Repetto XIII - "pink"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltvhl7guDzYe1Eaqzf6h7UBZ6LQvVGsl8uicoOMtbvA2xp2DIDkvkGQTi6KPtYzGULOD3nbxiMgl0NLjZo7zBeKaQG50XJguGiTn-fIZyO54_T_e8VrIfZNCIe5H8dDyA-NrF_r1iG4Y/s1600/2011+1107+DSC_0697.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltvhl7guDzYe1Eaqzf6h7UBZ6LQvVGsl8uicoOMtbvA2xp2DIDkvkGQTi6KPtYzGULOD3nbxiMgl0NLjZo7zBeKaQG50XJguGiTn-fIZyO54_T_e8VrIfZNCIe5H8dDyA-NrF_r1iG4Y/s640/2011+1107+DSC_0697.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;">Repetto pink</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;">Repetto's windows are perhaps my favorite </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and definitely the most anticipated on each trip.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The main store on Rue de la Paix is just a short block from Métro Opéra.  </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;">Today is the first day of September and is Theme Day for the City Daily Photo community.  Please click <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">here</a> to see all the posts on our theme this month:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">PINK</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: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Repetto</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">22, rue de la Paix</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75002 Paris</span></em></div>

Repetto XIII - "pink"

Repetto pink Repetto's windows are perhaps my favorite  and definitely the most anticipated on each trip.   The main store on Rue de la ...

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Livres anciens - Librairie Paul Vulin

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5hFehY3UlVagSSY4uAuWBqAWFn_cH-9t82-2_91Rufk8uviHX7-09RQLd2e_NQjtI6-r8OkBZoBuDSAdOnABMRT0UGz5UVpg7Fqi4Ci_OYC7Jrgw9qx_-MvprNYmPq4CqrvFQCfqvrg/s1600/2011+0418+DSC_0371.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5hFehY3UlVagSSY4uAuWBqAWFn_cH-9t82-2_91Rufk8uviHX7-09RQLd2e_NQjtI6-r8OkBZoBuDSAdOnABMRT0UGz5UVpg7Fqi4Ci_OYC7Jrgw9qx_-MvprNYmPq4CqrvFQCfqvrg/s640/2011+0418+DSC_0371.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;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Old 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;">Beautiful, if slightly worn, old books can be bought in many places </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">throughout Paris from the flea markets to the Passages de Paris.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If they were not so heavy, I would have a larger collection.  </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 reminds me </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">that I need to bring back at least one with every trip.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I no longer travel with a guide book, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">so there should be room for a single antique book in my carry-on.</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-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">livres de collection</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Librairie Paul Vulin</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Passage Jouffroy</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Livres anciens - Librairie Paul Vulin

Old books.. Beautiful, if slightly worn, old books can be bought in many places  throughout Paris from the flea markets to the Passages de P...

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Passage Jouffroy VIII

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9627741838/" title="2011 0418 DSC_0331 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 0418 DSC_0331" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3712/9627741838_84440c0b32_c.jpg" width="532" /></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;">Passage Jouffroy</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 adjacent to the Café Grevin (yesterday's post),</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is one of the entrances to Passage Jouffroy.</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;">Almost two centuries old, the iron and glass ceilings remain.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are a few shops that have not changed over the years, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but you will note the candy shop sign which I have seen all over Europe.  </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 lamps that line both sides of the passage are my favorite detail.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>bon weekend</i></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-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Passage Jouffroy</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">10-12, boulevard Montmartre </span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">9, rue de la Grange Batelière <br />75009 Paris </span></i></span>

Passage Jouffroy VIII

Passage Jouffroy Just adjacent to the Café Grevin (yesterday's post), is one of the entrances to Passage Jouffroy. Almost two centuries ...

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Café Grevin - rouge, rouge, rouge!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpsCxaEeegfxfmeZX9qWf3zPUIt4TYXoQFGQ4NIhX3u2AXnF3VQqXh6_SYLJdvJ4Ee6v8ni8W0OHY4E-Ey6YKVbgYC-FEC5JSPU7NStu-Iy5An70aFsQJ38YRTD0LpXJUrHmr7bCunxs/s1600/2011+0418+DSC_0326.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpsCxaEeegfxfmeZX9qWf3zPUIt4TYXoQFGQ4NIhX3u2AXnF3VQqXh6_SYLJdvJ4Ee6v8ni8W0OHY4E-Ey6YKVbgYC-FEC5JSPU7NStu-Iy5An70aFsQJ38YRTD0LpXJUrHmr7bCunxs/s640/2011+0418+DSC_0326.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 Grevin</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 saturation of red at Café Grevin is enhanced </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">by a sunny afternoon</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 cafe is next door to the Musée Grevin waxworks museum, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and was designed with a domed glass ceiling in one part, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">along with wood paneling.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The decor is unusual with sorceress mirrors, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">red velvet upholstery and enchanted screens.  </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 would be quite content to sit here </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and watch the pedestrians on the boulevard.</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Café Grevin</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>10, boulevard Montmartre</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75009, Paris</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Café Grevin - rouge, rouge, rouge!

