Venturing out into the rain soaked street after a hotel breakfast we realise the metal frame strutures we saw last night are market stalls – right outside our gate. Still very grey but while the rain holds off we head towards the river – finding it at Pont de Tolbiac.

A very overcast walk along the Seine – so distracted by trains moving across Pont d’Austerlitz that we don’t realise the Bibliotheque Nationalé de France is on the bank above us until we are at Gare d’Austerlitz.

It is drizzling on approach to the Jardin des Plantes but by the time we are well inside it turns into full blown rain from which the avenues of trees do little to protect us.

Already dampened we move onto #2 on the to-do list and queue (for the first time) at Notre Dame. Perhaps the crowds are smaller than usual thanks to the clouds. It is very dark inside.

A beautiful déjeuner in a cafe features food of the Basque region then we find our way back to a metro – underground being preferable to above ground this afternoon. We come across St Severin’s  – a welcome shelter and interesting windows and another war memorial.

There is no article in English Wikipedia for Séverin of Paris, “a devout hermit, who lived on the banks of the River Seine during the first half of the fifth century.”

Some hours spent drying off in the bar back at the hotel, then off to a highly efficient laundromat – conveniently located next to an eccentric corner bar.

Wiki news
Some education related news on the Wikimedia lists today:

• Israel’s Mininstry of Education agrees on a new initiative to incorporate education about Wikipedia in its school curriculum.
• Serbia Wikimedia reports that their Ministry “has prescribed that from September 2014 all students of the second year of secondary school curriculum must study wiki tools.” The Institute for the Improvement of Knowledge and Education has included a course on Wikipedia in its catalog of programs of continuous professional development of teachers, professors and other school personnel.”