Monday May 14

I started the day with a fondant au chocolat

then negotiated buying stamps for postcards.  I was looking for a trace of the old gallows in the area, but couldn't find it.  I did find the facade of the Hotel du Nord which appeared in a 1938 film,

then made my way to the Parc des Buttes Chaumont.  It's a gorgeous park with huge grassy slopes you want to roll down

 a waterfall

 and a gazebo

 that you approach across a suspension bridge.

Looking down into the water, I saw the fish playing "follow the leader".

Next I wanted to revisit the Gare du Nord. 

Just like airports, railway stations have a romance about them.  Lunch was steak, frites and bearnaise sauce.  Oh yes, and some wine...

The menu was in a wooden frame

 Just like a local I had a short black to finish up.