L'Aube de la Nouvelle Annee

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB442aRzb_-JrMHlpGumes2oqt6BN0X1Qr3QPKJxyZV6MxealRlBFSLEL6uzYrJ2azq_Puuxh45I4OQrjYtMdWJq38gfL_4fgzjfLKN5OSU9_4f70wQ0Eq3j1rzw-sHQ9f2PCU7AZQdps/s1600/DSC_0025+%282%29+copy+for+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB442aRzb_-JrMHlpGumes2oqt6BN0X1Qr3QPKJxyZV6MxealRlBFSLEL6uzYrJ2azq_Puuxh45I4OQrjYtMdWJq38gfL_4fgzjfLKN5OSU9_4f70wQ0Eq3j1rzw-sHQ9f2PCU7AZQdps/s640/DSC_0025+%282%29+copy+for+blog.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Sunrise on the Seine</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">If you have never seen a winter sunrise in Paris (and believe me there are many Parisians who do not even know there is such a thing) you have missed views such as this.  </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">I was very fortunate to have three trips to Paris this year, visiting with old friends and new, riding Velibs with my daughter Holly, eating oysters, making new discoveries, having a party in our Paris apartment, and showing my husband the city I love in the perfect weather of late March.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">May each of you be open to new discoveries in this new year!</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

L'Aube de la Nouvelle Annee

Sunrise on the Seine If you have never seen a winter sunrise in Paris (and believe me there are many Parisians who do not even know there is...

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Les Soldes

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8325897375/" title="2012 Jan 15 2nd_0156 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 15 2nd_0156" height="460" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8355/8325897375_8b361e0967_c.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Les Soldes!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Will soon begin in Paris and in all of France.  The <span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><a href="http://www.service-public.fr/actualites/001859.html" target="_blank">dates for the winter sales</a></b></span> in Paris are from the 9th of January and ending on the 12th of February.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you will be in St. Barth's or St. Martin in the French West Indes </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the dates are different as are those of Réunion.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In Paris you will find les Soldes again in the summer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Bourse</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les Soldes

    Les Soldes! Will soon begin in Paris and in all of France.  The dates for the winter sales in Paris are from the 9th of January and end...

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Église St. Gervais et St. Protais - III

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8324639742/" title="2012 Jan 17 3rd_0384 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 17 3rd_0384" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8215/8324639742_a6a77f44b4_c.jpg" width="530" /> </a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Gervais Saint-Protais </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Looking into the Lady Chapel (Chapelle de la Vierge) </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the diffused light from the stained glass windows will take your breath away. </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église St. Gervais et St. Protais</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>13, rue des Barres </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place Saint Gervais</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> </em></span></div></div><br /><br />

Église St. Gervais et St. Protais - III

  Église Saint-Gervais Saint-Protais Looking into the Lady Chapel (Chapelle de la Vierge)  the diffused light from the stained glass windows...

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<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8319878893/" title="2012 Jan 17 3rd_0266 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 17 3rd_0266" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8220/8319878893_255f952bf4_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue Cler</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A favorite street of mine as you can run into old friends and make new ones.  This pedestrian street is only a few blocks long, but it is a delightful neighborhood  and the decorations are appealing in the daylight as well as at night.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am thinking about my friend Christiane who I first met here several years ago, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and who shared with me her treasured <i>fèves anciennes</i>.  We have kept up with each other over the years, and Holly and I saw her in Paris recently.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It makes me think of an old poem, "Make new friends and keep the old.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One is silver and the other gold."  I do treasure the friends I have made in Paris. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Cler</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">  </span></i></div>

Rue Cler A favorite street of mine as you can run into old friends and make new ones.  This pedestrian street is only a few blocks long, but...

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Galerie Vivienne - IX

<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8317067118/" title="2012 Jan 11 1st_0068 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 11 1st_0068" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8077/8317067118_f12d30f8f5_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Galerie Vivienne</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is one of my favorite places to stay warm and </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">window shop on a cold dreary day in Paris.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Holly and I enjoyed the toy store with their wonderful selection of books.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After shopping you can always stop at A Priori Thé for a bit of tea.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yes, most of my excursions in Paris involve a beverage and a pastry!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Galerie Vivienne</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue des Petits Champs, </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue de la Banque, et Rue Vivienne</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75002, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Bourse, Métro Pyramides, ou Bus 29</em></span>  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><br />

Galerie Vivienne - IX

Galerie Vivienne This is one of my favorite places to stay warm and  window shop on a cold dreary day in Paris.   Holly and I enjoyed the to...

