Barbes, Le Gotte d'Or, and Chateau Rouge were the last three neighborhoods. We actually split the walk into two parts and did the last two Thursday morning. Barbes was yet another fabric district - blocks and blocks of winding street with bolts of fabric, inside and out. The other two were more immigrant districts, with Le Gotte d'Or being Algerians, and Chateau Rouge other Africans. They weren't tourist districts, more just places for people to live, a little run down, but lots of markets and street shops. A few cool modern and new buildings in Chateau Rouge - saw probably the only empty lot in Paris there :). Tried some baclava and a wierd orange funnel-cakish thing at a bakery - the baklava was exceptional, don't be tempted by the apparent orange sugary goodness though.... it tasted of sweet'n'sour chicken breading, solidified.
Barbes, Le Gotte d'Or, and Chateau Rouge were the last three neighborhoods. We actually split the walk into two parts and did the last two Thursday morning. Barbes was yet another fabric district - blocks and blocks of winding street with bolts of fabric, inside and out. The other two were more immigrant districts, with Le Gotte d'Or being Algerians, and Chateau Rouge other Africans. They weren't tourist districts, more just places for people to live, a little run down, but lots of markets and street shops. A few cool modern and new buildings in Chateau Rouge - saw probably the only empty lot in Paris there :). Tried some baclava and a wierd orange funnel-cakish thing at a bakery - the baklava was exceptional, don't be tempted by the apparent orange sugary goodness though.... it tasted of sweet'n'sour chicken breading, solidified. 
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