Day 9 in Paris
Tuesday September 30, 2025. The last day of the month, our penultimate day in Paris, a day of small disappointments, but a day we were happy to be here enjoying life. The morning began sunny but chilly although word on the street is warmer temps are on their way. We had a leisurely breakfast (fairly typical by now) before setting out. We had timed tickets for the Georges De La Tour exhibition at the Musée Jacquemart-André but wanted to scoot back to the former Pascal Pinaud's pastry shop in the 5th so Susie could ask what happened to Pascal. So we took the 8 Metro to Bastille, switched to no. 5 and got off in our old 2006/2007 neighborhood at the Saint Marcel stop. We strolled passed our apartment building on rue Poliveau and across the small square that was a daily sight for us for so many months; and very little had changed in the intervening years. The café in the ground floor of our building was still there, the fresh produce stand across the street was still there and even ...
