on 2012-09-08 12:51 Bob W wrote
It's only by walking or cycling that you can really learn a city, in my view.
i agree, and i had a great time walking in Paris, taking unplanned turns and grooming my internal geographic sense, as i have in most every other major city i've visited; but the only city that i've cycled where i didn't currently live was San Francisco
I'm not familiar with the rue Beaunier, although my map tells me it's quite close to the Parc Montsouris, which I visited on Thursday and which is one of my favourite parts of Paris.
yes, you found it, just an unremarkable residential street; the company i worked for rented an apartment there for DrupalCon 2009; Parc Montsouris was our introduction to Paris when we emerged from the adjacent train station; then we walked through it repeatedly commuting to the conference
Indeed, if I retire to Paris when the time comes that is the likeliest area for me to look for somewhere to live. That's the South-East part of Paris, whereas I was more North Central, other side of the river.
being unfamiliar with Barbès, i found the wrong one — Rue Barbès is a few blocks SE of Rue Beaunier, which in turn is south of Montparnasse; but now i see the Barbès-Rochechuart Metro station and Boulevard de Barbès (in one of your photos) way across town
This was my approximate route from the apartment on the Wednesday - further than I thought or planned. It took a very long time to hobble all that way, I can assure you: <http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?zoom_level=12&submit=go>
alas that link doesn't work for sharing, but i can imagine the long contorted path your hobble traced
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