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Cathédral Saint Alexandre Nevsky - 'looking out'

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11126754956/" title="2011 1107 day 4 DSC_0896 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 1107 day 4 DSC_0896" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2875/11126754956_79c4385f89_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;">Cathédral Saint Alexandre Nevsky</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;">Photos are not allowed in this beautiful gilt cathedral </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">so this view looking out at autumn leaves and nineteenth century buildings </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">will have to suffice.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Theme Day</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"looking out"</span></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;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/december-gallery-looking-out.html" target="_blank">Please click here</a> to see how other </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;">City Daily Photos interpret the theme</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky  Cathedral</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">12, rue  Daru</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">75008  Paris</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Métro Ternes ou Métro  Courcelles</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Cathédral Saint Alexandre Nevsky - 'looking out'

Cathédral Saint Alexandre Nevsky Photos are not allowed in this beautiful gilt cathedral so this view looking out at autumn leaves and nine...

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Avenue du Président Wilson - une fille française?

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11126441896/" title="2013 Nov15 Paris _20131115 035 DSC_8988 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov15 Paris _20131115 035 DSC_8988" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3823/11126441896_f1457b2e65_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><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;">Along Avenue du Président Wilson, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">she walked with long strides in front of the gates of Palais Galliera.  </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;">She was dressed head to toe in shades of gray </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">offset by tresses of deep auburn.</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;">Yes, definitely...</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;">must be a French girl</span></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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Avenue du Président Wilson</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;">75016, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Joyeux anniversaire, Renée</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Avenue du Président Wilson - une fille française?

Along Avenue du Président Wilson, she walked with long strides in front of the gates of Palais Galliera. She was dressed head to toe in s...

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La Tour Eiffel - la réflexion

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11110811115/" title="2013 Nov22 Paris _20131122 726 DSC_3404 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov22 Paris _20131122 726 DSC_3404" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7364/11110811115_9975938989_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;">A familiar reflection...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;">How could a puddle on Champ de Mars be a pleasing sight?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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 it reflects the golden lights of la Tour Eiffel.</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;">la Tour Eiffel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Allée Adrienne Lecouvreur</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Parc du Champ de Mars</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><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;"><br /></div>

La Tour Eiffel - la réflexion

A familiar reflection... How could a puddle on Champ de Mars be a pleasing sight? When it reflects the golden lights of la Tour Eiffel. la T...

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Pont Notre Dame - l'automne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj54Kvz0YStp0R5S4qDKMg3iHGXAxtItUsARbA_kNe5EBr2zIH2JgWT-Yh-ZyBopyCbbwZfCRdG7zRESC90R29pdhuqufWJX9YDvFpPSkzViNAvbsPFZBJ27Kyj-zuQKeLL3Vt7yeS9KTk/s1600/2013+Nov13+Paris+_20131113+075+DSC_8614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj54Kvz0YStp0R5S4qDKMg3iHGXAxtItUsARbA_kNe5EBr2zIH2JgWT-Yh-ZyBopyCbbwZfCRdG7zRESC90R29pdhuqufWJX9YDvFpPSkzViNAvbsPFZBJ27Kyj-zuQKeLL3Vt7yeS9KTk/s640/2013+Nov13+Paris+_20131113+075+DSC_8614.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;">Pont Notre Dame</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;">The late afternoon sun drenched the trees </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">along the Quai de Gesvres giving them a golden orange glow.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you look under the arch of the bridge, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you can see their reflections in the Seine.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: 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;"><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;">Pont Notre Dame</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>

Pont Notre Dame - l'automne

Pont Notre Dame The late afternoon sun drenched the trees along the Quai de Gesvres giving them a golden orange glow. If you look under t...

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Feuilles orange de l'automne

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11077747854/" title="2013 Nov18 Paris _20131118 140 DSC_0246 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov18 Paris _20131118 140 DSC_0246" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3745/11077747854_a37ccc3bdb_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;">Orange autumn leaves</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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 window shades on this quiet street in the 5ième </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">match perfectly the autumn leaves.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;">Paris was dressed in her colorful finery last week </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the leaves held on through our sojourn.</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;">Rue de Lantran et Rue de Beauvais</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 Maubert-Mutualité</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;">75005, Paris</span></span></i></div>

Feuilles orange de l'automne

Orange autumn leaves The window shades on this quiet street in the 5ième match perfectly the autumn leaves. Paris was dressed in her colorf...

