Another cool and rainy day greeted us on Tuesday, September 27th.

Lynda and I took it easy for most of the morning before heading out to catch the bus to check out the souvenir shops we’d seen down by Galway Irish Pub.

We walked through the market at Fontaine Saint-Michel but Lynda wasn’t feeling anything calling her name so we walked to the Quai des Grands Augustins to check out some of the shops along there.

Lynda was regretting not shopping the last time we were there as she couldn’t find the things that caught her eye the last time.

Maybe a lunch break at The Great Canadian Pub would change our luck.

The service was slow (even compared to other places in France) and the food was only good. (We’d had so much great food on our trip that this place seemed a bit disappointing in comparison.)

Lunch over, we kept walking along the road for a bit to some other shops for Lynda to check out.

I wasn’t on the hunt for souvenirs so I decided to wait outside and take some photos.

The older couple waiting for the bus caught my eye so I decided to get a couple different angles of them.

As I took their photo I remembered that I was hoping to capture some random street shots of Paris in hopes enough of them inspired me to make a black and white calendar. So I shot a few more scenes as we walked along.

Soon we were back by the market at Fontaine Saint-Michel again.

The layout of the booths makes it hard to get a decent shot of the fountain so I just wandered around while she shopped. (And this time, she shopped.)

We made our way over to a bus stop to catch the number 21 back to the apartment. It was about a 7 minute wait and more and more people kept coming to the stop.

The bus was pretty full when it pulled up and a lot of people at the stop got on the bus and we decided to walk along Bd Saint-Michel to another stop to see if the next bus would be less full.

As we walked, I liked the look of the book store. (I always like bookstores.)

The buses were less and less full as they passed by but it was a nice walk so we ventured a little further along until we came to Le Jardin du Luxembourg. (Luxembourg Gardens)

Living where I do with relatively new history; it was pretty neat to wander into a 17th-century park with formally laid-out gardens, trees planted in patterns & statues on pedestals. (And it’s not like that’s the oldest thing around there.)

We wandered through the park until we came to Luxembourg Palace; Former royal residence, now repurposed & used as the meeting place for the French senate. (We didn’t know what the building was at the time but the armed guards made it seem official.)

Even in the rain, it is a beautiful park.

We made our way out of the park and as we walked to another bus stop, I couldn’t help but notice the “skinny” building.

We finally grabbed a fairly empty bus to get back to the apartment in time to get supper.

Lucille wanted to get a roast chicken and potatoes from her local butcher; who was right beside L’Amiral Chicken; where we’d had supper last night. I decided to go with her and as we left the apartment; the rain that was almost done when Lynda and I got back was now pouring down.

We mostly ran to the butcher and were pretty soaked (Well, I was; Lucille had on a rain coat.) In the 3 minutes we were in the shop, the rain stopped so we walked back at a more sedate pace.

After our tasty meal, all of us but Lynda went out to look for a coat for Lucille and to get some stuff from the fruit market. Lynda had enough walking for 1 day so she stayed behind to have a nice relaxing bath.

We didn’t find a coat for Lucille at the mall but the fruit market stop was successful.

It was starting to get dark as we headed back to the apartment.

I had gotten just over 15 thousand steps for the day and it was time for an relatively early night as it was going to be an early morning for Lynda and I in no time at all.