Paris Walk #16

Date: 11/29/12
Playing Hooky in the Latin Quarter

I did this walk with Kayla and Olivia, who were so very kind and did this walk a second time with me. I had been to the Latin Quarter many times (mainly to get kebab for lunch with Cori), but I hadn't officially done the walk so I figured why not? Also, my friend Jared wanted me to go check out this bakery on Rue Buci, and that happened to be on the walk. I think it was meant to be. Anyway, on this walk, you start out at the fountain at Place Saint-Michel, which is actually the first place we met up with Dr. H at the beginning of our trip! How nostalgic :) You see a historic theater, lots of art galleries, and even the place where Dr. Guillotin tested his new invention on live sheep...triste. Yes, that's the guy who invented the thing that chopped people's heads off. My favorite quote from Kayla after reading this fact: "Did they cook the sheep after or..?"
We kind of hope so, so that the sheep didn't die in vain. Does that make us terrible people? I hope not. Another part of the walk takes you along the seine where there are these long green box things set up with old books, postcards, and other tourist-y stuff. It reminds me of what it might have been like back in the old days of Paris, with artists sitting and painting along the Seine, and people selling their goods there. I don't know, it just is pretty. You have to see it I guess. I'm glad I did this walk because I learned a lot about the area that I didn't know about before, like that the Academy Francaise is there! That's the place where all the people who decide what is proper and official in the world of science and language live and work and decide important things....I obviously really know what I'm talking about. It's an important place, just trust me on this one.

Last walk journal, hooray!