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Marché d'Aligre - XV

<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8312352041/" title="Flickr for 2012 1227 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="Flickr for 2012 1227" height="470" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8077/8312352041_d42f3454a4_c.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Marché d'Aligre</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The clock tower stands watch over the activities. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have bought fruit, vegetables, cheese, pastries, old keys, linens, books, sheet music, and watercolors of Paris landmarks... all right here within a two block area.  Even if you do not buy a thing the market scene is a delight to observe.  No matter the weather, the markets are always busy.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Be sure to stop in one of the cafés for a warm beverage and a pastry.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Marché d'Aligre</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place d'Aligre</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Ledru Rolin</span></i>

Marché d'Aligre - XV

Marché d'Aligre The clock tower stands watch over the activities.  I have bought fruit, vegetables, cheese, pastries, old keys, linens, ...

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Le manège Garnier - Jardin du Luxembourg

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8309587496/" title="2012 Jan 15 2nd_0580 bw by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 15 2nd_0580 bw" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8079/8309587496_966571f6cd_c.jpg" width="530" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Carousel in Jardin du Luxembourg </span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This charming carousel in Jardin du Luxembourg was constructed in 1879 </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">from the plans of Charles Garnier, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the architect of Palais Garnier (the Paris Opera House).  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The animals are suspended from the canopy,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and after selecting a wood horse or elephant, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">each child is given a wand<i>.  </i> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On each turn of the carousel they try to catch a brass ring<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">.</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As you can see from this eager little girl, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">some are quite good at catching the ring!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Le manège Garnier</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Jardin du Luxembourg</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75006, Paris    </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Le manège Garnier - Jardin du Luxembourg

Carousel in Jardin du Luxembourg This charming carousel in Jardin du Luxembourg was constructed in 1879  from the plans of Charles Garnier,...

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Joyeux Noël - la crèche

<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8306103790/" title="2012 Jan 16 2nd_0785 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 16 2nd_0785" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8075/8306103790_1baa255414_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Of all the nativity scenes I have seen in Paris over the years, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">this is one that I come back to time and again...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for the trees, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the lights, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the cherubs in the distance, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the tapestry rug, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the players in this familiar scene.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Joyeux Noël</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>2, place du Louvre</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Louvre-Rivoli ou Pont Neuf</em></span></div>

Joyeux Noël - la crèche

Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois Of all the nativity scenes I have seen in Paris over the years,  this is one that I come back to time a...

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Les oiseaux - Printemps

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8301758607/" title="Dec -- Paris-049 (2) by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="Dec -- Paris-049 (2)" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8501/8301758607_dcb0b2b49e_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Printemps</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just one day more...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This Christmas window was filled with exotic birds and elaborate fashion.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Although this was not an animated window, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the array of colors and textures gives a feeling of movement.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Printemps</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>64, boulevard Haussmann</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75009, Paris</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les oiseaux - Printemps

Printemps Just one day more... This Christmas window was filled with exotic birds and elaborate fashion.   Although this was not an animated...

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Église Saint-Louis en l'Île - la crèche

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8290466186/" title="2012 Jan 12 1st_0384 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 12 1st_0384" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8356/8290466186_a588251c2d_c.jpg" width="530" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Je vous annonce une grande joie</em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Louis en l'Île</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> This church with first construction in 1642 is an active parish with many events.  Although much of the church was dark, the nativity scene had been well-attended and flooded in light.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is the same church where Peter, David and I saw the donkey on Palm Sunday in April.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">bon dimanche</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>  </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Saint-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Saint-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Saint-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris </em></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">  </div>

Église Saint-Louis en l'Île - la crèche

  Je vous annonce une grande joie Église Saint-Louis en l'Île  This church with first construction in 1642 is an active parish with many...

