A WALK WITH CLAUDINE

This morning, Claudine and I set off to see the Jardin de Tuileries, which begins at Place de la Concorde and ends at the Musée du Louvre, and the walking path on the other side of the Seine.  The weather was beautiful, and as it was a Thursday morning, the gardens weren't too crowded.

On weekends the gardens are filled with families, and remote-control boats can be rented in the pools that are all over the garden.

Today, however, it was just one old man, who had an encyclopedic knowledge of the Rue de Rivoli, and the other long streets of Paris. 

Spotted: Claudine!

Beautiful gardens, and the Palais du Louvre (now the museum) in the background.

There she is again! 

Inside the Carousel du Louvre entrance, the inverted pyramid.

From the Louvre/ Les Tuileries you can take a bridge over the Seine to a large walking path filled with board games, picnic tables, and small cafés.

I love the houseboats docked along the Seine; they all have tons of plants on them, and look like little floating gardens.  I think I'd like to live there for a day, but definitely no longer!

Love locks on the pedestrian bridges

Thomas Jefferson!

A wildflower garden outside an area with hammocks and a little shelter that had been filled with couches for the month, after which it will go back to picnic tables.

Claudine stops to roll a cigarette

And then admires the jazz music that's being broadcasted under the bridge (Louis Armstrong- one of her favorites)