In my previous episode I walked you around the South end of Le Mans. Since it's one more nice day in a row I won't miss the chance to walk the center too. Wanna follow?
Haven't seen such a blue sky since I don't know when:
This commercial building is pretty interesting. Apart from the design look how it changes shades from one angle to another:
Just in case you don't believe that I walk towards the center😉:
The old France lies in this tunnel - me likey:
Tram lines and grass is a good idea:
I told you about the humble houses of the South part of the city but as you can see the same story goes while walking towards the center:
This one looks a bit more historic though:
The sign says it all but in case you didn't read it that's the Victor Hugo park:
Looks sweet inside,
but to be honest I am more attracted by the pictures of old Le Mans around it:
As you can see this exhibition brings us images of Le Mans from the beginning of the previous century, before the 24h circuit which made this city so famous worldwide:
The building of Mercure Hotel is also a time machine:
This is Le Mans's main square, Place de la republique:
Impressed by the lack of crowd? Me too. I want to say at this point how much I like that this city never feels too crowded (maybe unless the famous circuit is on). And it's easily explainable since the whole population of Le Mans is comparable to the population of the suburb I live in Athens. And the suburb I live used to be like Le Mans before all these shitty multi storey buildings rose that are nowhere to be found here.
On the same square is this building which, aptly titled as you can see, hosts the Chamber of Commerce and Industry:
Only a few steps away is the post office:
The "stars" of the square are the LCL bank and the local Chappell with the clock:
It's all so French around here and I like it:
See that detail on the above building:
Part of the absence of crowd is also due to the fact that I am an early bird hence some stores are still closed. This one hides a gem from the past:
The morning sun flatters the buildings:
And now the architecture changes drastically:
This area of the center consists of narrow cobblestone backstreets where the buildings look like they came out of some cartoon:
How sweet!
Let's take a break now and see you in the next part of this walk 🙂