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La Seine - un aire de pique-nique

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3t8_qEXj5tIG52IC9DUZJRwZIRipOtMwLTf2kt39zHTXAsRL9ZS0au3PrqRfZVm5Teaxsg3ejlDavqVaJnF7Sc2FI_ZdGXThNqN7yxl9bL8V8x55vnN8ISPLtpaNp39D5ArRteyu7N0/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_225DSC_4908.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3t8_qEXj5tIG52IC9DUZJRwZIRipOtMwLTf2kt39zHTXAsRL9ZS0au3PrqRfZVm5Teaxsg3ejlDavqVaJnF7Sc2FI_ZdGXThNqN7yxl9bL8V8x55vnN8ISPLtpaNp39D5ArRteyu7N0/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_225DSC_4908.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;">La Seine</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">un aire de pique-nique</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;">Having a picnic with friends along the Seine...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">what could be any better?</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 honored to be invited to join the City Daily Photo Blogs, and with my acceptance, to participate in the first day of each month with "theme day."  November's theme is "The Water's Edge" and here is the <span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">link</a></b></span> to visit other cities around the world.</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;">La Seine</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Right bank - just off Pont des Arts</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: center;"><br /></div>

La Seine - un aire de pique-nique

La Seine un aire de pique-nique Having a picnic with friends along the Seine... what could be any better? I am honored to be invited to join...

8:01 PM

Jardin du Palais Royal - photo shoot

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2Y8Fp6yd3LopXDNCTrCaHyx7brbvqvCFIC5cazuTmHVKOdzxpwi6Ed0VgysJnsB3pFxFQ5M5e9__STfnDD1CNRHcQs6cA-IHoyAaxJXqhc5QoH3QbKfBLQKf6d4hzQKoE6dRAtEGhyU/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_34DSC_9366.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2Y8Fp6yd3LopXDNCTrCaHyx7brbvqvCFIC5cazuTmHVKOdzxpwi6Ed0VgysJnsB3pFxFQ5M5e9__STfnDD1CNRHcQs6cA-IHoyAaxJXqhc5QoH3QbKfBLQKf6d4hzQKoE6dRAtEGhyU/s640/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_34DSC_9366.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;">The fountain at</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jardin du Palais Royal</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;">Cameras, light meter, script</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 looks like a perfect spot to shoot a movie scene </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or the glossy cover of a fashion magazine</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;">Jardin du Palais Royal</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>

Jardin du Palais Royal - photo shoot

The fountain at Jardin du Palais Royal Cameras, light meter, script It looks like a perfect spot to shoot a movie scene or the glossy cover...

8:01 PM

Monceau - Must be a French Girl

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2jAmg7nC27DMRchuB9G3cyUVBGPyje-3xXPdjGcniUxOmlj6Ys9DNGFqTdikjMNZyz5shmO1NQ525nJkwaGT2A8ZmCZkxliGYAW5L2ylP2Nd0gt4VqEPqNqz5-7epmt57c8CDsHTTIA/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_69DSC_9025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2jAmg7nC27DMRchuB9G3cyUVBGPyje-3xXPdjGcniUxOmlj6Ys9DNGFqTdikjMNZyz5shmO1NQ525nJkwaGT2A8ZmCZkxliGYAW5L2ylP2Nd0gt4VqEPqNqz5-7epmt57c8CDsHTTIA/s640/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_69DSC_9025.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;">Parc de Monceau</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;">Ballet flats</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">chic leggings</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">plush coat trimmed in red</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">cozy scarf</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;">Must be a French Girl...</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;">Oh, and her lunettes are rouge!</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;">Parc de Monceau</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Monceau</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Monceau - Must be a French Girl

Parc de Monceau Ballet flats chic leggings plush coat trimmed in red cozy scarf Must be a French Girl... Oh, and her lunettes are rouge! Par...

8:01 PM

Georges Brassens

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8R0lXLHP1h1nsy-nZS7A_TbpKgImxGdU9_KLDU-M8FZ5-i7Mi826EMSlHuwhx_hmTlSg8e-3kqqk-c02Qs_w-UQZgQOBQADWqtXUrsr-fX_oR_lArN_vC676gleaeUTItxA2xWPi3qg/s1600/2011+nov+2+DSC_0284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="491" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8R0lXLHP1h1nsy-nZS7A_TbpKgImxGdU9_KLDU-M8FZ5-i7Mi826EMSlHuwhx_hmTlSg8e-3kqqk-c02Qs_w-UQZgQOBQADWqtXUrsr-fX_oR_lArN_vC676gleaeUTItxA2xWPi3qg/s640/2011+nov+2+DSC_0284.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;">Georges Brassens</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">singer-songwriter, poet </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>b. 22 October 1921</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>d. 29 October 1981</i></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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Last November (2011) I walked with Peter (Peter's Paris) along a small alley, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Impasse Florimont, where Brassens  originally sought to hide </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">while on leave from a German labor camp.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He did not return to the camp and lived here from 1944 to 1966 </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with the owners Jeanne and Marcel Planche.</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 we approached the door of 9, Impasse Florimont, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I took a photo of the fading rose and poignant note.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You see, it was just a few days after the 30th anniversary of Brassen's death.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It speaks of the sadness of the years since his passing to "a paradise of musicians."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Vous me manquez</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">I miss you</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;">9, Impasse Florimont</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Near Rue des Suisses and Rue d'Alésia </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Plaisance </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Georges Brassens

Georges Brassens singer-songwriter, poet b. 22 October 1921 d. 29 October 1981 Last November (2011) I walked with Peter (Peter's Paris) ...