Café Grevin The saturation of red at Café Grevin is enhanced  by a sunny afternoon This cafe is next door to the Musée Grevin waxworks museu...

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Rue de la Verrerie - une moto et des fleures

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48BDVUnrf1Xe6uc2DqWV9Lhkq0BxzRupzUSrQfoKXmyr2sBc8DwS9g78AlBAaq1PUVtc0wh5TRz-1nKKcBFhexPAjxjFZN2-gHMUpkleEoG_1qET4_ir9Iv-u6EEjdTvY95o62975auE/s1600/2013+0523+Thurs_54DSC_6268.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48BDVUnrf1Xe6uc2DqWV9Lhkq0BxzRupzUSrQfoKXmyr2sBc8DwS9g78AlBAaq1PUVtc0wh5TRz-1nKKcBFhexPAjxjFZN2-gHMUpkleEoG_1qET4_ir9Iv-u6EEjdTvY95o62975auE/s640/2013+0523+Thurs_54DSC_6268.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;">Motorcycle and 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;">Only a block from Place Igor Stravinsky I rode the Vélib </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to avoid the traffic and stumbled upon this colorful vignette.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There were <u>two</u> brightly adorned windows and this delightful red <i>moto</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;">My camera was thrilled</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">zoom-zoom!</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">79, rue de la Verrerie</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">at Rue des Juges Consuls </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue de la Verrerie - une moto et des fleures

Motorcycle and flowers Only a block from Place Igor Stravinsky I rode the Vélib  to avoid the traffic and stumbled upon this colorful vignet...

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Parc de Monceau - XXXIII

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTeWxKfC-KbvTxr_JAM9DjIrlCr8Jz50pixa7pcq1ZsDnx-hfFioBU1SedlU6uFF9FlPLoBuJmnyUsUebfCzxTB1nkIhhweyfF20u-jsqYjC7a6CcxZgfevRjGAdebodotRWkhyYp2mc/s1600/2012+Mar+30+Paris_092DSC_5040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTeWxKfC-KbvTxr_JAM9DjIrlCr8Jz50pixa7pcq1ZsDnx-hfFioBU1SedlU6uFF9FlPLoBuJmnyUsUebfCzxTB1nkIhhweyfF20u-jsqYjC7a6CcxZgfevRjGAdebodotRWkhyYp2mc/s640/2012+Mar+30+Paris_092DSC_5040.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;">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;">Although you may not be able to tell the season from this photo, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you can see Parisians enjoying the good weather </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and note that the lawn is "awake."  </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;">There is no "<i>pelouse interdite</i>" sign nor my favorite, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"<i>pelouse au repose hivernal</i>," </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which means that the lawn is hibernating </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(like a bear)</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;">  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Parc de Monceau</em></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Boulevard des Courcelles</em></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>(five entrances around the park)</em></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>75008, Paris</em></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Métro Monceau</em></span></span></div>

Parc de Monceau - XXXIII

Parc de Monceau Although you may not be able to tell the season from this photo,  you can see Parisians enjoying the good weather  and note ...

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Le Marie Stuart - Paris café

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrkGXIgBUt2da5JlH_a4wQSezu_enbOh8aHnfXXCSbJwXXeXNzY_pkLyR2xg1UnQOYJ63kRH53R69z9_bTL_FbCXHyzp9w7n0pOm19NmW9BH25V1p4-3QAFpf3UW2muwVoyEG_eFQF54/s1600/2011+0412+DSC_0070.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrkGXIgBUt2da5JlH_a4wQSezu_enbOh8aHnfXXCSbJwXXeXNzY_pkLyR2xg1UnQOYJ63kRH53R69z9_bTL_FbCXHyzp9w7n0pOm19NmW9BH25V1p4-3QAFpf3UW2muwVoyEG_eFQF54/s640/2011+0412+DSC_0070.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;">Le Marie Stuart</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue de Montorgueil</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;">Rue de Montorgueil is lined with food from one end to the other.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One should come often and always hungry!</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;">Thinking of the "moules-frites" here at Le Marie Stuart </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">just made my mouth 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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Marie Stuart</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">49, rue de Montorgueil</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Marie Stuart - Paris café

Le Marie Stuart Rue de Montorgueil Rue de Montorgueil is lined with food from one end to the other.   One should come often and always hungr...

