In which the Eiffel Tower strangely appears on the wrong side of Luxembourg Palace. Anyone else notice that or is it just me? I read this book with my Chicago-based book club and never forgot it. I was determined to find the sites from the book and take some photos for my blog.
My original post, with photos of the commemorative plaques and statues near the Eiffel Tower can be found right here. Back in , I made some new discoveries and went back to take some more photographs. How it happened is kind of cool.
But wait! His photos were of 26, rue Saintonge in the Marais, and mine were from 32, rue Saintonge. Tatiana de Rosnay herself what a treat!
So then of course I had to go see the address from the book for myself. I good friend and fellow reader from Chicago was visiting and was game for a literary trek. We headed into the Marais she had a recent travel article in hand about the hopping Haut-Marais and we found ourselves near rue de Saintonge. Obviously, book lovers like me have a hard time distinguishing fact from fiction. I found the bright blue doors at 26, just like Eye Prefer Paris had earlier. Seriously, I think I wiped away a tear or two.
Outside, the girl saw a neighbor wearing pajamas leaning out his window. He was a nice man, a music teacher. He liked playing the violin, and she liked listening to him. He often played for her and her brother from across the courtyard. The man in the raincoat did not answer him. The bright blue doorway to 26 rue de Saintonge. The plaque on a nearby school on rue des Quatre-Fils in the 3rd.
