Paris (Continued) The Old Jewish Quarter

Today we decided to just take it easy and stay fairly close to home.  We did take the Metro to the Old Jewish Quarter which required a change at Chatelet station.  The walk between the metros underground was forever.  This guy was on the Metro playing his horn.  Of course he passed the hat, especially if you took his picture.

We ended up walking home and it it was way faster.  Sometimes you should just walk. 

Anyway, we came up out of the Metro on the Rue Rivoli a main thoroughfare

and a big shopping street.  We took off of that into the Jewish Quarter where they say the night life is great.  Lots of jazz clubs and restaurants.  During the day just lots of quaint shops and restaurants.  Lots of falafel eateries and delis.  Grab it and go.

Found this little tea shop and bought two kinds of tea.  Terry got one good for Detox and I got the Love tea.  Very good iced. She had samples.  We will share.

Narrow walking street

We had lunch at a little cafe and then headed back down the Rue Rivoli looking for the Hotel de Ville.  We kept looking for an actual hotel, and walked all around this building.  We saw signs for Hotel de Ville parking, shopping and Post office.  We finally googled it, and a picure of this building popped up.  Who names City Hall Hotel de Ville.  Jeez!  Anyway, on to the facts:

The Hôtel de Ville, City Hall, is the building housing the city's local administration. Standing on the place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, it has been the location of the municipality of Paris since 1357. It serves multiple functions, housing the local administration, the Mayor of Paris (since 1977), and also serves as a venue for large receptions.

Just a few parting shots of Gay Paree

We left early this morning 9:00 to get to the train station ahead of the Tour de France which terminates today in Paris.  Not a bike in sight.  We arrived back in Amsterdam around 2:00 PM without incident.  No train changes so piece of cake.  That's all for Paris.  I did a lot of blogging entries on the train.  So now I'm caught up.