Palais Garnier Paris 19 February 2012

Brass and percussion busker group on the steps of the Palais Garnier.
On our way home from le Jardin des Tuileries, they were there playing.

Palais Garnier

For the first time, I accidentally deleted a post from my published blog. There is always the first time for everything- so here I am redoing the Palais Garnier post.

Palais Garnier 19 February 2012
On this day we decided to walk down to le Jardin des Tuileries. The route we took on this day was past the Galeries Layfayette on boulevarde Haussmann and then past the Palais Garnier in la Place de l'Opéra. It was on the way home that Geoffrey took the video of the brass and percussion group.





We also went past one of my favourite monuments in Paris -
Joan d'Arc.












We  walked along the outside of the gardens and entered from la Place de la Concorde entrance.

We often walk along the outside of these gardens and along this stretch of road. There are shops, bistros, the Meurice Hotel which is one of the luxury hotels in Paris, and there are 2 English Language bookshops, Galignani and W H Smith.  

le Jardin des Tuileries 19 February 2012

me at the lake nearest the Louvre

As you can see. even although it is very cold, people still sit around reading or just enjoying the bit of warmth from the sun.

The Louvre in the background

It will be interesting to take a photo of this same area in about 6 weeks time.

l'Église de la Sainte-Trinité

l'Église de la Sainte-Trinité is a catholic church built between 1861 and 1867. It is a beautiful building and massive. The bell tower is 63 metres high, topped by a dome.
This church is in the 9 arrondissement and is quite close to our apartment.

à bientôt