Paris Finally!
After an epic train strike, I FINALLY made it into Paris for a day of aimless wandering, drawing and eating. I arrived early at the Gare de L'Est and walked straight down the Boulevard de Strasbourg, taking note of a piece of street art that i hadnt seen before by space invader I took it as a good sign.
I reached Ile de la Cite and finally decided now was the time to stop and have cafe and croissant and do the first drawing of the day, with tourists sneaking peaks
cafe view to Notre Dame across the bridge
next i decided to get a little more up close to the river...
along the Seine
from there I walked west along the river, past many runners ans some unsavory smells and paused to sketch the Pont Neuf
pont neuf
then it was time for lunch! after thoroughly looking at every fixed price menu in Place St Michel, I I settled on a lunch of veal and duck with the view below
i wanted to keep going in the Place St Michel, so I parked it on a bench, pretended to wait for a bus and drew this:
its mid afternoon and im getting thirsty... time for a panache during happy hour... with a view of the buildings along the river!
time for one last drawing before I catch the train to Nogent! So I duck around the corner pass the really really really long line to Notre Dame and sit down on the curb facing the big rose window and drew... and somehow I became a beacon for all tourists walking by to stop right in front of me and look to block my view!
a march back to the train station, then i hiked through fields the 4.5 miles from Nogent sur Seine station back to CAMAC. What a day!