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Kitchen
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Dining area
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Street scene from one of our floor to ceiling windows---so Parisian.
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The bedroom
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The bathroom---note the towel warmer!
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Randy trying to deal with the fact that he got no sleep on the flight from the U.S. to Paris the night before. This is the living room. The couches morph into beds.
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A scene in our little courtyard
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The cobbled walkway and courtyard
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Here is the spiral wooden stairway that leads to the second floor
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To get to our apartment, one enters this door, walks down a hallway to an outdoor cobbled walkway, then up a winding staircase.
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The Butte aux Cailles neighborhood is well-known for its art-nouveau architecture.
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The menu at Le Bouche a Oreilles, a little cafe where we had lunch. All of the menus we saw today were in French with no English translation.
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Chicken, guinea hen, duckling, rabbit, quail, pigeon, and more---take your pick!
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...in flower shops
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There are flowers everywhere---in parks, on the streets, in window boxes, and...
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Rustic buildings in our neighborhood
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La Butte aux Cailles in Paris
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A street in Butte aux Cailles
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Murals in the Butte aux Cailles. All the streets here are cobbled stone arranged in beautiful patterns.
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Quirky street mural
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Street scene we passed on the way to lunch.
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My brother Randy and I are staying in an apartment located in La Butte aux Cailles, in the 13th arrondissement (southeast corner) of Paris. La Butte aux Cailles is a charming little village within the larger city. Here's a typical second floor apartment.
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Well worn treads on the stairway from our apartment down. How many years have they been here?
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Front door of our apartment building
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Day #2 breakfast at a boulangerie (bakery)---espresso and warm chocolate pastry
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A street in La Butte aux Cailles
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Typical Parisian ironwork
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A "noisette," espresso with a dollop of steamed milk floating on top
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Pot-au-feu (stew of pork and vegetables with spices)
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Day #2 lunch at L’Avant Gout, which is located at 26 Rue Bobillot, a short walking distance from our apartment.