8:01 PM

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris II

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9eqGDRB3Q8f071PqXQgP4Dbie27fW0jjAa6G06kyOT_RT101_kPMQFOBxMYL9NZ-2fQ7lM5Qi-Fh04fwn1zu-BjrzsL6GNwHKLUJvRDPcFDRJfUaxTES6UodUm4eglpzplaWnEbniW4/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_257DSC_9591.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9eqGDRB3Q8f071PqXQgP4Dbie27fW0jjAa6G06kyOT_RT101_kPMQFOBxMYL9NZ-2fQ7lM5Qi-Fh04fwn1zu-BjrzsL6GNwHKLUJvRDPcFDRJfUaxTES6UodUm4eglpzplaWnEbniW4/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_257DSC_9591.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;">Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de 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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Last Sunday I promised to bring you inside </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for a glimpse of the intricate details of this magnificent church.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On the right you can see a portion of the painted frieze around the nave </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of 160 male and female saints advancing towards the sanctuary, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">painted by (Hippolyte Flandrin, 1848-53)</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 photo is taken from the apse behind the main altar </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and looking back toward the grand organ and the entrance of the church.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There is more to come...</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: 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;">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><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris II

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris Last Sunday I promised to bring you inside for a glimpse of the intricate details of this magnificent...

8:01 PM

Jardin des Tuileries - le dimanche

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsG-O6OmOrWGC_kAlU9SksLaXIkqhSFgpDwDqgs4vITZ3mPrytMvoNGyPQsQZ_YCP4qrf0X8UvKk9wA8F4LenBtyFyQPJPRdxucYxY3uIC_4up_nB_PGhk8-835lSgJaf9GhXGagFyyso/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_24DSC_8980.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsG-O6OmOrWGC_kAlU9SksLaXIkqhSFgpDwDqgs4vITZ3mPrytMvoNGyPQsQZ_YCP4qrf0X8UvKk9wA8F4LenBtyFyQPJPRdxucYxY3uIC_4up_nB_PGhk8-835lSgJaf9GhXGagFyyso/s640/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_24DSC_8980.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;">Jardin des Tuileries</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;">In the second week of October</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a Sunday full of blue skies and sunshine </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">attracts the masses to this beautiful garden</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;">which was first opened to the public in 1667,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">really!</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;">Jardin des Tuileries</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;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Jardin des Tuileries - le dimanche

Jardin des Tuileries In the second week of October a Sunday full of blue skies and sunshine attracts the masses to this beautiful garden wh...

8:01 PM

Les silhouettes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jf0WGMkPmoxPhNn4rFL7huNGDMCBzEjbfDfkpknzX6K5YK8puEzCEqd9ga6cZYr5mVAKwtDjqebfe3tn1qSqUGht1NixyR1jzZ009sxArWMooLdV2_nIe_q9D6yUvRmjNV6eCthabTE/s1600/2012+jan+11+1st_0312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" kea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jf0WGMkPmoxPhNn4rFL7huNGDMCBzEjbfDfkpknzX6K5YK8puEzCEqd9ga6cZYr5mVAKwtDjqebfe3tn1qSqUGht1NixyR1jzZ009sxArWMooLdV2_nIe_q9D6yUvRmjNV6eCthabTE/s640/2012+jan+11+1st_0312.jpg" width="640" /></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;">Seen in a shop in the 5eme</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">full of handmade toys</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These tin figures danced in the shadow </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of Notre Dame seen in the distance.</div><br /><br /><br />Rue de Bièvre<br />75005, Paris<br />Métro Maubert-Mutualité

Les silhouettes

Seen in a shop in the 5eme full of handmade toys These tin figures danced in the shadow of Notre Dame seen in the distance. Rue de Bièvre 75...

8:01 PM

Nettoyage des colonnes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VFYVPle6HexVWIlyvxDgJrWcnJMwawtokRmD2D3Bit6zTUNArU1RPYPykODhjw46MsqsBB6juKvyNOBqRl1BNtleUShV_ifIrpLoshZXDa5_rTBptHh3O95BDWfj0JFPCxBSVJc8olY/s1600/2010+June+18+DSC_0511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VFYVPle6HexVWIlyvxDgJrWcnJMwawtokRmD2D3Bit6zTUNArU1RPYPykODhjw46MsqsBB6juKvyNOBqRl1BNtleUShV_ifIrpLoshZXDa5_rTBptHh3O95BDWfj0JFPCxBSVJc8olY/s640/2010+June+18+DSC_0511.jpg" width="640" 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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Even the Buren columns need cleaning now and then</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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Palais Royal</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></em></span></div>

