We ate lunch here on a nice sunny day during our first visit to the area with our daughter who had enrolled in the Sorbonne. Its location on a corner of rue Mouffetard and rue de l'Arbalete furnished us with great people watching and we sat a few tables back from the hustle of this great street. I had been told to visit this street during my first photographic foray into Paris and I chose to walk its length on a Monday. It was overcast and cool and most of the shops were closed and I wondered why someone had told me to go there for photographs. Little did I realize that shops everywhere in Paris were closed on Monday. One block further south is a great cafe/restaurant of long standing, Le Papillon which we have enjoyed several times. Thanks for reminding me of this cafe with your nice photo.
a woman i met online had a blog named for this restaurant .. she and her daughter spent a month in Paris in an apartment on Rue Muffetard and she shared a lot of her photos - none as good as yours!
I am a former elementary school teacher, a full-time photographer, lover of all things French ( whose French is slowly improving), obsessive Paris traveler, enthusiastic church and community volunteer, and grandmother to 5 delightful grandchildren.
I fell in love with Paris in March 2007. It was as the French say, le coup de foudre : love at first sight. As a result of that trip, my photography took another direction. Since that time I have pursued a career of sorts in photography and dreamed of returning to the City of Light. November 2008 found me strolling the streets of Paris once again. My first visit I was so overwhelmed with the incredible beauty of the city, I photographed it as a "tourist". In 2008 I returned and I looked at the city with more of a photographer's eye. I wanted to capture the unique, the small details, and oh yes - the people! This blog was started as a photo diary of that trip, but I have been most fortunate to return to the city j'adore 15 times since. Each time I leave, I wipe a tear and start planning my list for the next trip. Paris may well be a moveable feast, but I think it's best savored in person! Someone told me that once you have been to Paris, you will leave a piece of your heart. I left mine right there, but I brought home some wonderful memories. It is my pleasure to share them with you.
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We ate lunch here on a nice sunny day during our first visit to the area with our daughter who had enrolled in the Sorbonne. Its location on a corner of rue Mouffetard and rue de l'Arbalete furnished us with great people watching and we sat a few tables back from the hustle of this great street. I had been told to visit this street during my first photographic foray into Paris and I chose to walk its length on a Monday. It was overcast and cool and most of the shops were closed and I wondered why someone had told me to go there for photographs. Little did I realize that shops everywhere in Paris were closed on Monday.
One block further south is a great cafe/restaurant of long standing, Le Papillon which we have enjoyed several times. Thanks for reminding me of this cafe with your nice photo.
Richard, I love hearing my blog friends share their memories. Merci!
a woman i met online had a blog named for this restaurant .. she and her daughter spent a month in Paris in an apartment on Rue Muffetard and she shared a lot of her photos - none as good as yours!
It looks like a good spot!
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