When we were looking at apartments, we made sure they were within walking distance. Ours is just 10 minutes away, and while the kids ride their scooters Dianny and I get a good aerobic exercise trying to keep up with them.
We leave the house around 8:40-8:45 and take Avenue de Wagram, then cross over to Boulevard de Courcelles. I love seeing Saint Alexander Nevsky, the Russian Orthodox church, built in 1861 for the Russian community in Paris.
A few blocks down Boulevard de Courcelles we cross its namesake Rue de Courcelles, and from there it's just another block down to Rue Alfred de Vigny, where the school is located. The kids lock their scooters to the permanent barricade in front of the school doors and then we sometimes head over to Le Vigny for coffee.