Nettoyage des colonnes

Even the Buren columns need cleaning now and then Palais Royal 75001, Paris

8:01 PM

Parc de Monceau - les enfants

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyn7Is-my9QlxWExkndT-ihdm6fuebNvi5-VrtVyWHvUKyVBunxG3OeCcuPP1sMz6IGOeVQUGE-bqxjb7s1Qf5CeAXDZ8N3QVViqDrB9RrWSR3raQsYzkHu_fEJiddY4fEojNFPoLzXrw/s1600/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0863.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyn7Is-my9QlxWExkndT-ihdm6fuebNvi5-VrtVyWHvUKyVBunxG3OeCcuPP1sMz6IGOeVQUGE-bqxjb7s1Qf5CeAXDZ8N3QVViqDrB9RrWSR3raQsYzkHu_fEJiddY4fEojNFPoLzXrw/s640/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0863.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;">Parc de Monceau</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;">Like so many bumble-bees all in a swarm,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">these petites are intently focused...</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;">Parc de Monceau</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard de Courcelles</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Monceau </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Parc de Monceau - les enfants

Parc de Monceau Like so many bumble-bees all in a swarm, these petites are intently focused... Parc de Monceau Boulevard de Courcelles 75008...

8:01 PM

Jardin des Tuileries - Tigre terrasant un crocodile

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkRVnckaFaxigslkI383Td_F9g7qutVuA0lEXm79z3BnWF1YUsW9qgqws-GS5qB86No-hGhpYvGtUT7c_-dT2A_FGmRTsD1k0d2IkA_X9mLIsKJJmLKYkxaVvQ6hlraaTfbEnU4yWYoW4/s1600/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0782.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkRVnckaFaxigslkI383Td_F9g7qutVuA0lEXm79z3BnWF1YUsW9qgqws-GS5qB86No-hGhpYvGtUT7c_-dT2A_FGmRTsD1k0d2IkA_X9mLIsKJJmLKYkxaVvQ6hlraaTfbEnU4yWYoW4/s640/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0782.jpg" width="640" /></a></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: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Tigre terrasant un crocodile</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Auguste Cain (1873)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(Tiger overwhelming a crocodile)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Overwhelming?  I would say that he is going to "eat" the crocodile!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is perhaps my favorite of the bronze animal statues in the park.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I love the powerful image in bronze.</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jardin des Tuileries</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: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Jardin des Tuileries - Tigre terrasant un crocodile

Tigre terrasant un crocodile Auguste Cain (1873) (Tiger overwhelming a crocodile) Overwhelming? I would say that he is going to "eat...

8:01 PM

Café le Depart Saint-Michel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqn7VfljAwbYItqpG3eiPLoH4n8gBLio4USrLe3_aPprC3h5NweMh5miMe-xVLgKdTBpJQBRMoukHt5aVLJ6Nq0HK0OhcDF48Pe8bsrtJDeL9pYMHt8YVHbi9sKZZeAdV_y4xMLe3CaUI/s1600/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0672.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqn7VfljAwbYItqpG3eiPLoH4n8gBLio4USrLe3_aPprC3h5NweMh5miMe-xVLgKdTBpJQBRMoukHt5aVLJ6Nq0HK0OhcDF48Pe8bsrtJDeL9pYMHt8YVHbi9sKZZeAdV_y4xMLe3CaUI/s640/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0672.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;">Café le Depart Saint-Michel</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 view above the awning has more of interest </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">than the tourists at street level.</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 red awning, neon sign, fresh flower boxes, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the building's architecture </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">have compelled me to photograph this façade every season.  </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;">Café le Depart Saint-Michel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">1, Place Saint-Michel</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 Saint-Michel ou </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Maubert-Mutualité</span></i></div>

Café le Depart Saint-Michel

Café le Depart Saint-Michel The view above the awning has more of interest than the tourists at street level. The red awning, neon sign, fr...

8:01 PM

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnySuKXYklYE7ireJMQipyJkYxC1bdaqJyfuhRnOn6-mcMuFNKp8uolxkJScvawC1n6UTANGJ-dSMuFZhIyq14Qj6R7_8s3WaUEftZUQC-bKkzJhToYCIhfufx-_f5TLDt7e-xmBrCyKk/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_77DSC_9409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnySuKXYklYE7ireJMQipyJkYxC1bdaqJyfuhRnOn6-mcMuFNKp8uolxkJScvawC1n6UTANGJ-dSMuFZhIyq14Qj6R7_8s3WaUEftZUQC-bKkzJhToYCIhfufx-_f5TLDt7e-xmBrCyKk/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_77DSC_9409.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;">Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de 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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The impressive façade of this church sits atop a hill in the 10ème arrondissement </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with a broad entrance at Place Franz-Liszt.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Completed in 1844 by Jacques Hittorff, there are a series of ramps </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which were originally designed to aid access by horse-drawn carriages.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Today, there are a series of gardens leading up to the front steps.</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;">Seen above the portico is a pediment sculpted by Charles-François Leboeuf-Nanteuil </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">on the glorification of Saint Vincent-de-Paul.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He is seen surrounded by figures symbolizing his saintly actions.</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;">We arrived just as the doors were closing at noon and so we left to return later, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">just as I will bring you back here soon </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to see the inside of this large church and the treasures it holds.</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;">bon dimanche</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;">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><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris The impressive façade of this church sits atop a hill in the 10ème arrondissement with a broad entran...

