On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.
From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.
We have another first submission today. MissWimsey, I am so glad you sent these in! Are you any relation to Lord Peter? I am pretending that I am on this trip, and that all these pictures are from the same day, a day that I want to never end. ~WaterGirl
MissWimsey
All these photos of Paris being featured in the On The Road posts have made me nostalgic. It’s also been fun to see all the ways others have experienced Paris! I’d like to share the photos from my first trip to Paris last August.
This was taken in the late afternoon on the second day I was in Paris. I had spent the afternoon at the Musée d’Orsay and walked back to my hotel in the Latin Quarter. I grabbed a seat alongside the fountain and sat there for some time before getting dinner.
One thing I vividly recall from the trip was how hard it was to get around via train. I would stare at the map hoping it would make sense. In the end I feel that I walked as much as I did to avoid taking the train lolol. So when I got to Montmartre, I ended up behind Sacré-Cœur. So I skipped the steps and just ended up going up via the narrow streets behind the basilica. This is the view from the cafe where I ate lunch al fresco with a guitarist playing in the background and this good boi sitting in front of me.
This was lunch! I always considered eating a chore, but this trip disabused me of thinking of food as meh. The food was amazing.
This was taken in the early morning from the pedestrian walk alongside the Seine in front of the Musée d’Orsay while I was waiting for the boat cruise to arrive. It was so quiet and peaceful at that time.
Just something that caught my eye while exploring the Latin Quarter.
Rue Mouffetard in the Latin Quarter.
I swear I thought these T-shirts for Hannah and Shadow would fit when I looked at them in the pet store in Paris. Nope. I was wrong but they sure looked cute in them even if they both wore them only one time!
The Book of Trump: Chapter Five
Lapassionara
Thank you for the photos. I love the Rue Mouffetard. There are other streets like it in Paris, which are mostly blocked off from traffic, and they are a pleasure to stroll.
MissWimsey
I knew I liked this place! Yes my nym was inspired by character in the books by Dorothy Sayers. lolol
Lapassionara
@MissWimsey: if you go again, the Metro is not so difficult, although walking is great too.
eclare
That lunch looks amazing! Looks like a great trip.
randy khan
The Metro is pretty good, but when we’re in Paris we take a lot of buses. It’s partly because our friend there has bad knees and prefers the bus, but also because you can see a lot more from the bus. That said, if you’re going where the Metro goes, it’s a lot quicker.
Auntie Anne
Love these pictures – thank you so much! I would have loved to have seen the Latin Quarter, so seeing your pictures is the next best thing right now.
Also a big Dorothy Sayers fan!
Falling Diphthong
When we were last in Europe I so missed our dog. He would have been in heaven lying in a series of cafes and being petted and praised and occasionally fed a sausage.
frosty
@randy khan: That was our experience in London. The Tube was fast but we could see the city from the bus. Even better from the top of the double decker.
Mary G
<3 Hannah and Shadow! Paris is nice, too. Thanks for delurking and sharing your trip.
scav
What I loved about the metro was one could just go to a neighborhood and then walk utterly at random, catch a glimpse of something and chase it down, follow the little green man (whichever crosswalk was green at in intersection), etc. When it was time to head back, finally drag out the map to figure out which metro stop was nearest and boom, done, Clearly not everyone’s style of vacationing, but la flânerie is one of my preferred modes.
Amir Khalid
I like the Coin de la Rue art. It’s amusing, and it looks like a reference to the street protests that are a centuries-old tradition in Paris.
randy khan
@scav:
We’ve spent a fair amount of time walking around randomly in Paris (or at least not with a desire to go straight from point A to point B), and it’s a great way to really get to know a city. Also, often the side streets are where you find the bakeries.
Porlock Junior
I hope the Wimsey fans here are aware that the LordPeter group is again active, now on groups.io, successor to the little-lamented Yahoo. At the moment, the group is going through Murder Must Advertise, on a survey of all the novels in chronological order.
donatellonerd
i love these pictures. the light in the picture in front of Orsay, with that bench/steps amphitheatre thingie, is just spectacular. one of my favorite pictures ever of the jardins de luxembourg. I lived off rue Mouffetard my first 2 years in Paris, and rue Lhomond was my preferred route to many places, including the wine bar where i met my husband. Hannah & Shadow look adorable. but i’m having trouble figuring out what’s on your salad? i’m sure it’s not vanilla ice cream, but …
Chbnna
@donatellonerd: It’s fresh mozzarella I think
Elizabelle
Miss Wimsey: your first photo, of the Jardin de Luxembourg, reminds me so much of century-old tinted photographs. I love collecting those, and you captured their essence.
All your photos are superb (and Hannah and Shadow are rocking those tees).
I think it would be fun to see your photo essay on sites in Chicago that remind you of Paris. (Or Europe.)
You and other jackals make me want to visit Montmartre. Vote! So that Europe lets us in again, once we rid ourself of this money laundering fraud.
J R in WV
Thanks s much for unlurking. I recall how long it took me to realize that I, too could participate actively in the conversation, as opposed to merely comsuming the commentary. Then one day I entered that first comment… and here I am, still commenting after all these years. And posting pictures of flowers and dogs and places and well, all kinds of things.
AT first I was polite, but then…
Anyway, thanks for the great pictures, you capture the feeling of urban France so very well~!!~
LarrytheRed
These were great pics. Beauty in the mundane.
stinger
What great photos — thank you for sharing! I see I’m not the only person who’s not really food-driven! Cute pups! I especially like the photo of Rue Mouffetard — all those windows. Such a striking image.
stinger
@scav: Yes! That’s a wonderful way to travel and explore. Pure serendipity.
stinger
@Amir Khalid: “We have met the enemy, and he is us!”
Steve from Mendocino
Love your photos. Thank you.
susanna
The initial picture is stunning, with the park’s statue perfectly placed to reflect the day’s last light.
All these pictures are beautifully rendered by your good eye for photography and capturing the feeling of the different Paris locales. Thank you! And post more!