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Des tours, des flèches, des clochers

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipvsEuZLHGVMtaD71ZmGUEDalWWO4hsX_DBXvJp_e7_BHMfl13LoWf3aB5Rz6PgeZcVSRtLbL2P9sRyZ0l-p8GJeQrPQAKQmLghyEJGcmmbRFZxCShlen5YfftbzlZ09cSQFKKVyFQypA/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+105+DSC_8771.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipvsEuZLHGVMtaD71ZmGUEDalWWO4hsX_DBXvJp_e7_BHMfl13LoWf3aB5Rz6PgeZcVSRtLbL2P9sRyZ0l-p8GJeQrPQAKQmLghyEJGcmmbRFZxCShlen5YfftbzlZ09cSQFKKVyFQypA/s640/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+105+DSC_8771.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;">Towers, steeples, spires...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Can you name these famous Paris landmarks?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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 rooftop level.</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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mystery location </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>

Des tours, des flèches, des clochers

Towers, steeples, spires... Can you name these famous Paris landmarks? Seen from rooftop level. Mystery location 75004, Paris

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Métro Cité - l'escalier

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11042583366/" title="2013 Nov13 Paris _20131113 070 DSC_8609 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov13 Paris _20131113 070 DSC_8609" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2815/11042583366_1f1b3200d2_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;">Cité Métro Station</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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 exit at this metro station had more stairs than we could count </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and seemed to be even more than the circular ascent at Abesses.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As great as the exercise was for counteracting </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the effects of French butter and baguettes, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">we found the elevator for our subsequent stops at Cité.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Cité</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Métro Cité - l'escalier

Cité Métro Station The exit at this metro station had more stairs than we could count and seemed to be even more than the circular ascent a...

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Église de la Madeleine - les cierges

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_zzmomDgILAyhzZs_X9Jg34gCWQsbqbx13jHZPWcn3BjzIes5QmfpTcl5-6TwccNG3tlgici-46x9MC41s41K4eyZCuYY4KztCVIO2YQeGoLFoy8Ihm4f540hCkZZ63-6m2W1V58ccA/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_251DSC_4606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_zzmomDgILAyhzZs_X9Jg34gCWQsbqbx13jHZPWcn3BjzIes5QmfpTcl5-6TwccNG3tlgici-46x9MC41s41K4eyZCuYY4KztCVIO2YQeGoLFoy8Ihm4f540hCkZZ63-6m2W1V58ccA/s640/2012+Mar+28+Paris_251DSC_4606.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église de la Madeleine</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This magnificent church is well-attended<br />by the parishioners and visitors.<br /><br /><br />The corners of the church are bright with candlelight<br />and often with the music of concerts. </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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</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 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Église de la Madeleine</i></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Place de la Madeleine</i></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75008, Paris</i></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Métro Madeleine  </i></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église de la Madeleine - les cierges

Église de la Madeleine This magnificent church is well-attended by the parishioners and visitors. The corners of the church are bright with ...

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Sainte Geneviève des Bois - le cimetière russe

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10792231205/" title="2011 nov day 7 DSC_0276 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 nov day 7 DSC_0276" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3795/10792231205_e2834dfcd1_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;">Sainte Geneviève des Bois</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Russian Orthodox Cemetery is not highly regarded by the locals of this small town and many do not even know of its existence.  I made the trip to see the <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/11/pilgrimage-to-saint-genevieve-des-bois.html" target="_blank">tombstone of Rudolph Nureuev</a> and found the carpet of <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2012/11/sainte-genevieve-des-bois-le-cimetiere.html" target="_blank">fallen ginko leaves as a bonus</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;">Wherever I have traveled in the world, I visit and photograph the cemeteries.  Although this cemetery is not well-maintained, there was a quiet beauty of the season, silent and colorful with autumn leaves.</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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Russian Orthodox Cemetery</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Sainte Geneviève des Bois - le cimetière russe

Sainte Geneviève des Bois The Russian Orthodox Cemetery is not highly regarded by the locals of this small town and many do not even know of...