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Église Saint-Quiriace II

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9532896009/" title="2013 0520_183DSC_4807 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 0520_183DSC_4807" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7448/9532896009_d0d764f720_c.jpg" width="530" /></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;">Église Saint-Quiriace</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><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Quiet and unassuming on the exterior...</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">warm and richly detailed within</span><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint-Quiriace</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">9, place Saint-Quiriace</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">77160, Provins, France</span></span></i></div></div>

Église Saint-Quiriace II

Église Saint-Quiriace Quiet and unassuming on the exterior... warm and richly detailed within bon dimanche Église Saint-Quiriace 9, place Sa...

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Ce doit être une fille française - XXXIV

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiB6WFPRBy57ty5xcZS8VT_97BZ0cCxxGnwTwpY4cqv-77G0aiiQkOxW8Olz4pivP1jrqXQnLoNCkwDrRZs8rB7Fex1jqgGMcPyJJGE2plUKHiT0Jhz4KyAzRlF1yHFwbF2fRw70dub-M/s1600/2013+0521am_12DSC_5134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiB6WFPRBy57ty5xcZS8VT_97BZ0cCxxGnwTwpY4cqv-77G0aiiQkOxW8Olz4pivP1jrqXQnLoNCkwDrRZs8rB7Fex1jqgGMcPyJJGE2plUKHiT0Jhz4KyAzRlF1yHFwbF2fRw70dub-M/s640/2013+0521am_12DSC_5134.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On a Métro platform, checking her smart phone with boots, scarf, hat...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">all of this in late May!</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(but spring was truly late!)</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Ce doit être une fille française - XXXIV

must be a French girl... On a Métro platform, checking her smart phone with boots, scarf, hat... all of this in late May! (but spring was tr...

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Hôtel du Nord VIII

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9542859310/" title="2011 0417 DSC_0193 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 0417 DSC_0193" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7314/9542859310_af36f929ea_c.jpg" width="532" /></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;">Hôtel du Nord</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;">Ah, the week is over and it is time to unwind</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 chill in Paris </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with friends and no particular plans.</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: 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: 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;"><em>Hôtel du Nord</em></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>102 Quai de Jemmapes</em></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>75010, Paris</em></span></i></div>

Hôtel du Nord VIII

Hôtel du Nord Ah, the week is over and it is time to unwind This is one of my favorite places to chill in Paris  with friends and no particu...

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Parc des Buttes Chaumont VI

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfo640Haqi57axxhCJ78-r-7HMOURMpX270AeNvvoycKLAQWx-3W8UL2ZY7ATyz0qS9J0Vzrtrr-o3qywSpWvgMSszhzHE_3QD0UjsjFNueQAD28SaUDSmEo8OBIw6XGTVeoi66A8FD44/s1600/2011+0417+day+6+DSC_0301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfo640Haqi57axxhCJ78-r-7HMOURMpX270AeNvvoycKLAQWx-3W8UL2ZY7ATyz0qS9J0Vzrtrr-o3qywSpWvgMSszhzHE_3QD0UjsjFNueQAD28SaUDSmEo8OBIw6XGTVeoi66A8FD44/s640/2011+0417+day+6+DSC_0301.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;">Parc des Buttes Chaumont</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 it would appear from this photo that every bench is occupied, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the park is large enough to hold many Parisians on a weekend day.  </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 never felt crowded in this park,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> and on my last trip walked up to the Temple of Sybil </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for a panoramic view of 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 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Parc des Buttes Chaumont</em></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>75019, Paris</em></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Métros Buttes Chaumont, Laumière, et Botzaris</em></span></span></div>

Parc des Buttes Chaumont VI

Parc des Buttes Chaumont Although it would appear from this photo that every bench is occupied,  the park is large enough to hold many Paris...

