October 2,2011, Quai de l'Archeveche

This is the other side of the Pont de l'Archeveche (pedestrians only) where the locks are beginning to accumulate!  Below is the garden of Pope Jean XXIII and the rear of the cathedral.  I cannot find the correct architectural name for the spire above the nef but below is another view.

The Ile de la Cite is part of the original Paris and this is a view of the spire above the nef (I think) thrugh a tiny passage.  Below is a patient artist - I peeked at his work and it the line drawing with a very thin black line seemed very promising.

October 2, 2011, Quai de Montebello

Notre Dame from the corner of the Quai de Montebello and the Pont (Bridge) de l'Archeveche (sorry, can't put in the accents).  The peniche (river boat) in front is permanently docked here and is a dandy place for a sit and a drink on a hot days.  Behind it you will see a bateau mouche (sightseeing boat) moving up the Seine.

This is the railing of the Pont of the Archeveche covered with locks of every size and descritption. There are two bridges in Paris where it has become the thing to do to put a lock and through away the combination or the key celebration your togetherness.  Occasionally one lock will have a piece of veil attached to it.  The other bridge is the Pont des Arts (pedestrians only) from the Place de l'Institut de France to the Louvre.

October 2,2011, Quai Saint-Michel to Notre Dame de Paris

This is 19, Quai Saint-Michel, an apartment building where Colette's father's cousin, Jean Launois and his wife, Aimee, lived.  Many other well known French artists lived here including Matisse and Marquet.  We do not know which floor he lived on and the one person I have met who did, and who knew Aimee, refused to give me the time to get the details.  In any case the view over the Seine toward Notre Dame de Paris is splendid.

 This is the view from the sidewalk across the street from the apartment building.  I think Albert Marquet painted it.

 I will try to put in the name of the bridge later, but this the bridge that crosses this arm of the Seine leading to the place before Notre Dame that is, was, crowded this warm and brilliant day with tourists, including some French!