8:01 PM

La Seine en automne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE0PGNCoUlPPe3qlPhEeBDHGWHFZJZoGiyCHwW-QYWDlHcyG1WkuwinxeoNjgfhGp0J7y_ymJlA6CMLHUoW5YlI-LUgueBQsF10KYhZ9Xpx6cyNLBG506VRYitKaBf20uBEeILpwW7Djg/s1600/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0662.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE0PGNCoUlPPe3qlPhEeBDHGWHFZJZoGiyCHwW-QYWDlHcyG1WkuwinxeoNjgfhGp0J7y_ymJlA6CMLHUoW5YlI-LUgueBQsF10KYhZ9Xpx6cyNLBG506VRYitKaBf20uBEeILpwW7Djg/s640/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0662.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;">La Seine</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 magnetic appeal of the Seine is present </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">even on a dreary autumn day</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;">bon weekend</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Seine </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">from Pont au Double</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>

La Seine en automne

La Seine The magnetic appeal of the Seine is present even on a dreary autumn day bon weekend La Seine from Pont au Double 75005, Paris

8:01 PM

Le Moulin de la Vierge II

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuMfrjyzbsFqhauymJlE710Pe6OMVeS2d9zImeo_d55I50Hjoi19NwfXiAhN6qW3lvQRT0DQVAE_dl-7uzt8FSy_wK65dx75tSMhCcF8hE4SfYaCuauUPFlD6vIVU96g2fDujhGwOe2C4/s1600/2011+nov+day+2+DSC_0228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuMfrjyzbsFqhauymJlE710Pe6OMVeS2d9zImeo_d55I50Hjoi19NwfXiAhN6qW3lvQRT0DQVAE_dl-7uzt8FSy_wK65dx75tSMhCcF8hE4SfYaCuauUPFlD6vIVU96g2fDujhGwOe2C4/s640/2011+nov+day+2+DSC_0228.jpg" width="640" /> </a></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;">Le Moulin de la Vierge</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;">This boulangerie sits in a wasteland of drab buildings in the 14ème,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a single jewel rescued from the wrecking ball.</span></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;">It has tile walls</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a wood-fired oven</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">murals of women carrying armfuls of wheat</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">etched glass doors</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">delicious breads, and...</span></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;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/11/le-moulin-de-la-vierge-boulangerie.html" target="_blank">a fabulous story</a></b></span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Moulin de la Vierge</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">104, rue Vercingétorix</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Pernety </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br />

Le Moulin de la Vierge II

Le Moulin de la Vierge This boulangerie sits in a wasteland of drab buildings in the 14ème, a single jewel rescued from the wrecking ball....

8:01 PM

Rue Crémieux - la maison verte

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTTE9joDO-yMrw0bJbcV2cQhxi68JmMACA8n4GGyh28xy_y4NyzuKZwfGploW-TT6_iYUZ3YNy4GTcFLPuQYGnr7qePee8INT-UG4-WapJVbYuojquwp145R4oSPONnvIyvephbdAf2o/s1600/2011+Nov+day+6+DSC_0025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTTE9joDO-yMrw0bJbcV2cQhxi68JmMACA8n4GGyh28xy_y4NyzuKZwfGploW-TT6_iYUZ3YNy4GTcFLPuQYGnr7qePee8INT-UG4-WapJVbYuojquwp145R4oSPONnvIyvephbdAf2o/s640/2011+Nov+day+6+DSC_0025.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 Crémieux</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 street with "happy houses" all in a row,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">colored with a box of crayons, each in a different color.</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 one is fronted with plants even in the fall...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and one very large wisteria that should never need pruning</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;">21, Rue Crémieux</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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue Crémieux - la maison verte

Rue Crémieux A street with "happy houses" all in a row, colored with a box of crayons, each in a different color. This one is fron...

8:01 PM

Sainte Geneviève des Bois - le cimetière russe

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCMphPXuaYYUmzXnk61NfxYKwuKWzNj9CASFtFjPMZHcemcqfoqu8opHLmOQkA5Ar1OhiZLKp8Cjm7Mwbtm3RzwA1OMi72STxBZte1xfygPaVlSR0_0FK1g_la5JpnRlE71E6g5A7GlU0/s1600/2011+Nov+day+7+DSC_0275.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCMphPXuaYYUmzXnk61NfxYKwuKWzNj9CASFtFjPMZHcemcqfoqu8opHLmOQkA5Ar1OhiZLKp8Cjm7Mwbtm3RzwA1OMi72STxBZte1xfygPaVlSR0_0FK1g_la5JpnRlE71E6g5A7GlU0/s1600/2011+Nov+day+7+DSC_0275.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;">Sainte Genevieve 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;">The Russian Orthodox Cemetery, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">final resting place of dancer Rudolph Nureyev</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">seen here with a carpet of gold Ginko leaves</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>

Sainte Geneviève des Bois - le cimetière russe

Sainte Genevieve des Bois The Russian Orthodox Cemetery, final resting place of dancer Rudolph Nureyev seen here with a carpet of gold Gink...

