Thursday, 29 November 2012

Wednesday November 21st ~ Autumn in Paris

A grey, wet, autumnal morning in Paris. Started with a short ride on articulated (ie bendy) bus 1889 on the 62 from Alésia metro station to Avenue René-Coty. Then after a walk round the Parc Montsouris (as featured in 'Cleo from 5 to 7'), walked to Place d'Italie for Metro MP73 no. 6536 on Line 6 to Raspail.

Bus 6643 on route 88 running west along Rue d'Alésia, crossing Avenue René-Coty, in Montparnasse.


This curious electric bus is heading south along Avenue Reille, towards Parc Montsouris.

Then after a coffee it was bus 7340 on the 82 from Boulevard du Montparnasse (Montparnasse Bienvenue ) to Les Invalides.

Artic bus 4493 on route 91 heads east down Boulevard du Montparnasse, heading for Bastille.

Tour bus by Les Invalides

A coach of Begonia Reizen, from Belgium, outside Les Invalides.

Southbound bus on route 83 (Friedland Haussmann – Porte d'Ivry-Claude Régaud) at the junction of Rue de Sèvres and Boulevard Raspail in St Germain.

In the evening, after a walk through St. Germain, I boarded RER double deck Class 20500 EMU no. 34T on Line C at St Michel-Notre Dame for the ride to Champ du Mars-Tour Eiffel. From there it was an interchange on to Metro MP73 no.6524 on Line 6, from Bir-Hakeim to Denfert Rochereau, and then a short trip on Metro MP89CC no.07 on Line 4 for the short one-stop hop to Mouton-Duvernet, and thence to my hotel.