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Bouillon Chartier III

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9726420836/" title="2011 April Day 7 0418 DSC_0391 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 April Day 7 0418 DSC_0391" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5325/9726420836_27b09cdc59_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;">Bouillon Chartier</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">une brasserie</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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 class="notranslate">In  1896, the Bouillon Chartier was born on a simple idea: </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="notranslate">offer a meal worthy  of the name at a modest price, </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="notranslate">respect the customer to gain their  loyalty.</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="notranslate"> Fifty million meals and only four owners later, </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="notranslate">the idea is still good ...</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="notranslate">This is an enormous dining room.  </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="notranslate">As you sit </span><span class="notranslate">at your table, your eyes wander over the famous bureau </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="notranslate">where  locals stored their napkins </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="notranslate">or to the painting by an artist of 1929 to repay his debt.</span></span>  </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><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: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bouillon Chartier</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">7, rue du Faubourg Montmartre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div></div>

Bouillon Chartier III

Bouillon Chartier une brasserie In 1896, the Bouillon Chartier was born on a simple idea: offer a meal worthy of the name at a modest pri...

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Ladurée - un petit déjeuner parfait

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSXGMFtrhL0v0ZOXkb4KrNiyfkwKf-rghOQ4zNtKSSFpuOZVK1BDKP1S2JvsCetsZ7YsxJ4RV0207eKOcjwmDqp0sVGoULiEDrizCicrXcg3V1fgGuSFjegdU36ArMMXmQX-IzF4tA0k/s1600/2010+June+21+00011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSXGMFtrhL0v0ZOXkb4KrNiyfkwKf-rghOQ4zNtKSSFpuOZVK1BDKP1S2JvsCetsZ7YsxJ4RV0207eKOcjwmDqp0sVGoULiEDrizCicrXcg3V1fgGuSFjegdU36ArMMXmQX-IzF4tA0k/s640/2010+June+21+00011.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;">Ladurée</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a perfect breakfast</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After buying a selection of macarons, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I peeked into the adjacent dining area for a quick look.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;">You probably notice the ample servings of breads.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Do not worry as you will walk it off in Paris.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ladurée</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;">Rue Jacob</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;">75006, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Ladurée - un petit déjeuner parfait

Ladurée a perfect breakfast After buying a selection of macarons, I peeked into the adjacent dining area for a quick look. You probably not...

8:01 PM

Une cour privée

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10770639784/" title="2012 Oct 7 Sun am_49DSC_8887 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 7 Sun am_49DSC_8887" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3815/10770639784_9e679ae7e6_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;">a private courtyard</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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 hesitate to call this a courtyard as it should qualify as a full park.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The beautiful wrought iron gates were open </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and I only stayed a few minutes.  </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are small private courtyards all over Paris </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but this one could not be seen from the street </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and was revealed to be larger than I could imagine.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: 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;">Avenue du Général Leclerc</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;">74014, 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>

Une cour privée

a private courtyard I hesitate to call this a courtyard as it should qualify as a full park. The beautiful wrought iron gates were open a...

8:01 PM

Place Pierre Lafue - Alfred Dreyfus

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10771030393/" title="2012 Oct 7 Sun am_60DSC_8898 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 7 Sun am_60DSC_8898" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3830/10771030393_a042196f89_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;">Alfred Dreyfus</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In the midst of a small square (Place Pierre Lafue) on Boulevard Raspail we stopped our Vélibs and took several photos of this Giacometti-style porous bronze with a pigeon on its head.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;">What seemed an interesting sculpture in an inauspicious location proved to have an intriguing story which played out over a century ago, the Dreyfus Affair.  This sculpture was created in 1986 by Louis Mitelberg (TIM) and shows "Captain Dreyfus" with his broken sword.  To read more about the story, <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/france-still-haunted-by-the-spectre-of-dreyfus-1138389.html" target="_blank">click here</a>.</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;">Place Pierre Lafue</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;">116, boulevard Raspail</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;">75006, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Place Pierre Lafue - Alfred Dreyfus

Alfred Dreyfus In the midst of a small square (Place Pierre Lafue) on Boulevard Raspail we stopped our Vélibs and took several photos of thi...

8:01 PM

Cours du Commerce Saint-André

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10766972594/" title="2012 Oct 6 Saturday_122DSC_8716 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 6 Saturday_122DSC_8716" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2833/10766972594_a19d31362f_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;">Cours du Commerce Saint-André</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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 charming passage was opened in the mid-1700s </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">linking the rue Saint-André des Arts and the Rue de l'Ancienne Comédie. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> It houses the Procope café, a meeting place for writers and  intellectuals of that era.</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;"> In a granary here, M. Guillotin tried out his "philanthropic decapitating machine"<br /> on sheep (1790).  I do not believe that there is a marker or any evidence of such in this gallery.  (thankfully!)</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;">Cours du Commerce Saint-André</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Cours du Commerce Saint-André

Cours du Commerce Saint-André This charming passage was opened in the mid-1700s linking the rue Saint-André des Arts and the Rue de l'A...

