http://eecoswitch.com/wp.php Another bright sunny day in Paris, so we decided to take another walk from our 30 walking tours in Paris book. This one Arenes, Mouffetard and the Jardin des Plantes (Latin Quarter 2) covers the southern limits of the Latin Quarter, the area around the Grands Ecoles, and the Jardin des Plantes. We passed several very handsome streets, the bustling market street rue Mouffetard, the laboratory where the Curies worked at the French Institute of Chemistry and Physics, the laboratory where Louis Pasteur isolated the rabies vaccine, and visited Paris’ oldest monument: the remains of the Roman arena the Lutece Arena now a public park. Rue St-Jacques was the ancient road out of the city and in medieval times was the great pilgrimage way to Santiago de Compostela. Prior to the revolution, there were many religious institutions established along here. Most of the current buildings date to the 18th and 19th century, with even some modern structures in place.
Durban At the corner of Rue Tournefort and Place Lucien Herr, we found the traditional French restaurant we visited several years ago, Chez Lena and Mirmile. This was the restaurant that served us vodka after our meal and served the chocolate mousse family-style from a huge bowl.
We passed Rue Pot-de-Fer, an old narrow street filled now with restaurants. We headed over to l’Opera to find our way to the Victoria Station restaurant on Boulevard des Italiens.  We left that area and headed to Quai de la Rapee so we could check out the lock there, the entrance to the 2 km tunnel over the canal, and the pleasure boat yacht basin. It is just off Place Bastille and we were amazed we had not found it earlier.
After a quick stop at BHV to look for a cable to connect the computer audio and video to the television. No success so we headed back to the apartment. As we exited the Metro station, the RATP Security police were checking metro passes to make sure we were all legal.
