promenade plantée

We didn't go swimming today but we saw this pool on our walk. The pool has an underwater camera alarm system that alerts the lifguards if someone is on the bottom for longer than 10 seconds. They can see on a TV screen exactly where the person is. Very high tech. It's called Poseidon

We walked along the Promenade Plantée. The promenade plantée is a 4.5 km-long elevated park in the 12th arrondissement of Paris.

It was constructed on an abandoned 19th-century railway viaduct, which connected the Bastille area to the eastern suburbs of Paris. The path splits the building ahead in half.

We could see the traffic below from the promenade. I like the bike markings.

The "Place de la Bastille" no longer has the Bastille prison but they still celebrate here on Bastille day which is similar to our July 4th celebration.

There are some really good chocolate shops near by. We got some real orange slices dipped in chocolate. They were very good.

More chocolate.

In the evening we went back to the Louvre and checked out some of the Egyptian collections.

There were rooms and rooms of vases. So many different kinds and sizes.

This is a large painting that is directly opposite of the Mona Lisa. It takes up the whole wall and in the corner is a cat! Many of the paintings have cats lurking somewhere in the background.