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Une forêt de sapins de Noël

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8294975921/" title="2009 Dec IMG_0172 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2009 Dec IMG_0172" height="544" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8294975921_66b1ac2ac0_c.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">  <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A small forest of Christmas trees</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As you cross Pont Marie from l'Île Saint Louis </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">this stand of trees greets you with its silver and blue bows.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Little pockets of decoration and celebration </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">such as this can be enjoyed all over Paris.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Quai de l'Hôtel de Ville at Pont Marie</div><div style="text-align: left;">75004, Paris</div><div style="text-align: left;">Métro Pont Marie</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Une forêt de sapins de Noël

    A small forest of Christmas trees As you cross Pont Marie from l'Île Saint Louis  this stand of trees greets you with its silver and...

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Rue Cler - les sapins de Noël

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8293452558/" title="2009 Dec 6 00668 - bw by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2009 Dec 6 00668 - bw" height="512" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8492/8293452558_71193c0ab6_c.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Les sapins de Noël </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Most of the trees in Paris are quite petite compared to what one might see in the US.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If I lived there, I would want a small tree no taller than me, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">perhaps one like the little one on the right.  The log stands are beyond charming.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Cler</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(a pedestrian street)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro École Militaire</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div>

Rue Cler - les sapins de Noël

  Les sapins de Noël  Most of the trees in Paris are quite petite compared to what one might see in the US. If I lived there, I would want a...

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Les lumières de Noël - Hôtel de Ville

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8290365516/" title="2012 Jan 12 1st_0469 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 12 1st_0469" height="493" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8353/8290365516_82cd907f15_c.jpg" width="640" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The blue Christmas lights of Hôtel de Ville</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">are balanced by the green BHV sign </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and its bright red banners announcing "les soldes."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Les Soldes are the twice a year sales in Paris, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which will begin on Wednesday, January 9, 2013, at 8:00am.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hôtel de Ville et BHV</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place de l'Hôtel de Ville</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Hôtel de Ville</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les lumières de Noël - Hôtel de Ville

The blue Christmas lights of Hôtel de Ville are balanced by the green BHV sign  and its bright red banners announcing "les soldes....

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Tapisseries de la Bûcherie - la crèche

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8201/8286830700_42b57305e5_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="466" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8201/8286830700_42b57305e5_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Tapisseries de la Bûcherie</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This needlepoint shop on Rue du Haut-Pavé has more than 1,700 French designs and more than 400 exclusive colors of wool.  It was founded in 1990 by Dominique Siegler-Lathrop who has written a book on the technique of needlepoint.  The French art of stitching on canvas is many centuries old and Mrs. Siegler-Lathrop is an advocate of passing this tradition to future generations.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Holly carries her needlepoint work, always with a project in process.  We popped in to look at the yarns and kits featuring hand-dyed wool from Aubusson, France.  I snapped this nativity scene in the window.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tapisseries de la Bûcherie</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">2, rue du Haut-Pavé</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(just around the corner from Le Réminet) </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Tapisseries de la Bûcherie - la crèche

Tapisseries de la Bûcherie This needlepoint shop on Rue du Haut-Pavé has more than 1,700 French designs and more than 400 exclusive colors o...

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Le Réminet - la cave

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8359/8282405797_9afd5b3c02_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8359/8282405797_9afd5b3c02_c.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le Réminet</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The cave (or basement) setting for larger parties (or perhaps for a group of rowdy Americans) is actually quite intimate.  I have dined both upstairs and down.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I think that we took about 100 photos of the black Cafés Richard cup, another 50 of the candlelight and wine glasses, many covert photos of the other diners, and then we took photos of their table when they left.  We took photos of each other, of reflections, of the blackboard menu...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Can you figure out why they put us in the basement?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(We took photos of the kitchen and the bathroom, too - shhhhh!)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Reminet</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">3, rue des Grands Degrés</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Maubert Mutualité</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Réminet - la cave

Le Réminet The cave (or basement) setting for larger parties (or perhaps for a group of rowdy Americans) is actually quite intimate.  I have...

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Marché Cadet - les lumières de Noël

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8222/8279094001_746667ef58_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8222/8279094001_746667ef58_c.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Marché Cadet</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This pedestrian street always has a festive evening presence, but during the Christmas season the lights provide a canopy for the length of the street.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you are in Paris during the holiday season, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">take an evening bus or if you are brave, ride a Vélib, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to see the variety of Christmas decorations all around Paris.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Marché Cadet</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Cadet</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métros Le Peletier et Cadet</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Marché Cadet - les lumières de Noël

Marché Cadet This pedestrian street always has a festive evening presence, but during the Christmas season the lights provide a canopy for t...

