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| Possibly the world's cutest Subway :) |
After waving goodbye to Saroj, I set out to discover the Paris of Woody Allen. Everyone who knows me will also know that I'm not a big fan. Well, actually, no fan at all of Woody. However Midnight in Paris was, I have to say, a good movie. And most of all because of the setting. So I decided to track down some of the movie settings, along with a few other gems of the 5th Arr. There are a few bits of the Roman wall built around Paris, and you stumble upon them here and there, but the largest Roman ruin in the Arene de Lutece, now used as a quiet place to have lunch or a round of petanque. After that, I found the steps and street where, in Midnight in Paris, 'Gil' steps into the past. I won't show pics of all the places in the movie. If you're interested, you can check them out at
http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/m/Midnight_In_Paris.html#.UXWLt4Ii3S0
Then I accidentally stumbled on a part of Rue Mouffetard that I'd previously missed. What an adorable square, surrounded by cafes. Had to stop for coffee of course :)
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| Arenes de Lutece |
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| Playing petanque (boules) |
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| Roman stonework |
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| Steps from Midnight in Paris |
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| View from the steps |
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| Aha! Frenchmen DO wear berets! |
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| Place Contrescarpe |
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| ......where I had coffee :) |
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| Hard to choose, there were so many! |
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| Ready for lunch |
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