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Porte d'entrée

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9541179407/" title="2013 0520_323DSC_4956 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 0520_323DSC_4956" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5467/9541179407_e12e704746_c.jpg" width="530" /></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;">Front door of No. 28</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 stone and timber construction of this home </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is punctuated with the weathered, but sturdy, door.</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;">Each of the homes along the main street </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">leading to the Upper town of Provins is graced with lace curtains.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">From the bolted repairs of this door, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">one might think it abandoned, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but the delicate touch of fabric at the windows says otherwise.</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-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">77160, Provins France</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">just beyond Paris </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Porte d'entrée

Front door of No. 28 The stone and timber construction of this home  is punctuated with the weathered, but sturdy, door. Each of the homes a...

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Bassin de la Villette - pétanque XXII

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6fg3STaFMVcOfgqGjuUO6PqR4MF8OH2del-e_tdx7Jnrssz5ZuwMHfD8tKUS1R08KSZrGQpvr-3MtUUpEpZ69jFT-vRqVu-LwKOy2aX-ip7FQeFlQ7EDGGCtW0fJQtSJ30kkj5czZZQ/s1600/2011+0417+day+6+DSC_0243+b-w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6fg3STaFMVcOfgqGjuUO6PqR4MF8OH2del-e_tdx7Jnrssz5ZuwMHfD8tKUS1R08KSZrGQpvr-3MtUUpEpZ69jFT-vRqVu-LwKOy2aX-ip7FQeFlQ7EDGGCtW0fJQtSJ30kkj5czZZQ/s640/2011+0417+day+6+DSC_0243+b-w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJcWB6N24nmxrumAMMJj4fOHmAAj6q6PsQtoYoyxowMah4Wo_Cx251raVBeXtk_Z7ArGWt-RXI0dTZ_LNIlv1ypm2-tuY921BTYO7tSqRI29gS4cCEtaeVAZsa3YS5TAYOx5J3tlawO0/s1600/2011+0417+day+6+DSC_0243.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bassin de la Villette</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 really want to be among the Parisians, take a stroll along the quais of Bassin de la Villette on any weekend.  It is a delightful spot for a picnic and for watching people.</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;">Perhaps you will stop in Bar l'Ourcq for some </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>boules</i> and a game of pétanque with friends.</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;"></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>Bassin de la Villette</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Quai de la Loire</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75019, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Laumière</em></span></div>

Bassin de la Villette - pétanque XXII

Bassin de la Villette If you really want to be among the Parisians, take a stroll along the quais of Bassin de la Villette on any weekend.  ...

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Hôpital Saint-Louis

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9542938692/" title="2011 0417 DSC_0185 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 0417 DSC_0185" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5348/9542938692_2405c96912_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hôpital Saint-Louis</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 stone's throw from Canal Saint-Martin is this 17th century hospital, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">built when the outbreak of plagues threatened the city, overwhelming the main hospital.  </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;">"Contained within a square court and enclosed by a wall with four corner pavilions, the brick and stone cloister-like construction was intended to keep personnel in and to thus confine the contagion, isolating illness pavilion by pavilion." (<u>Five Hundred Buildings of Paris</u>, Kathy Borrus)</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 functions today as part of the <i> </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris</i> hospital system.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hôpital Saint-Louis</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">40, rue Bichat between rue de la Grange-aux-Belles, rue Juliette-Dodu,</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">rue Alibert, and avenue Claude Vellefaux</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75010, Paris</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Goncourt</span></i></span></div>

Hôpital Saint-Louis

Hôpital Saint-Louis Just a stone's throw from Canal Saint-Martin is this 17th century hospital,  built when the outbreak of plagues thre...

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Église Saint-Quiriace

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9532753337/" title="2013 0520_207DSC_4831 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 0520_207DSC_4831" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5510/9532753337_79484382db_c.jpg" width="530" /></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;">Église Saint-Quiriace</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 church in the small town of Provins, just beyond Paris, was founded early in the 11th century.  The town is divided into an Upper Town and a Lower Town, respectively called the Châtel (Castle) and the Val (Valley).</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 church sits in its elevated position in the upper town, and although it has never been completed it is worthy of a visit.  Our trip to Provins was met with rain which seemed  moody and appropriate in this Medieval village.</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: 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-Quiriace</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">9, place Saint-Quiriace</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">77160, Provins, France</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Quiriace

Église Saint-Quiriace This church in the small town of Provins, just beyond Paris, was founded early in the 11th century.  The town is divid...

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Carrousel de Trocadero - carrousel XXXV

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9525666701/" title="2012 Mar 29 Paris_024DSC_4707 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 29 Paris_024DSC_4707" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2885/9525666701_cb0cb132fa_c.jpg" width="530" /></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;">Carrousel de Trocadero</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 carrousel is beautiful</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but pales in comparison </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to the princess upon her throne</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;"><em>Carrousel de Trocadero</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place du Trocadéro</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75016, Paris</em></span></div>

Carrousel de Trocadero - carrousel XXXV

Carrousel de Trocadero The carrousel is beautiful but pales in comparison  to the princess upon her throne Carrousel de Trocadero Place du T...

