Le Poissonnier - Theme Day: "Worker"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNK7neTUw0mPsc4q5DeumBHvtLdbZWc8t72dWHpnD-nPstUMONGyLPsdbSQ3r38lqDW6MRS0h3o0CnZVMu4VtrUNAWD6vzVG5RMXbivFiUHnuiPqJO0GtxYLbWeYVpwUgLGvOMmtHAcE/s1600/2010+Dec+5+DSC_0137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNK7neTUw0mPsc4q5DeumBHvtLdbZWc8t72dWHpnD-nPstUMONGyLPsdbSQ3r38lqDW6MRS0h3o0CnZVMu4VtrUNAWD6vzVG5RMXbivFiUHnuiPqJO0GtxYLbWeYVpwUgLGvOMmtHAcE/s1600/2010+Dec+5+DSC_0137.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Poissonnier</div><div style="text-align: center;">Marché d'Aligre</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On Sunday mornings he is usually just inside the covered market </div><div style="text-align: center;">as you enter the door from rue Theophile Roussel.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">He is knowledgeable about the products, intense, and personable.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">You can see why I come back frequently.</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 d'Aligre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>On the first day of each month City Daily Photo Bloggers from around the world</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>produce a photo based on a theme.  This month is "WORKER"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/december-2014-gallery-people-in-their.html" target="_blank"><i>Click here to see all the others</i></a></div>

Le Poissonnier - Theme Day: "Worker"

Le Poissonnier Marché d'Aligre On Sunday mornings he is usually just inside the covered market  as you enter the door from rue Theophile...

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Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ulFOyMnIK-P2ol89lDTMgZ7yv-RYs9Es21aMFfQCPeYKkwvn1nKWoArBqpAX3xJLj8fxuoOaoHa2EB-Orjn4UxdnTN61badMGk3fDsb6GOQ-lVYoAFdBe4kIcVLkayMYjNjGcfx1r0I/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+513+DSC_3187.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ulFOyMnIK-P2ol89lDTMgZ7yv-RYs9Es21aMFfQCPeYKkwvn1nKWoArBqpAX3xJLj8fxuoOaoHa2EB-Orjn4UxdnTN61badMGk3fDsb6GOQ-lVYoAFdBe4kIcVLkayMYjNjGcfx1r0I/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+513+DSC_3187.jpg" width="475" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you have not been to Paris recently </div><div style="text-align: center;">you might not recognize the magnificent Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">After more than a year of work,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the exterior has been brought back to a nearly new appearance.  </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 had only seen the doors in a very sombre, dark and indistinguishable color.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">As you can see, the details of the newly-painted doors are displayed in bright red, </div><div style="text-align: center;">ah yes, Paris rouge.</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-Paul-Saint-Louis</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">99, rue Saint-Antoine</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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(joyeux anniversaire, Renée)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis

Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis If you have not been to Paris recently  you might not recognize the magnificent Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis.   Afte...

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Quai de Bourbon - l'automne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2b6QgJZp_MzHPsPRNvxoNHGQ6AdowFGKZPLwmLZoMJ1Ee8eY0ELUNrUdEcU-MlgYxV90e083RyjaLdXgzIqw02np3E1UhsXrvP4ndQQvdeSg1EAyeHLg31tHzHanJbX4A5M3TfSbDan4/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+588+DSC_3262.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2b6QgJZp_MzHPsPRNvxoNHGQ6AdowFGKZPLwmLZoMJ1Ee8eY0ELUNrUdEcU-MlgYxV90e083RyjaLdXgzIqw02np3E1UhsXrvP4ndQQvdeSg1EAyeHLg31tHzHanJbX4A5M3TfSbDan4/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+588+DSC_3262.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Quai de Bourbon</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking towards Pont Louis-Philippe from Pont Marie, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the quai and the riverside walk are almost deserted.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Golden leaves will soon be swept from frail branches into the Seine.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Within a month, this will be a monochrome palette, </div><div style="text-align: center;">save the red doors and a few window boxes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Paris will take on her winter beauty</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;">Quai de Bourbon</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><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Quai de Bourbon - l'automne

Quai de Bourbon Looking towards Pont Louis-Philippe from Pont Marie,  the quai and the riverside walk are almost deserted.   Golden leaves w...

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E. Dehillerin - le coq

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnosx_ewzBYnN1Mo6mcdoNwHQRqzZnL-_HhrM9snUAxfvuOHrjnKA-M26bUjcHxIsfqYhIBeqiZNUhOV-EY_rZmhSjg4zOP0u-v5IrZwJMg5yfSwb3u0koe_C4RHYdTipMZUARG1B55k/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+256+DSC_1481.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnosx_ewzBYnN1Mo6mcdoNwHQRqzZnL-_HhrM9snUAxfvuOHrjnKA-M26bUjcHxIsfqYhIBeqiZNUhOV-EY_rZmhSjg4zOP0u-v5IrZwJMg5yfSwb3u0koe_C4RHYdTipMZUARG1B55k/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+256+DSC_1481.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">E. Dehillerin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The copper and brass rooster (<i>le coq</i>) </div><div style="text-align: center;">dominates the front window of E. Dehillerin. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Perhaps he is reflecting on the last of the autumn leaves of Paris.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you enjoy cooking and cooking implements </div><div style="text-align: center;">stop in here and also at Mora and G. Detou nearby.</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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">18-20, rue Coquillière</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

E. Dehillerin - le coq

E. Dehillerin The copper and brass rooster ( le coq )  dominates the front window of E. Dehillerin.  Perhaps he is reflecting on the last of...

