Mar 4 - Friday prayer at Grand Mosque of Paris. Long Walk along River Seine. Jardin des Plantes..

Friday prayer at the Grand Mosque of Paris.

The mosque was full, people (including women) had to pray outside the prayer hall, in the gandens and courtyard.

Snapshots after the prayer.

 A couple of girls playing table-tennis at a courtyard near the mosque.

I rode the metro from the Place Monge station near the mosque to station Gare d'Austrlitz to begin a long walk along the river Sein. It was a beautiful scenery all along. I ended up near the Notre Dame. Stopped along the way at the big Jardin des Plantes - it was both a big park and a Museum of Nature.

Inside the gare (station)

 Institut du Monde Arabe - Stunning museum and exhibition centre devoted to Arab Culture.

 Under one of the bridges. Paris has its share of homeless people.

The old and the new.

 Two children playing in a small park on the river bank.

In Paris people don't hide their affection for one another even in public.

A romantic couple on the bridge.
They were hugging and kissing happily.
When I asked them if I could take a picture of them, they obliged without hesitation.

House boats

At Jardin des Plantes

People enjoying the sunhine.

Relaxing and enjoying the sun in the cool weather.
NICE

A new friend.