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Église Saint-Severin - l'horloge

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10651834715/" title="2012 Mar 28 Paris_209DSC_4564 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 28 Paris_209DSC_4564" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7312/10651834715_cd30fc50fa_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;">Église Saint-Severin</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Clock</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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 beneath the pipes of the Jean Ferrand organ (1748) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is the church clock which on this day was right on time.  </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;">In a church that dates back to the 13th century, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I would think that the clock has been updated </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and reworked many times.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;">Do you think that the inner workings are digital?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></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: center;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-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: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint-Séverin</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">3, rue des Prêtres Saint-Séverin</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></span></i></div>

Église Saint-Severin - l'horloge

Église Saint-Severin The Clock Just beneath the pipes of the Jean Ferrand organ (1748) is the church clock which on this day was right on t...

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Décomposition et désespoir

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10735989743/" title="2012 Jan HB - IMG_6747 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan HB - IMG_6747" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5484/10735989743_a2cbdc7e27_c.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Decay and despair</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;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Overturned tombstones, doors ajar, unkempt grounds...</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This desolate cemetery pairs well with the expression on this caryatid</span><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(not Père Lachaise)</span></span></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>

Décomposition et désespoir

Decay and despair Overturned tombstones, doors ajar, unkempt grounds... This desolate cemetery pairs well with the expression on this caryat...

8:01 PM

Jardin des Tuileries - des parapluies

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_vbixsJOGVSJ-R-Fu0RWmtaeXiZ5i82fA5RuOntcvf-TMAfsMeVx8CUQBe9JBneUNRQ8r134fNrjMQo2JtUaw-fOou2Y1eQp6QmNAg-at4e7mMWyPdqFgx0ps01CBNwK7-uzo-uzQtM/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_216DSC_8811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_vbixsJOGVSJ-R-Fu0RWmtaeXiZ5i82fA5RuOntcvf-TMAfsMeVx8CUQBe9JBneUNRQ8r134fNrjMQo2JtUaw-fOou2Y1eQp6QmNAg-at4e7mMWyPdqFgx0ps01CBNwK7-uzo-uzQtM/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_216DSC_8811.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 des Tuileries</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The autumn leaves can be seen down this alley.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The trees, many still green, provide some shelter from the rain.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I do not bring an umbrella to Paris </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as I cannot hold an umbrella and my camera at the same time.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am like a wet dog, but a rainy day in Paris...</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><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;">Jardin des Tuileries</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: left;"><br /></div>

Jardin des Tuileries - des parapluies

Jardin des Tuileries The autumn leaves can be seen down this alley. The trees, many still green, provide some shelter from the rain. I do ...

8:01 PM

Fontaine Wallace - Place des Droits de l'Enfant

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10770036425/" title="2012 Oct 7 Sun am_11DSC_8849 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 7 Sun am_11DSC_8849" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7436/10770036425_e449b4874f_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;">Sunday Paris Market</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;">Families and neighbors gather just off Rue d'Alésia </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in a tiny square of shade trees and a spot of grass on Sunday mornings. </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dogs, children, and musicians play </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">around the centerpiece of a Wallace 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;">Although there are no closed streets, </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the only traffic seems to be the vendors and the shoppers.</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-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><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place des Droits de l'Enfant</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;">88, rue de la Tombe Issoire,</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;">75014, Paris</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;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Fontaine Wallace - Place des Droits de l'Enfant

Sunday Paris Market Families and neighbors gather just off Rue d'Alésia in a tiny square of shade trees and a spot of grass on Sunday m...

8:01 PM

Rue de Sèvres - une cour

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFL99QchinOlJJzqrgQjWsaadnIXqdZhNCCnWtjBI8n0Rbyu0QXYkL3SUN9GSHiUCBJe5DEDIBVgP7S7qXb-KTORS6xsyvxDpgNR7qoB718isk_u0Twvok5j6ew6frUQ5g0QD8TDwVvcQ/s1600/2012+10+08+P1010989.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFL99QchinOlJJzqrgQjWsaadnIXqdZhNCCnWtjBI8n0Rbyu0QXYkL3SUN9GSHiUCBJe5DEDIBVgP7S7qXb-KTORS6xsyvxDpgNR7qoB718isk_u0Twvok5j6ew6frUQ5g0QD8TDwVvcQ/s640/2012+10+08+P1010989.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue de Sèvres</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">courtyard</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;">Taken with my snorkeling camera (wet from the rain) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">this courtyard has the hazy look of a pencil drawing.  </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 almost deleted it but the "nested rectangles" of the doorways </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the repeating glimpses of green appealed to me.  </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 child's bike was safely parked out of the rain.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;">Courtyard</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue de Sèvres</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue de Sèvres - une cour

