:00 and the line started forming at 9:30.

If you are any kind of bibliophile at all you have heard of this bookstore. A friend of mine, Anita Lael, who is a hardcore bibliophile, highly recommended that I visit this bookstore. Thanks for the great recommendation Anita.

There is a lot of history embedded in this little bookstore.
I found a small upstairs reading room and made myself comfortable in a wicker chair with this view and a book on Paris during the Revolution.

After a relaxing couple of hours at Shakespeare’s I had lunch at ITSU, one of my favorite fast casual restaurants.

A Thai curry chicken rice bowl with a soft boiled egg. Yum!

I got done with lunch and started walking over to the Paris Opera House for my 2:00 self guided tour. During my perambulation I ran across this beautiful church.

The Church of Saint Germain. The stained glass windows were beautiful.

I made it to the Opera House just in time for my 2:00 timed entry.

What a beautiful facade.
This is the grand staircase.
Another view of the grand staircase.
This is the Grand Foyer where people mingled during intermissions.
Every square inch of the walls and ceiling in the Grand Foyer was painted like this.
The ceiling in the Grand Foyer.

There was also a Petit Foyer. The floor and ceiling in the Petit Foyer were decorated with beautiful mosaics.

This isn’t a painting. It is a mosaic on the ceiling of the Petit Foyer. Amazing.

I spent almost three hours touring the Opera House. It was stunningly beautiful and I highly recommend that you put this place on your Paris must see list.

After I walked back to my hotel it was time for dinner. The guy at the front desk suggested that I try a Korean burger joint that was just around the corner. Why not?

This place has won all kinds of best burger in Paris awards.
I had a bulgogi burger and Korean coleslaw. It was very tasty.

That’s it from Paris. I hope you are having a wonderful day wherever you are.

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I've been retired from the Union Pacific Railroad since 2017. I've been planning to walk the Camino for about 6 months and can't wait to get started.

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