Another lovely day, so it’s back on the Metro to explore more of Paris.

First stop was Gare de l’Est to “recharge” our tickets, then to Opera station and a walk to the Jardin des Tuileries:

From there, we walked past the Palais and Louvre to the Palais Royal metro station and got a train to Place Monge.

It was a short walk to the Grand Paris Mosque:

After all that culture, it was time for a coffee and another Metro to Parc Monceau:

An interesting park with many ‘structures’. Next was the Metro to St Denis, well north of Paris. All very suburban but had a nice pedestrian square where we stopped for a beer:

Right by was the Basilica, so we enjoyed that – particularly the stained glass windows that look far better in reality than in the photos:

After a bite to eat, we got a tram then Metro eastwards to Porte de la Villette:

We walked through the Parc de la Villette, which turned out to be more of an expo centre and playground than a park:

Nice canal in the middle though:

From there, things were a bit greener, but very crowded:

Yet another Metro to Laumiere and time for another beer:

We then crossed the road to Parc des Buttes Chaumont, famed for the Temple de la Sibyll:

It was very crowded, and many of the paths were shut, so we didn’t see as much as we had intended:

From there, we got a final Metro back to Gare de l’Est and walked back to the hotel.

An exhausting but interesting day!