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Le Métro - après minuit

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmprYkgRPw1SfZQQ-ueUM-zUzURnoCZk2GlUX5BZSn3Ai0KKPb02QnSJJAxhONQzYatVY64Ig8KR8P3FWsiM5f5AqIG6D64EobVMktdCYe6say7LeQw-SkXygmjOj11sys5mFI85bDtc/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+905+DSC_3587.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmprYkgRPw1SfZQQ-ueUM-zUzURnoCZk2GlUX5BZSn3Ai0KKPb02QnSJJAxhONQzYatVY64Ig8KR8P3FWsiM5f5AqIG6D64EobVMktdCYe6say7LeQw-SkXygmjOj11sys5mFI85bDtc/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+905+DSC_3587.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Métro</div><div style="text-align: center;">(after midnight)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Truly, the deep interior of the Métro looks the same day or night, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but in the very late hours before closing the sounds are amplified.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The clicking of heels, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the laughter of party-people, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and often an eerie silence</div><div style="text-align: center;">in the curved halls </div><div style="text-align: center;">that snake from platform to platform.</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Paris Métro after midnight</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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Le Métro - après minuit

The Métro (after midnight) Truly, the deep interior of the Métro looks the same day or night,  but in the very late hours before closing the...

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Dear 4-eyes, gee!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2GE_dK4toVgSiab16mlxiHvoKFICaFkTERAx1H56Abd7Z98fDwN1LQifgVJ7EuSIHJHWYeR44xunu37OMk9aNzkoHiHGRG4dWaKkVb45DT-1r_IsuLhxXFV-SGiGsUIeDhJ3xvaq8u4/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+243+DSC_1928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2GE_dK4toVgSiab16mlxiHvoKFICaFkTERAx1H56Abd7Z98fDwN1LQifgVJ7EuSIHJHWYeR44xunu37OMk9aNzkoHiHGRG4dWaKkVb45DT-1r_IsuLhxXFV-SGiGsUIeDhJ3xvaq8u4/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+243+DSC_1928.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Passage du Grand Cerf</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Dear 4-Eyes, Gee" </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Opened in 1825 in the 2nd arrondissement,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> it is now restored and charming with many artists and several ateliers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Please forgive the silliness, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it just called out to me.</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;">Passage du Grand Cerf</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Dear 4-eyes, gee!

Passage du Grand Cerf "Dear 4-Eyes, Gee" Opened in 1825 in the 2nd arrondissement,  it is now restored and charming with many arti...

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Les Ombres d'Automne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiMrtnsYLlxDSypEc6voZAUpJo3iIweI1izeURWcRT6IXCvZGE_HyEcQDALYW3h78qBRncs1RMFRb74A9XmQFIPV1Jnhrk2AhYaKb_bZ2nONUo2h80VjdnyId9ycD2RiWOTx19RN30aQ/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+073+DSC_1298.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiMrtnsYLlxDSypEc6voZAUpJo3iIweI1izeURWcRT6IXCvZGE_HyEcQDALYW3h78qBRncs1RMFRb74A9XmQFIPV1Jnhrk2AhYaKb_bZ2nONUo2h80VjdnyId9ycD2RiWOTx19RN30aQ/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+073+DSC_1298.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jardin du Palais Royal</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The alleys of trees are a delight no matter the season.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The green park chairs of Paris are covered in autumn leaves </div><div style="text-align: center;">which may lead to snow as winter closes in. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, not too soon, svp</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 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>

Les Ombres d'Automne

Jardin du Palais Royal The alleys of trees are a delight no matter the season.   The green park chairs of Paris are covered in autumn leaves...

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Rue Gabrielle - 'shabby chic'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3NPePSbQTurJnXiI-MfDpK5_umTuq0uwOZsUDJa4ME-NYA9RQwbGibcJu1zqD2N-wUWKrdLUKvZsVMePyqtG_k0Sh7BEPJn_Et3V1z1-x-H9mi8WOjwWCk0KvXBxg3pnBnkfLdG6HHI/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+082+DSC_7594.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3NPePSbQTurJnXiI-MfDpK5_umTuq0uwOZsUDJa4ME-NYA9RQwbGibcJu1zqD2N-wUWKrdLUKvZsVMePyqtG_k0Sh7BEPJn_Et3V1z1-x-H9mi8WOjwWCk0KvXBxg3pnBnkfLdG6HHI/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+082+DSC_7594.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rue Gabrielle</div><div style="text-align: center;">Montmartre</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The dark reflection in the old glass panes </div><div style="text-align: center;">adds to the mystery of this <i>premier étage</i>.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The trace of last year's vines </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the slant of the frame itself are in stark contrast </div><div style="text-align: center;">with the fresh red geraniums.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I will take this "shabby chic" any day</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;">33, rue Gabrielle</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75018, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Rue Gabrielle - 'shabby chic'

Rue Gabrielle Montmartre The dark reflection in the old glass panes  adds to the mystery of this premier étage .   The trace of last year...

