This day (Tuesday 28th October) was all about shopping, or at least “lêche vitrine” as Printemps and Galleries Lafayette mainly carry extremely expensive items such as Valentino dresses that cost about 4000 Euro and upwards. The day however started with browsing the Les Halles district and watching the odd Pompidou center from the outside. I’ve been inside before and for me the main attraction was the outside escalators. At least on that day but they have lots of temporary exhibitions that changes all the time. So I might give it a try another day again, but I guess a lot of it is just too modern and modern in a way I don’t really like.
Jacob insisted on visiting Forum des Halles which I find a bit boring but of course we went to see it anyway. I think some of the architectural ideas are good but in my opinion they end up not being so well executed as they should have been. Despite their great efforts at getting natural light several floors down it still seems dull and dark inside. The contrast to Printemps and Galleries Lafayette which we visited afterwards is very stark. The two department stores are very grand indeed and it is interesting to browse the clothes there and get some new great ideas for styling. However at some point I got enough of looking at high fashion that I cannot afford to buy anyway and I just wanted to get out!
On the way back we passed by the Opera Garnier which is a very beatiful building and then we took the metro to one of our favorite crêpe makers near Place St. Michel. We walked back home and found a funny store on the way which sold cartoon figures, especially lots of Tintin stuff which Jacob was very excited about!
On the way back we passed by the Opera Garnier which is a very beatiful building and then we took the metro to one of our favorite crêpe makers near Place St. Michel. We walked back home and found a funny store on the way which sold cartoon figures, especially lots of Tintin stuff which Jacob was very excited about!