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Caves Legrand - Bar à vin

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbidVFVDEMDN4Lspy5He9ctORXADfdjcTeghJQakwBzQxIm1jWZPMUCm90-R1927B_iuqihbYL8yDrQxEAaD7X0NS1eSJcGR0LjTQ9CKrh5QDoGYtwnXZhKqfvliEWTF_RxuYpFdXcYQ8/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_46DSC_9378.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbidVFVDEMDN4Lspy5He9ctORXADfdjcTeghJQakwBzQxIm1jWZPMUCm90-R1927B_iuqihbYL8yDrQxEAaD7X0NS1eSJcGR0LjTQ9CKrh5QDoGYtwnXZhKqfvliEWTF_RxuYpFdXcYQ8/s640/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_46DSC_9378.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;">Caves Legrand</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;">Accessed through Galeries Vivienne and from Rue de la Banque, this wine shop was operated by several generations of Legrands.  It was bought in 2000 by Gerard Sibourd-Baudry and Christian de Chateauvieux who renovated the place while keeping its quality wines orientation.  An inspired initiative was to add a wine bar section in the middle of the shop in 2001.  </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;">Not only do they have good wines, but the ambiance is charming with an assortment of small plates to enjoy with your wine.  It is not exactly hidden, but is in a quiet corner of 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;"><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: 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;">Caves Legrand</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Galerie Vivienne </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">1, rue de la Banque</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris</span></i></div>

Caves Legrand - Bar à vin

Caves Legrand Accessed through Galeries Vivienne and from Rue de la Banque, this wine shop was operated by several generations of Legrands. ...

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Jardin du Luxembourg - les nuages, les fleurs, et les anges

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9511805323/" title="2010 June 19 DSC_0801 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2010 June 19 DSC_0801" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7454/9511805323_4ac8a6a504_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jardin du Luxembourg</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 cherubs appear to be lifting a bowl,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> filled with flowers, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">holding it up to the sky </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to better receive the rain</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jardin du Luxembourg</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: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Jardin du Luxembourg - les nuages, les fleurs, et les anges

Jardin du Luxembourg These cherubs appear to be lifting a bowl,  filled with flowers,  holding it up to the sky  to better receive the rain ...

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Pleurote - les marchés de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3dfe0TFqtNsNBa8mbaCZ5dS2lG6RshUATX5XTU3MvB4NhI_3qMwGvOcnn_Tzw-5tlpuQqRI8TUXSfCy61rdCeCCgplc9mdevFpN2Mzx6JOyir1WfC9OnKWRnJeDkyOWVkYwltWDKJj9o/s1600/2010+June+19+DSC_0764.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3dfe0TFqtNsNBa8mbaCZ5dS2lG6RshUATX5XTU3MvB4NhI_3qMwGvOcnn_Tzw-5tlpuQqRI8TUXSfCy61rdCeCCgplc9mdevFpN2Mzx6JOyir1WfC9OnKWRnJeDkyOWVkYwltWDKJj9o/s640/2010+June+19+DSC_0764.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;">Pleurote</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Oyster mushrooms</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 mushrooms are plentiful in the Paris markets, fresh from the countryside.  Although I have not cooked in Paris, it would be a delight to choose from the abundance of fresh produce.</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 oyster mushrooms would be just the thing for a recipe I use at home for mushroom soup.  The basic premise is to use all the mushrooms you can fit into the pan.</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;">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>

Pleurote - les marchés de Paris

Pleurote Oyster mushrooms The mushrooms are plentiful in the Paris markets, fresh from the countryside.  Although I have not cooked in Paris...