8:01 PM

Le chien et la poussette

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz9LDI4ZoO_cDdSlohxKYUUn_rn8-5hfHlkUOD9KpaTiDwBi7Z8AtQAUa9yIoXrGPB72ukJFHUGYZphQq0GCk6igp0XRxHNqDOHofWXqcWNkN7_c7gJELIgc33gzk5m-sBEpCStM5Ql4U/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_40DSC_8996.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" nea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz9LDI4ZoO_cDdSlohxKYUUn_rn8-5hfHlkUOD9KpaTiDwBi7Z8AtQAUa9yIoXrGPB72ukJFHUGYZphQq0GCk6igp0XRxHNqDOHofWXqcWNkN7_c7gJELIgc33gzk5m-sBEpCStM5Ql4U/s640/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_40DSC_8996.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Parc de Monceau</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">While his children ride the carrousel,</div><div align="center">he guards <i>la poussette</i> and <i>les trottinettes</i></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"><i>Parc de Monceau</i></div><div align="left"><i>75008, Paris</i></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"><i>-----------------------------------</i></div><div align="center"><i>You may remember our friend <b><span style="color: #bf9000;"><a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2012/03/dog-trots-globe-chula.html" target="_blank">Chula</a></span></b>...</i></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><i>Chula Wula D'Auge, a Sheltie by birth and a Frenchie by choice, landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport after an 11-hour flight on Air France from San Francisco.  Chula, the author of Dog Trots Globe - To Paris & Provence, packed light with only a fur coast and four white socks.  She plans a 2-month adventure mostly in Provence on this, her third visit to France.</i></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><i>On my sidebar you can follow Chula's adventures and share her Poochcards from Provence about twice a week.  Visit her for a dog's-eye view of Provence and a lot of fun.</i></div>

Le chien et la poussette

Parc de Monceau While his children ride the carrousel, he guards la poussette and les trottinettes Parc de Monceau 75008, Paris --------...

8:01 PM

Magic Flowers

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJzZ9ADMxq_NC0yS1f9ozU9ZnNbDXRL_OV14S-vBQML2_Ux6dzCCcKqRn8uY_p_udoHCrgPte0rq_r6fBWljzXFAbWdupkCZjBxENkcpnhrqSf3FVpHpG8XLNxhNRHGfcsboOePdeGBA/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sun+am_3DSC_8841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJzZ9ADMxq_NC0yS1f9ozU9ZnNbDXRL_OV14S-vBQML2_Ux6dzCCcKqRn8uY_p_udoHCrgPte0rq_r6fBWljzXFAbWdupkCZjBxENkcpnhrqSf3FVpHpG8XLNxhNRHGfcsboOePdeGBA/s640/2012+Oct+7+Sun+am_3DSC_8841.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;">Magic Flowers!</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 often surprised to see English names on Paris businesses, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">particularly when it would be more enticing written in French.  </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;">Nevertheless, this gentleman is poised to make a purchase of flowers, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">perhaps with plans for a bit of magic </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;">Magic Flowers</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">23, avenue du Général Leclerc</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Alesia </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Magic Flowers

Magic Flowers! I am often surprised to see English names on Paris businesses, particularly when it would be more enticing written in French...

8:01 PM

Église Saint-Augustin

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilERCwPbn8HndA1Hm5WEHS3ELqSxSvYADJT6qKMhdVOegaM6qB_Dt3GS3iXaWKQkkTzuXEbmTqwBKccojmo6kHqIIyElQu9FXsBXmiYy_GZro-q5iFBsMY5kH1jkkHJE-BIdd4cxFGrLY/s1600/2012+Oct+5+Friday_22DSC_8504.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilERCwPbn8HndA1Hm5WEHS3ELqSxSvYADJT6qKMhdVOegaM6qB_Dt3GS3iXaWKQkkTzuXEbmTqwBKccojmo6kHqIIyElQu9FXsBXmiYy_GZro-q5iFBsMY5kH1jkkHJE-BIdd4cxFGrLY/s1600/2012+Oct+5+Friday_22DSC_8504.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;">Église Saint-Augustin</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;">Designed and built by the French architect Louis Baltard </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">between 1860 and 1871 this church sits almost on its own island </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">centered at the crossroads of major boulevards in the 8ème Arrondissement.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Baltard was involved with the restoration of several Parisian churches</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> including Saint Germain l'Auxerrois, St. Eustache, Saint-Germain des Pres, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and Saint-Séverin.  </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 is probably best known for building the twelve pavilions of Les Halles, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the former central market in Paris.</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;"><br /></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-Augustin</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">8, avenue César Caire</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Augustin

Église Saint-Augustin Designed and built by the French architect Louis Baltard between 1860 and 1871 this church sits almost on its own isl...