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Église Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-de-Passy - la crèche

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8500/8276899042_3dd97e9f28_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8500/8276899042_3dd97e9f28_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-de-Passy</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Although the works of art, the chapels, the marble altar, a great organ, and architecture of four centuries are well-documented, it is this quiet corner at the rear of the church which caught my attention.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Candles and camels, angels and cherubs, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">all surround the manger, completed by a "star in the east."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-de-Passy</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">10, rue de l'Annonciation</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75016, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro La Muette </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Église Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-de-Passy - la crèche

Église Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-de-Passy Although the works of art, the chapels, the marble altar, a great organ, and architecture of four centur...

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Must be a French girl - XXV

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8214/8273193465_9f2f7674ee_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8214/8273193465_9f2f7674ee_c.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As the children lined up to catch a view of the spectacular </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Galeries Lafayette Christmas windows, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I spotted this petite miss with her cascade of <i>boucles</i> (curls), </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">white beret, and stylish pink coat.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yes, definitely a French girl.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Galeries Lafayette</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>40, boulevard Haussmann</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009, Paris</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Metro Chaussee d'Antin Lafayette</em></span></div>

Must be a French girl - XXV

As the children lined up to catch a view of the spectacular  Galeries Lafayette Christmas windows,  I spotted this petite miss with her casc...

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Palais Garnier - les danseuses de Noël

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8078/8271744858_320abbc99f_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8078/8271744858_320abbc99f_c.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">These graceful ballerinas dance under the Christmas tree of Palais Garnier's gift shop.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What a view of the icy street below.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">These <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/02/les-danseuses-palais-garnier.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>handcrafted <i>papier-mâché</i> doll</b></span>s</a> are illuminated with the flick of a switch.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Palais Garnier is one of my favorite places in Paris,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> for the architecture, the music, the ballets and operas, the history, and...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the Phantom.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Palais Garnier</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">8, rue Scribe</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place de l'Opéra</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Palais Garnier - les danseuses de Noël

These graceful ballerinas dance under the Christmas tree of Palais Garnier's gift shop.   What a view of the icy street below. These han...

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Marché Maubert - une couronne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8364/8269046076_3c59374c1f_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8364/8269046076_3c59374c1f_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Une couronne</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If only I could reach through the photo to pluck this beautiful wreath ...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I do not think that US Customs would permit it to be carried home on a plane. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> I got in trouble once for having an orange in my bag upon my return to the US. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For now, the photo will just have to suffice...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Marché Maubert</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Maubert</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Marché Maubert - une couronne

Une couronne If only I could reach through the photo to pluck this beautiful wreath ... I do not think that US Customs would permit it to be...

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Un chat, un cocker, et des salamandres

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8207/8265231493_f4831feacf_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8207/8265231493_f4831feacf_c.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A cat, a dog, and many salamanders</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A sense of humor by the architect (Bastier) is seen as the two pets perch above the door, keeping watch on all those who walk beneath.  The bottom tiles on either side of the door are signed by "Bigot" on the left and by "A and M Turin" on the right.  The permit for the building was dated 1903.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now, I found this entrance delightfully whimsical, worthy of observation and photographing.  It was interesting that a man walked up to me and said that he had lived in the neighborhood on this quiet street for over 30 years and had <i><u>never</u></i> noticed this doorway or the one just like it next door.  He watched me looking up and snapping with my camera.  Otherwise, he might still have not noticed.  We exchanged pleasantries and remarked that often we do not notice what treasures surround us.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He thanked me for the discovery, and we went our separate ways.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">76-78, rue Mademoiselle</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75015, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métros Vaugirard et Volontaires</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(we were on Vélibs)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">  </div>

Un chat, un cocker, et des salamandres

A cat, a dog, and many salamanders A sense of humor by the architect (Bastier) is seen as the two pets perch above the door, keeping watch o...