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Chaises de café en noir et rouge

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqsD1u57OjFlTEXw_0KrS9xEJoijBFN9TRE7fQ-6ljNlXyer7fQosgfTqHMSOEsjWUFeMHqjL-V181qiyujVv3Jpc5HPmGNTr3OucwdIXoyzWDonhr0BsN40BetDaQP0flRtqx_plJfow/s1600/2013+0522+Wed_148DSC_5758.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqsD1u57OjFlTEXw_0KrS9xEJoijBFN9TRE7fQ-6ljNlXyer7fQosgfTqHMSOEsjWUFeMHqjL-V181qiyujVv3Jpc5HPmGNTr3OucwdIXoyzWDonhr0BsN40BetDaQP0flRtqx_plJfow/s640/2013+0522+Wed_148DSC_5758.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;">Café chairs</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in black and red</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 think about the café chairs in Paris, I can close my eyes and feel the weave of the seat as I settle in, the sounds they make as you shift your weight, and the warmth of the webbing on a cool day.</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 let your imagination run, you will hear the French conversations, the sounds of the Café Richards cups and saucers, and the smells of fresh croissant, pain au chocolat, and rich coffee.</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 you cannot be in Paris, a creative mind can give you a few moments of memory <u>and</u> anticipation.</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;">Paris Café</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;"><br /></div>

Chaises de café en noir et rouge

Café chairs in black and red When I think about the café chairs in Paris, I can close my eyes and feel the weave of the seat as I settle in,...

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Carrousel Jules Verne - Parc de Monceau

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9489030007/" title="2012 Oct 7 Sunday_38DSC_8994 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 7 Sunday_38DSC_8994" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7290/9489030007_e921fe01bb_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Carrousel Jules Verne</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;">There are carousels at every turn in Paris, and I am not even sure how many.  For me there are about five favorites but I have a list of ones yet to visit.  </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;">Carrousel Jules Verne is a relatively new addition to Parc de Monceau (autumn 2011).  The colorful, petite merry-go-round is a highlight for the children of the neighborhood.  On weekends every ride is taken, and during the week the mamans and nannies gather with the young children.</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Carrousel Jules Verne</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;"><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;">Joining Paulita's <a href="http://paulita-ponderings.blogspot.com/2013/08/dreaming-of-france-bonjour-40.html" target="_blank">Dreaming of France</a> meme</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">check it out</span></i></div>

Carrousel Jules Verne - Parc de Monceau

Carrousel Jules Verne There are carousels at every turn in Paris, and I am not even sure how many.  For me there are about five favorites bu...

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Église Saint-Eustache - les chaises

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNDxFgK3D9vXIlekHALihaPYKmnBa43-aS2N3AQGJ_EnIobG-tlHZhH6HQS6eHXiWNl_RK5T1YbjoLdryRvfpl24V9iEr7AXYUefkEjg76TPHUqodPBH3Bgn9Y2QBB3SNLI16JNCut0w/s1600/2010+Dec+3+DSC_0238.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNDxFgK3D9vXIlekHALihaPYKmnBa43-aS2N3AQGJ_EnIobG-tlHZhH6HQS6eHXiWNl_RK5T1YbjoLdryRvfpl24V9iEr7AXYUefkEjg76TPHUqodPBH3Bgn9Y2QBB3SNLI16JNCut0w/s640/2010+Dec+3+DSC_0238.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 Saint-Eustache</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;">Long shadows in this enormous church...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">simple chairs are dwarfed in the cavernous nave</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;"><br />Église Saint-Eustache<br />2, impasse Saint-Eustache</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;"> </span></i></div>

Église Saint-Eustache - les chaises

Église Saint-Eustache Long shadows in this enormous church... simple chairs are dwarfed in the cavernous nave bon dimanche Église Saint-Eust...

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Chantal Thomass - un parapluie

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijf6ubv3XvSSlOmB9V3yLRwjOcJJaDdzxuEl4KPTeS0sYlKi-SHlTakMDZirRiMB-mtOVXcf6-f7V8PwALnfDNbtG7aJiaQ-mV9hDqBVK_2dAmBiN4zesSqdM_MXZesY4JVLk74JRhNJ0/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_137DSC_9101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijf6ubv3XvSSlOmB9V3yLRwjOcJJaDdzxuEl4KPTeS0sYlKi-SHlTakMDZirRiMB-mtOVXcf6-f7V8PwALnfDNbtG7aJiaQ-mV9hDqBVK_2dAmBiN4zesSqdM_MXZesY4JVLk74JRhNJ0/s640/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_137DSC_9101.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;"><a href="http://www.chantalthomass.fr/?lang=en#/homepage/fall-winter-2013-collection-catalogue" target="_blank">Chantal Thomass</a></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 fashion house led by the the stylish Chantal first made the lingerie scene during the 1960s and 1970s.  All the world was shunning the frilly lingerie and burning bras.</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;">She flaunted the feminist movement, fabricating lingerie from menswear fabrics and at the other end of the spectrum sensuous fluffs of lace, silk, organza.  While visiting Paris, I regularly walk past this window on Rue Saint Honoré, always anticipating a visual treat.</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;">Chantal Thomass</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">211, rue Saint 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;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Chantal Thomass - un parapluie

