Saint-Germain-des-Présis one of the four administrative quarters of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Its official borders are the River Seine on the north, the rue des Saints-Pèreson the west, between the rue de Seine and rue Mazarine on the east, and the rue du Four on the south. Residents of the quarter are known as Germanopratins. The quarter has several famous cafés, including Les Deux Magots, Café de Flore, le Procope, and the Brasserie Lipp, and a large number of bookstores and publishing houses. In the 1940s and 1950s, it was the centre of the existentialist movement (associated with Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. It is also home to the École des Beaux-Arts, the famed school of fine arts, and the Musée national Eugène Delacroix, in the former apartment and studio of painter Eugène Delacroix.
Saw:
posters = des affiches
Motorcycles = La moto
Apartments = appartements
Parking lots = Places de parking
Traffic signs = Panneaux de signalisation
Heard:
somebody playing the guitar = quelqu'un jouer de la guitare
- Qu'est-ce que tu as fait?
- à Saint Germain des Prés J'ai marché mon chien
une crêpe salée
Bûche de Noël
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