23 March 2011
We walked to la Place de la Rébublique which was named to commemorate the First, Second and Third French Republics.
A republic is a form of government, is not hereditary, in which the governors are appointed by the election of the people, or part thereof.
The term republic opposed to those of kingship or empire.
At the center of the Place de la République is a 10m high statue called République set on top of a monument to the history of the formation of the Republic. This statue dates from 1883 and was made by Dalou. Place de la République forms the junction of 3 arrondissements (districts) of Paris, the 3e, 11e and 12e.
Then we walked to Canal Saint-Martin and as we stood on a footbridge at the end of Boulevard Jules Ferry, down the canal, you could see a boat coming towards us in the distance and waiting to begin to come through the locks and down into a tunnel under the footbridge where we standing, down under la Place de la Bastille and into the open at Port de l"Arsenal, and then into la Seine.
We continued to walk along the side of the Canal to rue du Terrage. We had considered renting an apartment in that area. In retrospect, we are pleased we chose to live where we are. It is like a rough dormitory section with few services any we did not see any suitable butchers or greengrocers etc. This area is near la gare de l'Est which has a large under cover shopping centre attached. At la Gare de l'Est, Boulevard du Strasbourg ends there. Boulevard du Strasbourg is a continuation of Boulevard Sebastopol.
à bientôt
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