Place d'Italie and Ile aux Cygnes

On a sunny and mild day, I took the Metro to the Place d'Italie and walked around the nearby villages, the CIte Florale and Butte aux Cailles.
Having walked up the Boulevard St-Jacques, I stopped for an alfreso lunch, and then continued to Pernety where I took the Metro to Auteuil to see some art nouveau buildings.
After stopping for a coffee near the Radio France building, I walked to the middle of the Pont de Bir-Hakeim and down the Allee des Cygnes which went down the middle of the Ile aux Cygnes to the Statue of Liberty at the other end. The Statue was one of the four preliminary models constructed between 1874 and 1884 before the finished article was presented to New York.
I took the Metro to Cite for a cocktail in the Samartaine department store followed by dinner at a bistro opposite La Chapelle where I went for an evening concert including part of Vivaldi's Four Seasons.Read more