La Route Des Manifs.

This walk started by having us walk down to the Canal Saint-Martin. We walked through a lovely little park and picked over the edge to see the water and saw more trash then in a trashcan. It was disgusting but funny because at the same time I was reading in the book that the Canal was built to bring more fresh water into the city. We then headed back towards the Metro to admire the Place du Republique. This statue symbolized the French republic being restored. It was cool because in Paris you don't typically see women statues that don't have wings on them in the city. Most statues are of war heroes which are always men.

We then walked all the way down till we could see the Bastille and the opera house. The Place de la Bastille was there to represent the prison that was torn down by the citizens of Paris. They then built this monument to honor those who fought and died in the July revolution of 1830. That really creeped us out knowing there were a bunch of bodies chillin in the middle of the intersection.

We then got to go down a really cool street called Avenue Daumesnil. The shops were really cool and unique and all located under an old railroad track. A lot of them were full of true craftman showing their creativity. I loved the area and enjoyed how pristine everything was.

I would recommend this walk to people but have them go to a better area of the canal.