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Jardin des Tuileries - pétanque?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0m5T0e9MFOZTCJIqdSnR0DNMudbYG358w1pOl8H6E769jq1hUgxcAzkVHqNB1AcFtglJULNVIYGYMvwvJ0u4LOW35TXz7TZ3mwDYVIIGrlD8ZDzuiXdU0vq7d9pf5Y1CCWSiDrjcV2UE/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_220DSC_8815.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0m5T0e9MFOZTCJIqdSnR0DNMudbYG358w1pOl8H6E769jq1hUgxcAzkVHqNB1AcFtglJULNVIYGYMvwvJ0u4LOW35TXz7TZ3mwDYVIIGrlD8ZDzuiXdU0vq7d9pf5Y1CCWSiDrjcV2UE/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_220DSC_8815.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;">Jardin des Tuileries</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;">In the steady rain, the serious still play pétanque</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 not a slight drizzle but more rain than I have seen in Paris before.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They were drenched but did not seem to mind.</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;">(taken a week ago on October 6th)</span></i></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;">Jardin des Tuileries</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;">  </div>

Jardin des Tuileries - pétanque?

Jardin des Tuileries In the steady rain, the serious still play pétanque It was not a slight drizzle but more rain than I have seen in Paris...

8:01 PM

Au Panetier - boulangerie

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQ9yGhi06ONG6c5uWrMIuUxxseXBf0t80v8XD140RO3HKPkIqGLQAo_Uy_rhk5VYJo7qvEexnZs5OLu5bBe8Uy_KMOi-Teaec_DEMJF6urOBPIY-T3jnjhEy8dXpaJIhJ_N-yv9g0Zko/s1600/2012+Jan+15+2nd_0612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" kea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQ9yGhi06ONG6c5uWrMIuUxxseXBf0t80v8XD140RO3HKPkIqGLQAo_Uy_rhk5VYJo7qvEexnZs5OLu5bBe8Uy_KMOi-Teaec_DEMJF6urOBPIY-T3jnjhEy8dXpaJIhJ_N-yv9g0Zko/s640/2012+Jan+15+2nd_0612.jpg" width="640" /></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;">Au Bon Pain d'Autrefois</span></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;">pain au levain</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">croissants chauds</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">viennoiseries</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;">Pastries made this morning...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">a memory of times past</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>miam-miam</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>les pains au chocolat!</i></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>10, place des Petits Pères</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>(in front of Basilique Notre-Dame des Victoires) </i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>75002, Paris</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Métro Bourse </i></span>

Au Panetier - boulangerie

Au Bon Pain d'Autrefois pain au levain croissants chauds viennoiseries Pastries made this morning... a memory of times past miam-miam le...

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Marché d'Aligre - fromagerie

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5iYKaGvGLexFrcuStuNQmhATJEAB19ngkTkxWj5vS_ahfyYJ51R5UjPORK5liqjHilA4-Ff5CFU9Zm76QfI8G_5JeGSi-p-gVEXiAClwkYouUyF9hmdEx_3bVZbHNN8szJ3-VjsAx8aU/s1600/2012+Jan+15+2nd_0189.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5iYKaGvGLexFrcuStuNQmhATJEAB19ngkTkxWj5vS_ahfyYJ51R5UjPORK5liqjHilA4-Ff5CFU9Zm76QfI8G_5JeGSi-p-gVEXiAClwkYouUyF9hmdEx_3bVZbHNN8szJ3-VjsAx8aU/s640/2012+Jan+15+2nd_0189.jpg" width="424" /></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;">The old covered market of Marché d'Aligre</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">has many stalls selling cheese, fish, produce, oils, flowers, and more</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 stopped here for a sample and bought </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>une tranche de fromage</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: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Marché d'Aligre<br />75012, Paris

Marché d'Aligre - fromagerie

The old covered market of Marché d'Aligre has many stalls selling cheese, fish, produce, oils, flowers, and more I stopped here for a sa...

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Sophie Zins Antiquités

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgou8veQCIY6tEjIE2OzOPnc-eXkfq00iaDYa7uST-9Lr0HgqSWgiFQcxbTWWnr7mJtKecf96OPaDZKCo-SpxNZCUyunD5h67btY7pwzDeUv6r1K63hBJh3JIKaQZdrRWjibUuabYlFOVw/s1600/2012+jan+16+2nd_0726.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgou8veQCIY6tEjIE2OzOPnc-eXkfq00iaDYa7uST-9Lr0HgqSWgiFQcxbTWWnr7mJtKecf96OPaDZKCo-SpxNZCUyunD5h67btY7pwzDeUv6r1K63hBJh3JIKaQZdrRWjibUuabYlFOVw/s640/2012+jan+16+2nd_0726.jpg" width="436" /></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;">Sophie Zins Antiquités</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Achat et Vente de toutes Antiquités</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;">Buy and Sell all Antiques:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">old toys, trans, planes, cars, boats, dolls, soldiers, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and all beautiful objects</span></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;">...and a chat noir like Meeps!</span></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>14, rue Jean Jacques Rousseau</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>75001, Paris</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Métro Louvre Rivoli</i></span>

Sophie Zins Antiquités

Sophie Zins Antiquités Achat et Vente de toutes Antiquités Buy and Sell all Antiques: old toys, trans, planes, cars, boats, dolls, soldiers,...

