Tues Eglise Saint Eustache , Palais Royal gardens

This morning's coffee was at another of the new ( for Paris, not Aus) breed of coffee shops, along with avocado on toast. I could have done without the honey that was drizzled on top though.  Then I went to the gardens of the Palais Royal. The Palais was not huge and the formal rectangular garden was bounded by buildings of a regulr size with colonnaded shops at the bottom - now up market shops, restaurants and offices - all still closed when I was there at 9,30. There were 8 rows of trees, each ( I assume, they appeared very regular, I only counted 1 row) of 60 trees. The pruning would take ages.  It is my plan to at least  have a cup of coffee  and sit somewhere in a park ( 2 different things) in each of the 20 arrondissements. So I sat for a while - about 10 minutes, it was only about 2 degrees - in this garden.

Then I went to a church I had passed on my way to coffee, Saint Eustace. It was large, a bit dark and a mish mash of styles, but there were several interesting side chapels. One was a definite reference to the neighbouring markets of Les Halles. The other had a standard sort of stained glass panel but underneath, in a traditional wooden frame, a bizarly beating heart - a video of it going in and out with bits shooting out of it.

I walked from there to the Ile de La cite and looked at more bridges.  Then lunch. On the way home I stopped at a supermarket. I wanted more tissues for my stubbornly persistent cold ( Driving around in an open roofrd car for almost 2 hours yeaterday would not have helped). The supermarket  was spread over 3 floors, no lift. The 'health products' i.e. tissues were on the second floor.  Too bad if you were really sick.

The Gardens of the Palais Royal

Pont Neuf, reputed to be the oldest bridge in Paris. Completed 1606

Petit Pont