Rue de Sèvres courtyard Taken with my snorkeling camera (wet from the rain) this courtyard has the hazy look of a pencil drawing. I almos...

8:01 PM

Leaving on a jet plane...

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10790859794/" title="2010 dec paris 8 DSC_0054 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2010 dec paris 8 DSC_0054" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7337/10790859794_b6744178a8_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;">Guess where I am going...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am sure you know</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">PARIS!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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 will still have a daily post and will have some on-site</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">updates of friends and places in Paris. À bientôt!</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>

Leaving on a jet plane...

Guess where I am going... I am sure you know PARIS! I will still have a daily post and will have some on-site updates of friends and places ...

8:01 PM

Cour d'Honneur - Hôtel des Invalides

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10791233534/" title="2009 1203 00154 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2009 1203 00154" height="564" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5548/10791233534_2ba8ecfc40_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cour d'Honneur</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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 patina of the cannons in the courtyard is stunning.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Some of them date from the reign of François 1er, 1515-1567.</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;">Celebrating Veteran's Day in the USA</span></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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </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;">129, rue de Grenelle</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;">75007, Paris</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;">Métros Varenne ou École Militaire</span></span></i></div>

Cour d'Honneur - Hôtel des Invalides

Cour d'Honneur The patina of the cannons in the courtyard is stunning. Some of them date from the reign of François 1er, 1515-1567. Cele...

8:01 PM

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris - des détails

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10651265656/" title="2012 Mar 28 Paris_166DSC_4521 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 28 Paris_166DSC_4521" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7362/10651265656_50cb47d2e2_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;">Notre Dame</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">From this single spot, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">many of the treasures of this magnificent cathedral are revealed, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">from the rose window to the newly cleaned chandelier, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and Gothic arches and columns.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Also, when you look up, </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;">you do not see any tourists.</span></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: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</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 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris - des détails

Notre Dame From this single spot, many of the treasures of this magnificent cathedral are revealed, from the rose window to the newly clea...

8:01 PM

Printemps - des chaussures rouges

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10750988634/" title="2012 Oct 6 Saturday_71DSC_8665 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 6 Saturday_71DSC_8665" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3717/10750988634_16767e1468_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;">Printemps</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">red shoes and polka dots</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;">The use of mirrors and bold design </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with an abundance of rouge </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">turn heads on Boulevard Haussmann</span><br /><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>Printemps</i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Boulevard Haussmann</i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span><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: center;"><br /></div>

Printemps - des chaussures rouges

Printemps red shoes and polka dots The use of mirrors and bold design with an abundance of rouge turn heads on Boulevard Haussmann Printem...

8:01 PM

Pétanque XXIII

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10735642256/" title="2012 Oct 7 Sunday_22DSC_8978 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 7 Sunday_22DSC_8978" height="547" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3773/10735642256_2b27624aac_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pétanque</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jardin des Tuileries</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I used to believe that this was only a game in Paris for men of a certain age, but have discovered that it is played by all ages, men and women.  Once you get away from Jardin des Tuileries and Jardin du Luxembourg you will see a greater variety in the players.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;">Do you see two groups of children?</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jardin des Tuileries</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Pétanque XXIII

Pétanque Jardin des Tuileries I used to believe that this was only a game in Paris for men of a certain age, but have discovered that it is ...

8:01 PM

Rue Mouffetard - les danseurs du dimanche

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10683264086/" title="2012 0115 Jan 12 2nd_0332 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 0115 Jan 12 2nd_0332" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2872/10683264086_256e9b472c_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;">The Sunday dancers </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of Rue Mouffetard</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To the familiar tunes of Christian Bassoul the regulars take center stage.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Always have a song in your heart </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and dance like no one is looking </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Mouffetard at Rue Censier</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Censier-Daubenton</span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Rue Mouffetard - les danseurs du dimanche

The Sunday dancers of Rue Mouffetard To the familiar tunes of Christian Bassoul the regulars take center stage. Always have a song in your ...

