In the Marais

As I walked across a large part of Paris to the hostel and passed through the Bastille neighborhood I got to see a lot of interesting shops and cafes in an area not on the tourist A list. I also saw a lot of squalor, beggars in small tent cities and one family actually living in a derelict phone box.
It's also a perfect Summer's day today, and the city looks magic, despite the urban grittiness.