Two of my favourite things……..toilets and animals lol. We walked through a lovely park called Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil. It was a beautiful day and a beautiful park to walk through. They had a huge greenhouse, shown below.
We went to a Canadian Bar right by the River Seine called The Great Canadian Pub. They have Canadian flags, hockey jerseys on the walls and poutine! Of course we had to stop and have a beer on their patio.
Me and the Mountie 
Inside
From there we ended up at the Hanoi Restaurant which had good food and we felt like we were back in Vietnam again.
Hanoi 1988 
Inside
One day we went to the Palais Garnier, (Opera House) and yes we had to purchase and reserve tickets. The lineup was huge to get in but once in it wasn’t too bad. It was a beautiful building and it would have been lovely to have watched a performance there.
A beautiful building 
The staircase was amazing…. 
As were the ceilings… 
The seating 
A view of the stage 
Artwork
I’ll add a few random photos I took before I move on to the next post. One interesting thing we noticed was that we kept seeing these large, stuffed Teddy Bears sitting at different outside restaurants. They are known as les nounours des Gobelins and it was started in 2018 by a local bookseller to bring joy and community spirit. There are 50+ bears scattered throughout the 13th arrondiseement (neighbourhood) I really enjoyed trying to spot them.
Who is that across the street ? 
Bear dining alone 
I thought I’d join this guy 
One more photo of the Eiffel Tower
Next post, off to the Louvre…………
Trums Travels 