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Un régal pour les yeux

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8202/8263457162_67c7fd6c71_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8202/8263457162_67c7fd6c71_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Un régal pour les yeux </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">A feast for the eyes</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The intensity of color combined with the richness </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of crystal, silver, pearls, and porcelain</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">just about makes my eyes water.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Printemps</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">64, boulevard Haussmann</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75009 Paris</span></em>  </div>

Un régal pour les yeux

Un régal pour les yeux A feast for the eyes The intensity of color combined with the richness  of crystal, silver, pearls, and porcelain jus...

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Le Parisien - la vie quotidienne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8208/8259288477_61e9aeb56a_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8208/8259288477_61e9aeb56a_c.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Parisian</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">la vie quotidienne</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The moment is frozen in my memory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A quick glimpse across the rooftops on Rue Saint-Honoré,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Monsieur on the telephone, cigarette in hand,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">framed in a window, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> the architecture of centuries past,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">oblivious of my delight in capturing this scene.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What stories we could write   </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">205 Rue St-Honoré</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Tuileries</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Parisien - la vie quotidienne

The Parisian la vie quotidienne The moment is frozen in my memory. A quick glimpse across the rooftops on Rue Saint-Honoré, Monsieur on the ...

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Chapelle Notre Dame des Anges

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8484/8256940738_d927898e8d_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8484/8256940738_d927898e8d_c.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Chapelle Notre Dame des Anges</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Built in 1863 by the Marist Fathers, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">this Gothic Revival architecture is largely hidden from the street view.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One gets a glimpse here of a few of the nearly forty storied windows </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">created by Joseph Vigne and dedicated to the Virgin Mary.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chapelle Notre Dame des Anges</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">104, rue de Vaugirard</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Chapelle Notre Dame des Anges

Chapelle Notre Dame des Anges Built in 1863 by the Marist Fathers,  this Gothic Revival architecture is largely hidden from the street view....

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Le manteau rouge

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8206/8253140609_9af57f5634_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8206/8253140609_9af57f5634_c.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le manteau rouge</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(The red coat)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As I stood in the rain, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">there was something familiar about this young French girl </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with her long dark locks and bright red coat...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She looked like a miniature of one I know well... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Joyeux anniversaire, Holly!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Littré</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Saint-Placide</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le manteau rouge

Le manteau rouge (The red coat) As I stood in the rain,  there was something familiar about this young French girl  with her long dark locks...

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Dansant dans la rue

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8342/8250665765_17a916ed69_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8342/8250665765_17a916ed69_c.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dancing in the street</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue Mouffetard</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Every Sunday a small crowd gathers on Rue Mouffetard </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in front of Église Saint-Médard to sing and dance </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to the music of Christian Bassoul.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is easy to spot the regulars, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">whose easy steps and spins are evidence of the Sunday routine.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">All are welcome to participate </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">so if you find yourself in Paris on a Sunday morning, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">find your way to this charming experience and.... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">dance.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Mouffetard at Rue Censier</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Censier-Daubenton</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(joyeux anniversaire, Cherie)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Dansant dans la rue

Dancing in the street Rue Mouffetard Every Sunday a small crowd gathers on Rue Mouffetard  in front of Église Saint-Médard to sing and dance...

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Rue Soufflot - les trois amies

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8338/8248106971_777b3388c3_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8338/8248106971_777b3388c3_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue Soufflot</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The grand <i>rue</i> between the Panthéon and Jardin du Luxembourg</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">has many interesting windows, architectural elements,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and a few signs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I do not think that photographers say, "Watch the birdie!" any longer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Soufflot</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue Soufflot - les trois amies

Rue Soufflot The grand rue between the Panthéon and Jardin du Luxembourg has many interesting windows, architectural elements, and a few si...

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Rue Paul Bert - la porte verte

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8490/8245418819_2bec3bbd68_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8490/8245418819_2bec3bbd68_c.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue Paul Bert</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just a few steps from Bistrot Paul Bert </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is this striking green doorway of great height.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is complemented by the architectural details, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the bright red flowers in the window box, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and a reflection of the building just opposite.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was a beautiful spot to meet a friend for déjeuner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">24, rue Paul Bert</div><div style="text-align: left;">75011, Paris</div><div style="text-align: left;">Métro Faidherbe Chaligny</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue Paul Bert - la porte verte

Rue Paul Bert Just a few steps from Bistrot Paul Bert  is this striking green doorway of great height.   It is complemented by the architect...

