A good walk

Place de la Bastille near the start

On Sunday we found a walk in the box of walks that Simon and Tania gave us and checked it out on the map and online.  It goes for about 5km from Opera Bastille to the Bois de Vincennes.  Part of the walk is on top of an old viaduct and other parts are along an old railway line.  It's very attractive, even in November, and well used by strollers and runners.  We started off by looking at the shops that have been opened in the arches of the viaduct and found a Portuguese café  selling very nice coffee and pastels, those little custard tarts.  I had to have one!  Then we climbed up the steps to the top of the viaduct and walked in the direction of the Bois de Vincennes.  We didn't make it quite all the way there as our stomachs told us it was lunch time, so we dropped back down to the road and found a brasserie right by the metro on our line home.   A very satisfying urban walk.

The viaduct

Pastels

Tai chi in the park

The promenade plantée

Steps up

One of the several tunnels

Promenade Plantée

Brick church