8:01 PM

La Tour Eiffel XXV

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10702263493/" title="2012 Mar 29 Paris_048DSC_4731 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 29 Paris_048DSC_4731" height="472" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5503/10702263493_ac9261171d_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">La Tour Eiffel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;">The rays of sunlight add a special quality to this iron creation.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;">Given the choice of seeing the sun rays or snow from this spot, I would have a difficult time choosing.  Having seen both, I would have to add that with the snow, there are certainly fewer people at this famous landmark.</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;"><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;">La Tour Eiffel</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;">75007, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

La Tour Eiffel XXV

La Tour Eiffel The rays of sunlight add a special quality to this iron creation. Given the choice of seeing the sun rays or snow from this s...

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Jardin du Luxembourg - un moment de calme

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10683400915/" title="2012 0401 April 1_5821DSC_5786 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 0401 April 1_5821DSC_5786" height="517" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3779/10683400915_3960ed43fb_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jardin du Luxembourg</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">-a quiet moment-</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;">A warm Sunday afternoon on a (mostly) green park bench...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;">Tuning out the rest of the world</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jardin du Luxembourg</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;">75006, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Jardin du Luxembourg - un moment de calme

Jardin du Luxembourg -a quiet moment- A warm Sunday afternoon on a (mostly) green park bench... Tuning out the rest of the world Jardin du L...

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Parc de Monceau - zoom-zoom

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgczizN8gozry1BVWb-gMVDkzY4TG_hMiB_PsfShO2L3e6t5qtSmD5u8DeHxA3l5emI0hO_lD3PqlzMtU5vK8MC5hW8hNKZ2FnXO5WNu-OZ_IG0zZWPU2GcFJDkOsWxKsmstLdIWUOn0Jg/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_61DSC_9017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgczizN8gozry1BVWb-gMVDkzY4TG_hMiB_PsfShO2L3e6t5qtSmD5u8DeHxA3l5emI0hO_lD3PqlzMtU5vK8MC5hW8hNKZ2FnXO5WNu-OZ_IG0zZWPU2GcFJDkOsWxKsmstLdIWUOn0Jg/s640/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_61DSC_9017.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Parc de Monceau</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This large, family-friendly park has an elongated track </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for scooters, skates, bikes, and unicycles.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yes, I saw 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;">The pace is fast and furious.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Parents linger along the outside rails </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">enjoying a warm autumn Sunday afternoon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">zoom-zoom</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Parc de Monceau</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-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: xx-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: xx-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: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Métro Monceau</em></span></span></div>

Parc de Monceau - zoom-zoom

Parc de Monceau This large, family-friendly park has an elongated track for scooters, skates, bikes, and unicycles. Yes, I saw one. The...

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Église Saint-Séverin

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10637967874/" title="2012 Mar 28 Paris_207DSC_4562 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 28 Paris_207DSC_4562" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3780/10637967874_0b4f94412e_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;">Église Saint-Séverin</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Built and rebuilt over the centuries, this 13th-15th century Flamboyant Gothic church shows at its height the criss-crossed and ribbed vaulting which frame the stained glass windows of the same period.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Although I have been here four or five times, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I discover another secret on each visit.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The history of the church site began in the 5th century </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and continued through fires, wars, and an abundance of burials.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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 organ, seen in the background, was built by Jean Ferrand (1748) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and has a history as rich as the church itself.</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</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;">Église Saint-Séverin</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;">3, rue des Prêtres Saint-Séverin</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;">75005, Paris</span></span></i></div>

Église Saint-Séverin

Église Saint-Séverin Built and rebuilt over the centuries, this 13th-15th century Flamboyant Gothic church shows at its height the criss-cro...

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Pont Louis-Philippe - Île Saint-Louis

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10619314324/" title="2013 0522 Wed_461DSC_6072 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 0522 Wed_461DSC_6072" height="488" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7430/10619314324_236028e308_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pont Louis-Philippe</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yes, the rain was relentless, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but Paris keeps moving without regard to the weather.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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 stone arch-bridge connects the Quai de Bourbon </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">on the Île Saint-Louis with the Saint-Gervais neighborhood on the right bank.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is decorated with stone laurel wreaths </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">surrounding metallic rosettes which are best seen from the Seine.</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;">Pont Louis-Philippe</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Île Saint-Louis</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div>

Pont Louis-Philippe - Île Saint-Louis

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