Our apartment is on rue Perdue on the map. Now named rue Maître Albert. According to our landlord (a philosopher) the street is named for Albertus Magnus, St. Thomas Aquinas’ teacher. The building shows clearly on the Turgot map, it’s in the bend of the street. We can see that the building has a central courtyard. It is easy to find the street (and the apartment) by tracing a straight line from the back of Notre Dame to the bank of the Seine, and then following the only crooked street which is rue Maître Albert.
The room that the boys sleep in has wallpaper taken from this map, and Notre Dame is at the foot of Max’s bed. It is a bit confusing because on the Turgot map north is not at the top, so the left bank looks like it is on the right.
Max enjoys looking at the maps as well as the Eyewitness Travel Guides to plan his trips. He likes Barcelona.
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