Paris (Place de Voges etc)

We went walking through the Marais today, from Les Halles to Place de Voges and Bastille.  Lunch at "Cafe Hugo" on Place de Voges and then visited Victor Hugo's home. An exhibit all about Hugo and "le noir", and his apartment, which had one room in over-the-top Orientalist decor.  PS--the metro runs along the boulevard outside our apartment, but it's not that noisy. It's the rubber wheels -- no screeching.

Place de Voges (view from Cafe Hugo)

View of Place de Voges from Victor Hugo's 3rd floor apartment

The room of Chinoiserie in Victor Hugo's apartment

Place de Bastille

View from our apartment - Eiffel tower (with searchlight) and the metro station