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La fenêtre ouverte The pots of flowers on this window ledge give a hint of what may be in the courtyard beyond. A residence in Paris 75019,...

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Palais Garnier - La Salle de Spectacle

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-EQkFzkAmZQ04K_ITXzGsfyBfwCQf06oWOuimk4MyERTvYXRwJrCOh0TBRUUl_qtUhFj8kuBTaB8ie7DrqrmjGM5T2rwBg2aVWN127HSqFYUNLOjjG9gQxjScRcYAjTsLyVX8ZLZ_Tg/s1600/2012+Mar+31+Paris_048DSC_5284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-EQkFzkAmZQ04K_ITXzGsfyBfwCQf06oWOuimk4MyERTvYXRwJrCOh0TBRUUl_qtUhFj8kuBTaB8ie7DrqrmjGM5T2rwBg2aVWN127HSqFYUNLOjjG9gQxjScRcYAjTsLyVX8ZLZ_Tg/s640/2012+Mar+31+Paris_048DSC_5284.jpg" width="640" 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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Palais Garnier</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">La Salle de Spectacle</span></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;">Walking in through a hallway door into the richly adorned theatre </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">one is amazed at the opulence.   </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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Palais Garnier</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Place de l'Opéra</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>75009, Paris</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Métro Opera</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i></i></span></div>

Palais Garnier - La Salle de Spectacle

Palais Garnier La Salle de Spectacle Walking in through a hallway door into the richly adorned theatre one is amazed at the opulence. Pal...

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Église Saint-Louis des Invalides

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0RtK8BzjPVw-1mxGrlIn8MjNyq_Bx8UAKOTZ9CZOCHHD21O3S_HqGK51zwkZj9RtxCFYS1AcLeRqb__oeIb6QsxZqfhVSaMFWKRku_j3NKg_75KlA47jT9T_6Ht_1xjJSdR2pRnxUAlk/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_169DSC_4852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0RtK8BzjPVw-1mxGrlIn8MjNyq_Bx8UAKOTZ9CZOCHHD21O3S_HqGK51zwkZj9RtxCFYS1AcLeRqb__oeIb6QsxZqfhVSaMFWKRku_j3NKg_75KlA47jT9T_6Ht_1xjJSdR2pRnxUAlk/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_169DSC_4852.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;">Église Saint-Louis des Invalides</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"The Soldiers Church" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> 1677</span></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;">This is a unique church in Paris with its shiny white marble walls </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and a glass partition separating it from the dome area </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which can be seen on the Paris city-scape.</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;">Although it sits on a major tourist site, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">most have not seen nor even heard of this beautiful church.  </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;">Église Saint-Louis des Invalides</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Les Invalides</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div>

Église Saint-Louis des Invalides

Église Saint-Louis des Invalides "The Soldiers Church" 1677 This is a unique church in Paris with its shiny white marble walls a...

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Rue Étienne Marcel - la grande fenêtre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwMMV-83sgLdLg7G4p2_wCdSBSmFGF86mqMzxfjgqa9V0gbL4e8i-nTg5cH41Wrn3GGnAqe2nFRlgpnxzdrbNAmPEA3j4GUPBxTKJgGufh9r9EnZJcONkRmorDOc_NkoGGg-8h13qyMp0/s1600/2012+jan+11+1st_0148.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwMMV-83sgLdLg7G4p2_wCdSBSmFGF86mqMzxfjgqa9V0gbL4e8i-nTg5cH41Wrn3GGnAqe2nFRlgpnxzdrbNAmPEA3j4GUPBxTKJgGufh9r9EnZJcONkRmorDOc_NkoGGg-8h13qyMp0/s640/2012+jan+11+1st_0148.jpg" width="424" /></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;">Rue Étienne Marcel</span></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;">The architecture in Paris is unveiled on every corner</span></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Rue Étienne Marcel</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>75002, Paris</i></span>

Rue Étienne Marcel - la grande fenêtre

Rue Étienne Marcel The architecture in Paris is unveiled on every corner Rue Étienne Marcel 75002, Paris

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Le Moulin de la Galette - le dessert

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirUYQJ0avvFfuAP6zBwsZib6YsaG1zfzBeEWmNh819r7iAWWVM38H-cnUdQbplpMjyx0g_YIQB6YSJ-tv1DQgUbVlEBAEa6x_2-B8XXUy03iotLohEHeZlLoe3v4ZPlWWYVEFPtDQSY4/s1600/2011+april+day+5+DSC_0285.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirUYQJ0avvFfuAP6zBwsZib6YsaG1zfzBeEWmNh819r7iAWWVM38H-cnUdQbplpMjyx0g_YIQB6YSJ-tv1DQgUbVlEBAEa6x_2-B8XXUy03iotLohEHeZlLoe3v4ZPlWWYVEFPtDQSY4/s640/2011+april+day+5+DSC_0285.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #bf9000;"><a href="http://www.lemoulindelagalette.eu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le Moulin de la Galette</span></a></span></b></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;">Would you like to share?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></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;">Le Moulin de la Galette</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">83, Rue Lepic</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75018, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Abbesses ou Lamarck-Caulaincourt</span></i></div>

