Our little corner of Paris around Place Maubert was a study in contrasts. At one end of our street was the Notre Dame, the Seine and the luxe apartments on Ille St Louis – the very heart of Paris.
If you live here on Ille St Louis you either inherited it or you came into a lot of money. A wonderful place to live.
Walk away from the Seine and you came to Blvd St Germain and Place Maubert. On the south side of St Germain, were numerous little streets and dead end alleyways that seemed to have escaped Haussmann’s attention.
Up the hill was the Pantheon whose dome you could see at the ends of numerous little dead ends.
Only after watching Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris a couple of times did I notice how much of it was shot right in this corner of Paris. The stairs where Owen Wilson waits at midnight for the car to transport him to another era are at the side of the Saint-Étienne-du-Mont church on Rue de la Montagne Sainte-Genevieve, just behind the Pantheon.
Tucked away on the tiniest of side streets is Le Coupe Chou restaurant. I went looking for it because we'd eaten there 25 years ago. Should have booked - it's still getting good reviews.
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I live very much your blog.
I will keep checking it periodically for more details about Paris.
Thanks for doing a good job.
Thank you for you kind comment. I’ll write another post this weekend.
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