The first thing I did today was walk over to Rue des Thermopyles to check out the flowers. It is a quaint cobblestone street a stone throw from our place in Paris. This month especially it is colorful with the flowers in bloom, more so the vines with orange trumpet flowers growing wildly across the street.
I purposefully did not include a photo of the vines so if you are ever in Paris you will be surprised.
Two lovely well tended parks are on rue des Thermopyles, you cannot miss them. Whenever I am in Paris, and as it is nearby, I wandered around those tiny streets and sit in the park for a while. The flowers this morning had raindrops on their leaves and petals
Brightly painted doors, shutters, and hollyhocks.
Tomorrow evening there is an open air movie playing on the street, amongst other things.
I hope to take a peek before meeting a friend for dinner at Chez Josephine.
Noted as one of the most beautiful secret streets in Paris… five minutes on foot from our apartment, in the unknown, off the beaten path in the 14th arrondissement, it is an oasis of calm and greenery…
May, June, and October are the months I find it most beautiful.
Today's photos are from this street.
If you are looking for out of the way places in Paris, then walk in out of the center, explore by getting lost. By our apartment there are several cobblestone streets, covered with vines, flower boxes, not so perfect facades, diamonds in the rough, charming passages with tucked away parks.
- With over 6000 roads, Paris totals over 1,700 kilometers of streets you can wander.
- Cité Durmar – 11th Arrondissement.
- Villa Léandre – 18th Arrondissement.
- Rue Crémieux – 12th Arrondissement.
- Square des Peupliers – 13th Arrondissement.
- Villa Dietz-Monnin – 16th Arrondissement.
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