More Metro Woes

Today we planned to go to Odeon on the metro, but it was closed so we had to go on to the next stop which was St Germaine.  As we left home there were lots of people getting off the metro with signs protesting the signing of the new labor laws by Macron and the police presence was heavy, even on the train.  We went to Square Vert Galant on the Ile de la Cite and Saint Sulpice to see the Delacroix murals which have been cleaned and restored.  Walked around Luxembourg Gardens, a favorite of mine, and found the Lady on a Bench sculpture before heading to lunch at Les Papilles, which came highly recommended.  It is a wine store and bistro; one wall is all wines and you pick what you want and they serve it with a small corkage fee.  The menu is set and our starter was Cream of Celery Soup which was delicious.  We were given a bowl with croutons, creme fraiche and bacon and then a large tureen of soup to ladle into the bowl.  Next was beef cooked slowly in red wine with carrots, potatoes and snap peas served in an enormous copper pot.  I think there was enough to serve my family a couple of meals and way too much for the two of us despite the fact it was very good.  This was followed by some goat cheese and a black olive tapenade and dessert was a pear compote with foamed caramel; different but very good  We chose a red Domaine de Montcalmes 2014 on the recommendation of our server and it was perfect with our meal.  I bought a bottle to bring home as I think it would be great with the turkey on Thanksgiving.  we wandered home along the quai and through the Marais and had dinner at home again.