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La Tour Eiffel - le reflet

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9467578799/" title="2013 0521 am 17DSC_5139 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 0521 am 17DSC_5139" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7446/9467578799_44c263f1d8_c.jpg" width="530" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">La Tour Eiffel</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;">Do you think that you would recognize this iconic structure </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">just by seeing a reflection in the rain-soaked pavement? </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;">Why, certainly!</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 weekend</span></i></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;">Place du Trocadero</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Palais de Chaillot</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 Trocadero</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">  </div>

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Le Petit Fer à Cheval II

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9463739072/" title="2012 Mar 31 Paris_201DSC_5437 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 31 Paris_201DSC_5437" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2867/9463739072_83b1620b37_c.jpg" width="530" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le Petit Fer à Cheval</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"The Horseshoe"</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;">Effortless Paris chic:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the horseshoe bar,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the glasses, the shelves, the clock, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the chandelier, the oscillating fan</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the oh-so-French waiter.</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;">Wish we were all there right now</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Le Petit Fer à Cheval</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>30, rue Vieille du Temple</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>75004, Paris</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">  </div>

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Cimetière de Passy - le gardien

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9456218592/" title="2013 0522 Wed_72DSC_5682 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 0522 Wed_72DSC_5682" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7288/9456218592_09582c8cae_c.jpg" width="544" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cimetière de Passy</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the caretaker</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 attracted to cemeteries and have sought them out in every city visited.  Paris has an abundance of cemeteries and many stories to go with them </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;">Cimetière de Passy is less than six acres in size making it easy to cover in about an hour.  You will find the famous and the not-so-famous, a princess, artists, aviators, actresses, and many more.  You may even catch a glimpse of the caretaker going about his business.</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;">All the while, la Tour Eiffel is peeking over your shoulder.</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;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Cimetière de Passy</i><br /><i>2, rue de Commandant Schloesing</i><br /><i>75016 Paris</i></div>

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Gare de l'Est - Dépêchez-vous!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbKgjgybprd5FRPy9vQOgwywiM5r4sr3fLemr-jCINQ6KlReb2BkAB-8ofaHy-H66PA0kCMseZeXtiEYG3HhC8VuvhvqB4nVvAOWYiqYWvYD2-hgUkkctjldilxH34OG13Lauc-qE32s/s1600/2013+0520_27DSC_4651.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbKgjgybprd5FRPy9vQOgwywiM5r4sr3fLemr-jCINQ6KlReb2BkAB-8ofaHy-H66PA0kCMseZeXtiEYG3HhC8VuvhvqB4nVvAOWYiqYWvYD2-hgUkkctjldilxH34OG13Lauc-qE32s/s640/2013+0520_27DSC_4651.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;">Gare de l'Est</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;">Have you ever noticed the people running in train stations?  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is no different in Paris as we see these passengers hurrying off a train.  </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 done the same myself, hurrying to <u>catch</u> a train </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in Madrid, in Prague, in Vienna, in Milan... and even in 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;">Why would one need to run </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with sufficient planning of schedules and locations?  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Well, for one, it is never a simple matter </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to find the correct window for ticket sales.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Buying tickets on-line in advance will reduce the stress.</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;">Perhaps you will have time to sit in the station </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and photograph others who did not plan as well.  Hummmm...</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Gare de l'Est</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place du 11 novembre 1918</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;"><br /></div>

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Avenue de la Grande-Armée - La Grande Arche de la Defense

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4AboJpXx7SolPi8XEVAZyT-t9TvK4UMPIrqlnWHt9H08Xa4SWhbZWBdDZ4lwnYrdt_TV2-3QqORWmqdElWPk6f27pnxXRU3unFO7Ekx8iVIc6FdapjFzMVynh4Ge7oy9QuX2jDi7z7uM/s1600/2013+0521+Tues_178DSC_5597.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4AboJpXx7SolPi8XEVAZyT-t9TvK4UMPIrqlnWHt9H08Xa4SWhbZWBdDZ4lwnYrdt_TV2-3QqORWmqdElWPk6f27pnxXRU3unFO7Ekx8iVIc6FdapjFzMVynh4Ge7oy9QuX2jDi7z7uM/s640/2013+0521+Tues_178DSC_5597.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;">Avenue de la Grande-Armée</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 from the top of Arc de Triomphe </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the Grand Arch appears as the outline of a box.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was built in 1989 to celebrate the </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">200th anniversary of the French Revolution.  </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 Arc de Triomphe is a part of the straight line along which one finds:  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the Louvre, Place de la Concorde, Arc de Triomphe, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and finally la Grande Arche de la Defense.  </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 distance from the photo's vantage point </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to the Grand Arch is about 3 miles.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The entire distance of the "<i>perspective royale</i>" is over 9 miles! </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;">Avenue de la Grande-Armée</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></i></div>

