VISITS THAT LET THE YOUNG SEE BEYOND WHAT IS FAMILIAR...
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The royal heritage at the Saint-Denis Basilica, with its tombs and leading to it, France's first straight street.
- This knight is not dead but awaiting resurrection.
- To reach the church, walk through the medieval fair ground next to the métro. It is now a vast market and kids love its raucous energy (on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday mornings).
The Schoolbook (in French)
Harald Wolff
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The traditional Jewish neighborhood a Sunday afternoon
(At and around des Rosiers, 4e)
- Before the Occupation the district spread as far as Île Saint-Louis, midway across the river. Deportations reduced it to a few streets, where synagogues, restaurants, bookstores and kosher shops multiplied after the war.
- Today brands have mostly taken over. But people come from all Paris and the suburbs for the traditional establishments that still exist, especially on Sunday afternoons:
Photos taken toward 2015
(Prices have risen)
- For teens, the outstanding exhibits of the Shoah Memorial make this visit memorable.
Immigrant vigor at La Goutte d'Or
Anonymous, Echomusée
- Children will like the barbershop signs and young tailors, adults the "wax" prints.
Balandou Coiffure, 42 rue de la Goutte d'Or, near the rue Dejean market
27 rue Richomme
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...to make them want to see and know more.
End of Part II.
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