6 bridges and 15th arrondissement

Yesterday I had a good experience in the metro, not so brilliant today. First off I got off the metro at  Concorde, looked at the map of exits and decided I wanted exit number 4 of 7. However, I could not find it anywhere. Who knows. But no big deal.

I walked along the Seine all morning taking photos of bridges, wandering back and forward across the river from the 15th into the 16th.  I would like to go back to the new Russian Cathedral.  There were lots of modern apartment blocks along the river, and, like every where else, little well-kept parks. I had a later than usual start, so my coffee stop became lunch as well. A gentleman from Woolongong ran the place. Nice coffee.

As I was walking back to a metro stop,  I stopped at a shop selling beautiful wooden jigsaws. It was inbetween a funeral parlour and an orthopedic mobility aid place.   There was one in the window , a map of Paris , 500 pieces but the result was quite small. I went inside to look. The pieces were tiny and the most convoluted shapes I have ever seen in a jigsaw.  Far too difficult and far too expensive. I found a 100 piece one that I thought might be better. The lady helping me had less English than I had French. She said in French, "But it is for a child" - she had no idea what I meant when I said in English ' So who is going to know?' I wil think about it.

The metro stop was a small one with only 1 line going through it. The gate to get in would not take my ticket. People with a pass could use another gate, but not me. So I went to the ticket window, talked to man, who rolled his eyes at me and spoke way to quickly. He wrote on the back of my ticket.  No big deal. Who knows what tomorrow will bring?