P1090287 A free public bathroom in Paris

Free, automated bathroom that knows better than you what you should do and how. Read more in my blog post (link at the top of the page).

P1090287 A sign on a free public bathroom in Paris

Free, automated bathroom that knows better than you what you should do and how. Read more in my blog post (link at the top of the page).

P1090290 Sleeping in a phone booth

A homeless (presumably) man sleeps all scrunched up in a phone booth in a Paris park. BTW, I saw hardly any homeless here. And why does a country that, like most European countries, probably surpasses U.S. in cell phone usage, still need pay phones? :-)

P1090273 A shopping basket on wheels

in a supermarket in Paris

P1090274 A view of Paris roofs

from my parents' apartment in the 15th Arrondisement, where they stayed in June of 2010. Their apartment is on the 7th floor, and the elevator doesn't work, so we got good exercise climbing the stairs.

P1090277 A view from the kitchen

of my parents' apartment in Paris in the 15th Arrondisement, where they stayed in June of 2010.

P1090303 Latin Quarter

Narrow streets of the Latin Quarter, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Paris

P1090317 Algerian sweet shop

in the Latin Quarter, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Paris. We tried some of those sweets, but they look better than they taste.

P1090322 Me in the street of the Fishing Cat

Me in the street of the Fishing Cat (Rue du chat qui peche), allegedly the narrowest street in Paris. It is in the Latin Quarter, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Paris. I can almost, though not quite, touch both sides.

P1090327 Street of the Fishing Cat

If house facades face the street then it's a street, and if their back sides face it, then it's an alley, right? Then I think the Street of the Fishing Cat (Rue du chat qui peche), with windows and balconies facing it, is a proper street, not an alley.

P1090332 A painting of a fishing cat

on a house in the street of the Fishing Cat (Rue du chat qui peche), allegedly the narrowest street in Paris. I wonder if that little slot in the wall (framed in blue) was actually meant to be a trash bin, or if people are just using it that way.

P1090307 The church of Saint Severin

in the Latin Quarter, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Paris.

P1090342 A well in a church

A deep well inside Saint Severin's church in Paris (covered with a glass lid)

P1090356 Ruins of Roman baths

uncovered outside of the Museum of the Middle Ages (Musee National du Moyen Age) in Paris. The ruin is surrounded by a mesh fence, and we couldn't get inside (maybe it's not open to the public at all?), so I took this picture through the fence.

P1090359 Ruins of Roman baths

uncovered outside of the Museum of the Middle Ages (Musee National du Moyen Age) in Paris. The ruin is surrounded by a mesh fence, and we couldn't get inside (maybe it's not open to the public at all?), so I took this picture through the fence.

P1090360 Ruins of Roman baths

uncovered outside of the Museum of the Middle Ages (Musee National du Moyen Age) in Paris. The ruin is surrounded by a mesh fence, and we couldn't get inside (maybe it's not open to the public at all?), so I took this picture through the fence.

P1090367 Mom in the Medieval Museum

My mom in the courtyard of the Museum of the Middle Ages (Musee National du Moyen Age) in Paris.

P1090369 Museum of the Middle Ages

The courtyard of the Museum of the Middle Ages (Musee National du Moyen Age) in Paris.