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Église Saint-Merri - La Fontaine Stravinsky

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_LrTstbosDCVqxkgmyg30Q-RDDrbtTL1Sk9sZNM3biMNrPo1_ZSQBioSyObx6b8cBOTR4X8CaleSEwCYoRSPCoAGgRKHkQ8-1BbWLUnbujukRiTXZZC-FLMJSHBbe9LDavLKYWjyz0w/s1600/2013+0523+Thurs_39DSC_6253.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_LrTstbosDCVqxkgmyg30Q-RDDrbtTL1Sk9sZNM3biMNrPo1_ZSQBioSyObx6b8cBOTR4X8CaleSEwCYoRSPCoAGgRKHkQ8-1BbWLUnbujukRiTXZZC-FLMJSHBbe9LDavLKYWjyz0w/s640/2013+0523+Thurs_39DSC_6253.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 Saint-Merri</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Stravinsky Fountain</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 whimsy of 16 animated sculptures stands in contrast </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to the flying buttresses of this ancient church </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with its "Gothic Flamboyant" architectural style.</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 fountain sculptures were installed in 1983...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The church built between 1500 and 1550...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Which of these two Paris landmarks will look the best in 200 years?</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: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint-Merri </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">76, rue de la Verrerie</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

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Dodo Manège - Carrousel XXXIII

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEcS1aAe3ihBbrhQfqCet2R-cLO9V8h5k7jprtbJjsj-YyJ2TMbCDY0rwNk42_9k6XoAoTdThbVVgnUBZNTFhUx37eWci9IGa958fcv0JgLix9-YgmBnPKMgw-MSZAQj2zI-rqFQfE5U/s1600/2013+0523+Thurs_149DSC_6365.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEcS1aAe3ihBbrhQfqCet2R-cLO9V8h5k7jprtbJjsj-YyJ2TMbCDY0rwNk42_9k6XoAoTdThbVVgnUBZNTFhUx37eWci9IGa958fcv0JgLix9-YgmBnPKMgw-MSZAQj2zI-rqFQfE5U/s640/2013+0523+Thurs_149DSC_6365.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;">"Dodo Manège"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Carousel in Jardin des Plantes</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;">Wrapped in tarp this carousel hides its animal-rides </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">created to reflect extinct and endangered species.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jardin des Plantes is filled with treasures </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and this carrousel is but one.  </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;">On weekend afternoons in good weather </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you will find many families enjoying this charming carrousel.</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;">To see the carrousel "revealed" look <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2010/07/dodo-manege-un-carrousel.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</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;">Dodo Manège</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Carrousel, Jardin des Plantes</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(near Gare d'Austerlitz entrance)</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>

Dodo Manège - Carrousel XXXIII

"Dodo Manège" Carousel in Jardin des Plantes Wrapped in tarp this carousel hides its animal-rides  created to reflect extinct and ...

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Jardin du Palais Royal - le weekend

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadnLMlrMMuVjkJIzjdUOPem4uehSk95tMSX6J0wKmVbr1KfwyepWuQHFw08MpV4ud903GfyAofircvk9_Ku6vPbSLBQurGZTShzRAkTwul4sil_rKxxKDbmlrdwIpveojwtasppB3gOY/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_44DSC_3913.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadnLMlrMMuVjkJIzjdUOPem4uehSk95tMSX6J0wKmVbr1KfwyepWuQHFw08MpV4ud903GfyAofircvk9_Ku6vPbSLBQurGZTShzRAkTwul4sil_rKxxKDbmlrdwIpveojwtasppB3gOY/s640/2013+0518+Sat_44DSC_3913.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;">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;">On a Saturday morning, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">these three were feeding pigeons in the garden of Palais Royal.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The little girl looks a bit frightened by the numbers of these assertive birds.  </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;">Still, a glorious spot for spending a weekend morning with family.</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 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: 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;">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 - le weekend

Jardin du Palais Royal On a Saturday morning,  these three were feeding pigeons in the garden of Palais Royal.   The little girl looks a bit...

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