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Galeries Lafayette - les vitrines de Noël

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8061/8242699627_813938e9b6_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8061/8242699627_813938e9b6_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Galeries Lafayette</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(Noël 2011)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One cold day last November, I met my blog friend Vreni (<a href="http://vrenisviennadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Vreni's Vienna Daily Photo</a> and <a href="http://verenasparisblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Verena's Paris Blog</a>) to see a photo exhibit on Quai Branly.  We spent the afternoon walking in the 6ème and 7ème and then rushed to see all the windows of Printemps and Galeries Lafayette.  We worked as a team to get to the front of each window, a challenge with all the little children on risers built to give them a close up view.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Vreni and I were successful in capturing each window, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and she will be there soon to brave it without me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Galeries Lafayette</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard Haussmann</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Galeries Lafayette - les vitrines de Noël

Galeries Lafayette (Noël 2011) One cold day last November, I met my blog friend Vreni ( Vreni's Vienna Daily Photo and Verena's Par...

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Deux parapluies

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8233094652_967fcf13a5_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8233094652_967fcf13a5_c.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Two umbrellas </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Quai Malaquais</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(near Institut de France)</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Looking down from Pont des Arts to the quai below, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">it seems that the rain was just nothing more than an annoyance</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for these two tourists.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><u>Travel tip for Paris</u>:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Raincoat <i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(imperméable)</span></i> with a hood </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Umbrella <i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(parapluie)</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">An extra pair of shoes <i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(chaussures)</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Oh, and a waterproof camera <i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(appareil photo)</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Quai Malaquais</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Seine -  la rive gauche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Deux parapluies

Two umbrellas Quai Malaquais (near Institut de France) Looking down from Pont des Arts to the quai below,  it seems that the rain was just n...

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Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris III

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8339/8237018588_9aecd8aab5_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8339/8237018588_9aecd8aab5_c.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One could spend many hours observing the beauty of this church<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">:</span>  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The imagery, the architecture, the repeating patterns, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the organs, the artwork...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I wonder just how many angels and cherubs there might be.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Franz-Liszt</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75010, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Poissonnière</span></i></div>

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris III

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris One could spend many hours observing the beauty of this church :   The imagery, the architecture, the ...

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Rue Saint Roch - ma rue à Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8198/8234229876_b940f2fed2_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="532" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8198/8234229876_b940f2fed2_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue Saint Roch</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">my street in Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is undoubtedly one of<i> </i>the smallest of café terraces with seating for six.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue Saint Roch runs between Rue de Rivoli </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and Avenue de l'Opéra, a single-lane, one-way street.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">From my residence of choice in Paris, I can look (hang) out of the large windows </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and watch the school children marching their way to Jardin des Tuileries, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">gaze on the large stained glass windows of Église Saint-Roch, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or, in warm weather, observe the wonderful food selections on the terrace below.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Often we can hear the music from one or more of the church's three organs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just thinking about my street in Paris lightens my mood </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and brings a smile to my face.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Restaurant de la Cordonnerie </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">20, rue Saint Roch</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>City Daily Photo Theme Day: My Street</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2012/11/december-my-street.html" target="_blank"><i>See all the contributions here</i></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div>

Rue Saint Roch - ma rue à Paris

Rue Saint Roch my street in Paris This is undoubtedly one of the smallest of café terraces with seating for six. Rue Saint Roch runs betwee...

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Sainte-Geneviève des Bois - le cimetière

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8202/8214584257_ae9babe6ea_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8202/8214584257_ae9babe6ea_c.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Russian Orthodox Cemetery</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">at Sainte-Geneviève des Bois</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Although I have only seen this cemetery in the fall,  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in any month one imagines that the setting would still appear as an artist's palette </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but in the shades of the proper season.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Whether carpeted with Ginko leaves, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a rare blanket of snow, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or the petals of the spring blooms,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> it would surely be an artist's canvas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Russian Orthodox Cemetery</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sainte-Geneviève des Bois</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(Joyeux anniversaire, Renée)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Sainte-Geneviève des Bois - le cimetière

The Russian Orthodox Cemetery at Sainte-Geneviève des Bois Although I have only seen this cemetery in the fall,  in any month one imagines t...

