Day 3 in Paris

Lamarck Caulaincourt Metro Station

A morning that started with sleeping in and rainy skies and a leisurely morning breakfast at home gave way to a solo walk to the Sacré Coeur, blue skies with big puffy clouds, lots of walking with my Mom and shoe shopping and tea buying and lunch at Café Marly and then a metro ride home.

Between my Mom and I we managed to figure out the metro schedule and get on the right line going the right direction to our transfer point and successfully change trains and make it safely home to the Lamarck Caulaincourt Station just 1 1/2 blocks from the flat. If you knew the two of us you would realize what a special and exciting accomplishment this is.

I have always loved the metro stations in Paris. There is an American artist, Larry Yust, who did a series of photographs that he calls “elevations” of many of the stations here which are so very beautiful. Many people have their favourites such as the Concorde Station with the decorative tile lined walls or the Abbesses Station with its glass canopy entrance and graffiti covered walls along the spiral staircase to the platform below. For me, each station is its own work of art with its own personality and colours and shapes and shadows. Underground art galleries for the price of a metro ticket.