Planes, trains and (mostly) automobiles.

The highlight of our day After a good breakfast at our hotel, we did not need to visit a bakery right away but we had been told that the place just south of us was very, very good, so we stopped in. Utopie is ranked # 12 among the over 500 bakeries in Paris. Of course, we picked up a couple of sweets for later. Pastries at Utopie Everything looks very good, n'est-ce pas? Thus armed, we headed west in search of the triumphal arch we could not find the day before. As we walked, it began to rain lightly. No matter, we were prepared for wet weather. As it worked out, la Porte Saint-Denis was a mere two blocks beyond la Porte Saint-Martin which we had visited yesterday.. How had I missed it?? La Porte Saint-Denis Obelisk on the wall face Originally a passageway through the Wall of Charles V erected in the 14th century, this grand archway was rebuilt over three centuries later on the command of Louis XIV to commemorate French victories in the Meuse and Rhine regions during the Franco-Pru...