Le Moulin de la Galette - le dessert

Le Moulin de la Galette Would you like to share? Le Moulin de la Galette 83, Rue Lepic 75018, Paris Métro Abbesses ou Lamarck-Caulaincourt

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Place de stationnement

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtnS96BaTXU_14Dxn_UFi9dWpw0OL2I5QG-XN4ZdlXU16i2JHNkO4AyrmTPVb7HeE3nAQkHBjODkxDZ3qq6dbEINNOwMt9pFyqlnyt1nahJ2S8mZju2OXIFZhM8UfIL_3CTBiy7WlT_w/s1600/2012+Mar+31+Paris_249DSC_5485.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtnS96BaTXU_14Dxn_UFi9dWpw0OL2I5QG-XN4ZdlXU16i2JHNkO4AyrmTPVb7HeE3nAQkHBjODkxDZ3qq6dbEINNOwMt9pFyqlnyt1nahJ2S8mZju2OXIFZhM8UfIL_3CTBiy7WlT_w/s640/2012+Mar+31+Paris_249DSC_5485.jpg" width="416" /></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;">Parking allowed here</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">by special permit</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;">Seen in the Marais on</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue des Francs-Bourgeois</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;">23, rue des Francs-Bourgeois</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Place de stationnement

Parking allowed here by special permit Seen in the Marais on Rue des Francs-Bourgeois 23, rue des Francs-Bourgeois 75003, Paris

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Repetto - XI

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1s6zXi25iDH37kF-O8stT33vEuokm6ufncrhcBPnVuu0yhn9mkfw0NE4LT9SfNpb9ai-CX31mEF1Z9-tqkgDWknYTE9Yynm3Gg7QfV7ebitXHoQXKN7tG8Fa4Tc1FyhZ6iafbH7U3hrk/s1600/2012+Mar+31+Paris_007DSC_5243.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1s6zXi25iDH37kF-O8stT33vEuokm6ufncrhcBPnVuu0yhn9mkfw0NE4LT9SfNpb9ai-CX31mEF1Z9-tqkgDWknYTE9Yynm3Gg7QfV7ebitXHoQXKN7tG8Fa4Tc1FyhZ6iafbH7U3hrk/s640/2012+Mar+31+Paris_007DSC_5243.jpg" width="424" /></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;">La vitrine de Repetto</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;">When I arrive in Paris, <b><span style="color: #bf9000;"><a href="http://www.repetto.fr/" target="_blank">Repetto</a></span></b> is one of my first stops,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">not to buy the shoes, but to gaze at their window display.</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;">My favorites are those with ballet tutus such as <b><span style="color: #bf9000;"><a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/02/ballerine-en-rouge-reflection.html" target="_blank">here</a></span></b>.</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;">Repetto</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">22, rue de la Paix</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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Opéra</span></i></div>

Repetto - XI

La vitrine de Repetto When I arrive in Paris, Repetto is one of my first stops, not to buy the shoes, but to gaze at their window display. ...

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À Paris en avion!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTg768c3xGeK6ABiH7Dh6SxOSX9BRnxKcVTgBP0CPh2Wcy5HjRoljWOfh-QYRk4gU7flIFk3VARcSwcn2ukROn2qu9-cZx0J0rUEy84rC-s6im_tA2rO2ciOk_kzll9M23DSQYa8KNbo/s1600/2012+jan+11+1st_0097.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTg768c3xGeK6ABiH7Dh6SxOSX9BRnxKcVTgBP0CPh2Wcy5HjRoljWOfh-QYRk4gU7flIFk3VARcSwcn2ukROn2qu9-cZx0J0rUEy84rC-s6im_tA2rO2ciOk_kzll9M23DSQYa8KNbo/s640/2012+jan+11+1st_0097.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On my way!</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 have been saving this photo for my next trip and it is time.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have prepared my posts but will be updating you daily </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">about our adventures in the comments section.</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: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When I return there will be </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">new stories, familiar themes, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and thousands of photos to share with you.</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;">à bientôt! </span></i></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;">Boutique du Palais Royal</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(featuring toys by Vilac)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">9, rue de Beaujolais</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: left;"><br /></div>

À Paris en avion!

On my way! I have been saving this photo for my next trip and it is time. I have prepared my posts but will be updating you daily about our...

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La fenêtre ouverte

Palais Garnier - La Salle de Spectacle

Église Saint-Louis des Invalides

Rue Étienne Marcel - la grande fenêtre

Le Moulin de la Galette - le dessert

Place de stationnement

Repetto - XI

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