Le Quartier Latin

You wake up at Seatac, SFO, LAX. You wake up at O'Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth, BWI. Pacific, mountain, central. Lose an hour, gain an hour. This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time. You wake up at Air Harbor International. If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? -Fight Club

Most people touring Paris in a hurry miss out on the Latin Quarter.I was lucky to be given the tour by an old friend, who has been living in Paris for about three years. Now, it takes someone with that kind of a living experience to show you the real charms of a city like Paris and thats how I landed at the Quarter on a pleasant April evening. About the place, check out what some people have to say.
Normally, when you visit old towns,there is always a whiff of the local food in the air, and I was expecting none the less here. Veggie Doners, sugared Crepes and lebanese Falafals had been following me all over Paris, and after a day of having somehow missed these , I could not think of a better place to perform a coup de grace on my suffering appetite, and drowned myself in the crowded stalls of Blvd. St Michel and Place de la Contrescarpe.

Anyway, strolling along the streets of Latin Quarter in the night isn't as much different as walking on the streets of Soho or the traditional alt stadt of German cities, if not for the occasional sound of breaking plates amidst the chatter of a million greek tongues. On closer inspection, we managed to witness the ancient greek tradition of plate breaking, still continued by the multitude of Greek Restaurants thronging Boulevard St Michel and Rue de la Huchette, the two happening streets on the Quarter.


In Greek society such plate breaking is an act of good-naturedness when the customers have enjoyed the food, company and atmosphere so much that they agree to break the dishes as a sign of delight. And with plates strewn along the entire street, no wonder everyone seems to be having a good time at the Latin Quarter!
Moulin Rouge, the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Musee de Cluny aren't too far off either, so if you do plan to explore Paris on foot, the Quarter is the best place to start off with.

Creative Mind

Visiting the Tsunami Hit areas was a crazy experience. We have decided to start an organization and tentnatively plan to call it Creative Minds.
Lets see how things work out!