What a beautiful Samedi 3-7-15

Today dawned bright and sunny and as everyday is Tuesday to us, it just happened that this was a Saturday-Tuesday (a tip of the hat to nephew Duncan).  Anyway one of our true goals for being in Paris is to see neighborhoods a pied, we decided to go and tour the 15th.   There was a very famous building called La Ruche which was the home to many of the starving artists in the 20's and 30's, like Kandinsky, Leger, Lipschitz among others.  Our route took us past the Musee Bordelle, sculptor student of Rodin, and the Pasteur Institute then over by the restoration of the Bal Negre which was a very early place to hear jazz and beguine (west indies) tunes.

BTW, we had lunch at a fantastic little seafood restaurant called, le Cabanon de l'Ecailler.  They serve oysters from David Herve, who is known throughout France for his oysters. Um Um Um

We also stopped in a local park in which was located a wonderful Miro sculpture donated by the artist to commemorate a place he once lived.  A short time later we passed through the location of the former slaughterhouses for Vaugirard, which is now a park where the auction office still stands. 








Finally we reached the gateway into La Ruche which is closed to the public without making preplanning.  It was a chance to see a part of Paris that was unknown to us in spite of our many previous visits.