Once more, the day for the mid-month theme “subways” is on a Sunday, when I normally don’t post. Once more I will also “cheat the system” by using photos which have kindly been supplied by other bloggers, taken during their visits to Paris.
This first one is offered by Dusty Lens. It’s from « Rue du Bac ». This station is on line 12 and dates from 1910 and is situated on the corner where Rue du Bac crosses Boulevard Raspail and Boulevard Saint Germain, a nice area to visit. If you would walk along Rue du Bac, you would reach “Le Bon Marché” at one end (see previous post) and the Seine bridge “Pont Royal” (see previous post) at the other end. The street got its name from a “bac”, mening ferry, which used to cross the river before the construction of the bridge.
The second photo is an additional contribution by Virginia and was taken at the station “Varenne”. As you can guess from the looks, it’s the perfect station for a visit to Musée Rodin (see previous post) and also to the Invalides (see previous post). This station, on line 13, was opened as late as 1923. If our Prime Minister would use the metro (doubtful), he could use this station, as his official residence is on Rue de Varenne. (He could actually also use “Rue du Bac”, not far away.)
This first one is offered by Dusty Lens. It’s from « Rue du Bac ». This station is on line 12 and dates from 1910 and is situated on the corner where Rue du Bac crosses Boulevard Raspail and Boulevard Saint Germain, a nice area to visit. If you would walk along Rue du Bac, you would reach “Le Bon Marché” at one end (see previous post) and the Seine bridge “Pont Royal” (see previous post) at the other end. The street got its name from a “bac”, mening ferry, which used to cross the river before the construction of the bridge.
The second photo is an additional contribution by Virginia and was taken at the station “Varenne”. As you can guess from the looks, it’s the perfect station for a visit to Musée Rodin (see previous post) and also to the Invalides (see previous post). This station, on line 13, was opened as late as 1923. If our Prime Minister would use the metro (doubtful), he could use this station, as his official residence is on Rue de Varenne. (He could actually also use “Rue du Bac”, not far away.)The “subway” theme is shared with bloggers from New York, Stockholm, London, Budapest and Paris. You can find today’s and other related posts by using the following links:
New York City Daily Blog – Stockholm by pixels – Fresh Eyes on London – Budapest by Andrea Gerak – Peter’s Paris.
(You can also find some other related older posts on my previous blog via this link: PHO.)
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