Place Dauphine

On Saturday Fabien took us on a tour of some of Paris lesser known sights. This is the Place des Vosges which is another lovely park. At the time the uniform architecture of the surrounding buildings was revolutionary. We also checked out the Hôtel Carnavalet which is a museum devoted to the history of Paris and somewhat to France as a whole. I find it incredible to see what a turbulent political history the country has had. Up until the 1950's there were uprisings, invasions, revolutions, and all sorts of unrest at pretty regular intervals. This sort of history I would find was pretty common throughout Europe. We walked around the Marais district a bit and had lunch at a café at the Place de la Bastille.