One of the sites that Don particularly wants to see is the Paris Observatory. It is the oldest still functioning observatory in world and has seen astronomers like Cassini working there. It is on a direct line with the long tail of the Luxembourg Gardens and can be seen from the palace. Unfortunately it's also closed for some period of time, for unknown reasons, so we are only able to see it from the outside. 
We began our journey by taking the tram lines around the city from north to south and got out right next to Parc Montsouris. It is one of the gardens in our book, "Quiet Places in Paris" so it was a great place to start. However on Sunday mornings it is less quiet, with people out enjoying the park, sun bathing, running, lounging. Sort of like raisins in a christmas pudding, they were everywhere. However it was an enjoyable traverse going through.
I'm pretty sure we were very close to the apartment where our friends Sunny and Mary Schreiner enjoyed one of their house exchanges several years ago.
After our visit to the observatory we ambled up the esplanade to the Luxembourg Gardens and sat in the shade for a bit to cool down, it has been very warm in Paris for the past couple weeks, with only one day of partially rainy weather. Deb gave Don a bit of the history of the park and we then headed up to a late lunch at Chartier. 
We have been eating here since 1977 and have made it a point to visit on each trip to Paris, and today's visit kept the string alive. We headed back to the apartment for a early quiet evening.
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