Fed up

This street sign in the Latin Quarter says, "Non-smoking sidewalk."

Sudden café

One of my favorite subjects to photograph is cafés, and I came upon this one completely by surprise despite visiting this quartier often.

Louvred window

View from a window inside the Louvre Museum of its great Pyramid.

 

Back-to-school

The stately Université Sorbonne embodies the spirit of this week's rentrée scolaire.

On the Île

Evening falls and the Île Saint-Louis springs to life.

Rocher de Cancale

Now a regular café-restaurant this was writer Balzac's go-to place for fresh oysters from Brittany.

Au Rocher de Cancale

78 rue Montorgueil 75002

Dead fish

Scrawled onto peeling wallpaper, "Only the dead fish follow the current."