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Pain et Chocolat - sous la table

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8483/8227984435_1059bdbfc9_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8483/8227984435_1059bdbfc9_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pain et Chocolat</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">salon de thé </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This authentic salon de thé has captured my taste buds.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The menu is varied and excellent...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The desserts will transport you to heaven in a spoon  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pain et Chocolat</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">16, avenue la Motte Picquet</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro École Militaire</span></i></div>

Pain et Chocolat - sous la table

Pain et Chocolat salon de thé This authentic salon de thé has captured my taste buds. The menu is varied and excellent... The desserts will ...

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Le Relais Odéon - une grande brasserie

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8225173341_e23fde9116_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8225173341_e23fde9116_c.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le Relais Odéon</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue du Jardinet</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This famous Paris brasserie has an address on Boulevard Saint-Germain</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but there is back entrance on Rue du Jardinet as seen here.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The weather worsened as the day progressed, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but the rain made for moody photos on the rain-soaked, cobbled streets.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Relais Odéon</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard Saint-Germain et</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue du Jardinet</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Odéon</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Relais Odéon - une grande brasserie

Le Relais Odéon Rue du Jardinet This famous Paris brasserie has an address on Boulevard Saint-Germain but there is back entrance on Rue du J...

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Printemps - Noël

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8481/8223220368_e1e99e6c97_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8481/8223220368_e1e99e6c97_b.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Printemps</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Noël, Rêves d'Evasion</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Last year <a href="http://vrenisviennadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Vreni</a> (of Vienna Daily Photo) and I spent an evening early in the Christmas season</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">snapping every window on Boulevard Haussmann.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is one of my favorites.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She will be there soon,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> and I will miss being there with her to see</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> and photograph the beautiful windows.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Printemps</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">64, boulevard Haussmann</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75009 Paris</span></i></div>

Printemps - Noël

Printemps  Noël, Rêves d'Evasion Last year Vreni (of Vienna Daily Photo) and I spent an evening early in the Christmas season snapping ...

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Marché d'Aligre - XIV

<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8202/8215551056_4b73256258.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="546" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8202/8215551056_4b73256258.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Marché d'Aligre</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Early Sunday morning at Marché d'Aligre</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is my favorite for taking photographs and watching the day come alive.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As with all the street markets of Paris, there is a collegial neighborhood atmosphere as shoppers greet their favorite vendors.  You see children playing and families shopping together on the weekend mornings.  Quite often they finish the morning in the nearby Square Trousseau with the children playing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Marché d'Aligre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place d'Aligre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">  </span></i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am linking to Paulita's </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://paulita-ponderings.blogspot.com/2012/11/dreaming-of-france-chocolat.html" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Dreaming of France</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Marché d'Aligre - XIV

Marché d'Aligre Early Sunday morning at Marché d'Aligre is my favorite for taking photographs and watching the day come alive. As wi...

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Église Saint-Louis en l'Île - les cierges

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Gd0kyGSzYrqp603_YUaT7I7M-dGEUm7fjAQdlO9Hzq3nIT2N8u4lDFhFWetUcb_XXQ84UNut-AnKEnlHYudUbtbK-DKHJ94V5Npp-EqU6YMhmyn2m3LO_y8cKisCW1PbXPQ3unMMg90/s1600/2012+jan+12++1st_0381.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Gd0kyGSzYrqp603_YUaT7I7M-dGEUm7fjAQdlO9Hzq3nIT2N8u4lDFhFWetUcb_XXQ84UNut-AnKEnlHYudUbtbK-DKHJ94V5Npp-EqU6YMhmyn2m3LO_y8cKisCW1PbXPQ3unMMg90/s640/2012+jan+12++1st_0381.jpg" width="424" yda="true" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Louis en l'Île</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Far from the bustling crowd on this well-traversed island in the Seine</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is Église Saint-Louis en l'Île, full of art and soft light.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Construction started in 1642 at the direction of Louis XIV </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">using the plans of François Le Vau who was also designing Versailles.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Saint-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Saint-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Saint-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">  </span></div>

Église Saint-Louis en l'Île - les cierges

  Église Saint-Louis en l'Île Far from the bustling crowd on this well-traversed island in the Seine is Église Saint-Louis en l'Île,...

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