Anyone surprised? The best part is the church's attitude towards the hullabaloo that attracts so many tourists. Dr. Olivier, who wrote up the guide for this walk, explains that the articles on the wall essentially say: "Go ahead and take a picture of the gnomon like all the other tourists, but please, don't go knocking around for hollow tiles including clues to the Holy Grail. (It's hidden under the Louvre pyramid anyway, remember?)" It's worth including a picture, though.
The church was actually designed by Jean-Nicolas Servadoni, during the day an architect, but by night created elaborate theatrical productions. Quite a spectacle--both the theater (or so I hear) and the church.
Very entertaining commentary. Again, I felt about this walk the same way I felt about the Marais 2 walk--not a lot to say specifically about the sights we saw. What I enjoyed about the area around Sainte-Sulpice was the feel of the neighborhood. In the immediate vicinity are specialty shops in two of my favorite things (and would one of my blog posts be complete without some kind of list? I think not):
(1) Chocolate, at the shop of Pierre Hermé. His macarons are reputedly delicious and come in such bizarre combinations of flavors (litchi-rose-raspberry is at the top of my list of macarons to try!). I think that's my goal for tomorrow.
(2) Books, at the anglophone book store The Village Voice.
Nice quarter, nice vibe. But not a lot to report in the way of spectaculars.
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