Tuesday 15 January - Jardin des Plantes

A good way to get to the Gare d'Austerlitz is line 14 to the Gare de Lyon and walk across the river
There was an exhibition of colored, lighted animals and figures at the Jardin des Plantes but we had mixed up the termination date. It actually ended today but the lights were not turned on until 1800.  We walked through the Jardins and enjoyed the unlit figures anyway.

Crossing the Seine

There are a lot of perruches a collier here now

At first glance it seemed that the crow had been nailed to the post

The pattern of the bark on this tree was intriguing

From the Jardin des Plantes we walked along the Seine and crossed into the Ile de St-Louis.

We stopped in at the restaurant Aux Anysetiers du Roy. We have been here several times and found the cuisine to be good. Today was no exception.

The cassoulet was outstanding. This is the description from the ardoise:
Haricots Tarbais, Echine (backbone), Lard de poitrine de Porc, Saucisse de Toulouse, Saucisson de l'Ail, Agneau, Confit de Canard.
The beans were hidden under the meats

Tarte Tatin

The restaurant cat decided to join us

Mary started with onion soup and then had salmon.

We had a good walk to work down lunch, along the Seine, through the Louvre and back to the Bourse metro station on line 3.