In the Autumn of 2006 and 2007

The very busy Rue Saint-Antoine looking toward the Church of Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis, once the richest parish in Paris.
The avenue is a continuation of the Rue de Rivoli as it enters the Marais District. I runs all the way to the Place de la Bastille.

The Rue Malher, off the Rue Saint-Antoine, crowded with scooters.

The Opéra Bastille

Dennis looking for lunch. We didn't go to the Café de Phares -
I can't remember where we ate. This past year, 2007, we finally ate at Phares and it was very good.

I was hungry too and getting cranky.

Some interesting 18th Century buildings along the Rue Saint-Antoine.

The Impasse Guéménée a tiny street just behind the Place des Vosges, off  Rue Saint-Antoine

Rue de Birague, leading to the Place des Vosges.

Inside the Place des Vosges.

The Place des Vosges is the oldest square in Paris. It was begun
in its present form in 1605 by Henry IV and inaugurated in 1612 to celebrate the wedding of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria.
Cardinal Richelieu had an equestrian statue of Louis XIII erected in 1680 however it was melted down during the Revolution.
A copy replaced it in 1825, somewhat tardy. At one time or another Victor Hugo, Cardinal Richelieu, Théophile Gautier, and Alphonse Daudet
all lived here. Mme. de Sévigné was born here February 5, 1626.

The flowers, I believe, are in the windows of the Musée Victor Hugo which is located
on this side, and has an excellent view over the trees of eveything in the Place.

Inside the Place des Vosges.

Standing in the Rue des Francs Bourgeois at the corner of
Rue de Turenne, looking toward the Place des Vosges.

Rue des Francs Bourgeois

Rue des Francs Bourgeois, with its many lovely shops and boutiques

Rue des Francs Bourgeois near Rue Vielle du Temple

The garden at the Musée Carnavalet. This was the residence of
Mme. de Sévigné until she died in 1696.

Musée Carnavalet

Musée Carnavalet

Musée Carnavalet

Musée Carnavalet

Musée Carnavalet, photograph taken in 2006 from inside through some very old glass.

Musée Carnavalet, another view through a window in early morning.

Musée Carnavalet

Hotel de Sully on the Rue Saint-Antoine, just next to the Plâce des Vosges.

Hotel de Sully

Built by Jean Androuet Du Cerceau in 1625,
it was bought ten years later by Sully, the former minister of Henri IV.

Hotel de Sully

Hotel de Sully

Rue Vielle du Temple

An impromptu breakfast stop.

Rue du Trésor