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Église Saint-Nicholas du Chardonnet

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-2ZTpAXsJ0cxJYNIMwbhzYaIRnTnDMtuKywZQuJDPk1ZSTsjGexrGglXi3TBcngZMZPs1faHiNVrdwM9JmLDoVlcsCvXyDPZHg2kIZ_DYoDzwZT_doiWqLI3wds-st4WuXUWxykFS_E/s1600/2014+Sept+15+Mon++++_20140915+034+DSC_7078.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-2ZTpAXsJ0cxJYNIMwbhzYaIRnTnDMtuKywZQuJDPk1ZSTsjGexrGglXi3TBcngZMZPs1faHiNVrdwM9JmLDoVlcsCvXyDPZHg2kIZ_DYoDzwZT_doiWqLI3wds-st4WuXUWxykFS_E/s1600/2014+Sept+15+Mon++++_20140915+034+DSC_7078.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Saint-Nicholas du Chardonnet</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On a quiet Monday morning </div><div style="text-align: center;">the church was vacant with rows and row of chairs, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and an abundance of shadows</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-Nicholas du Chardonnet</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">23, rue des Barnardins</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>

Église Saint-Nicholas du Chardonnet

Église Saint-Nicholas du Chardonnet On a quiet Monday morning  the church was vacant with rows and row of chairs,  and an abundance of shado...

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Institut de France

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzW2bwYkVPevCLAPQsm5gBhuk6v-z46XK4YofIr0uh0QSCGcLR9xuGdQJ9Hw3jPtWTCvx2QOY5q8ajSUJ3Z4M3QtOO33sz1OEOoibfRZNNmTLECYWxH1KfsF35CpZwZEZ6UH4SSxAsjoo/s1600/2014+Sept+18Nite+++++_20140918+064+DSC_9105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzW2bwYkVPevCLAPQsm5gBhuk6v-z46XK4YofIr0uh0QSCGcLR9xuGdQJ9Hw3jPtWTCvx2QOY5q8ajSUJ3Z4M3QtOO33sz1OEOoibfRZNNmTLECYWxH1KfsF35CpZwZEZ6UH4SSxAsjoo/s1600/2014+Sept+18Nite+++++_20140918+064+DSC_9105.jpg" width="485" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Institut de France</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Institut de France is a French education society </div><div style="text-align: center;">grouping five <i>académies</i>, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the most famous of which is the <i>Académie française</i>.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is impressive by day but an exhilarating sight at night </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;">Institut de France</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">23, quai de Conti at rue de la Seine and quai Malaquais</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>

Institut de France

Institut de France The Institut de France is a French education society  grouping five académies ,  the most famous of which is the Académie...

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C'est sureal!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedeglLg4dEgwAgb8JSImBBB5e-BYQSIKLXmDF8tB2y0Ku7hp1OFCGvyijoApfNqR_vRBGPKwETDjnsGWOSgGZnFHhMY-CKwXV0UegGFDh2Vy3dYV8_eVkm5Qv9f2IZyn8MbQhJf2qoYo/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+301+DSC_1986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedeglLg4dEgwAgb8JSImBBB5e-BYQSIKLXmDF8tB2y0Ku7hp1OFCGvyijoApfNqR_vRBGPKwETDjnsGWOSgGZnFHhMY-CKwXV0UegGFDh2Vy3dYV8_eVkm5Qv9f2IZyn8MbQhJf2qoYo/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+301+DSC_1986.jpg" width="422" /></a></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;">A chicken, table and chairs, a family, and a photographer...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is more a collage than a photo, and</div><div style="text-align: center;">the little one with the hat has discovered the photographer.</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: 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;">Rue Montorgueil</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris</span></i><br /><br /></div>

C'est sureal!

A chicken, table and chairs, a family, and a photographer... This is more a collage than a photo, and the little one with the hat has discov...

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Café La Palette

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlYU2NXJQ68rxHqLVktgD-S-r2Y51tosjfVKS2iNHE2NaDo9LP1GlVCTbbH5zZi3mZ9T5Vo1jmq2zpTsz7qe5X-n7EaBlFE3VT2dTW83o_SVgeu9mXNgCWXEvru00Z4p3H4BrwOzE750/s1600/2014+Sept+18Nite+++++_20140918+069+DSC_9110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlYU2NXJQ68rxHqLVktgD-S-r2Y51tosjfVKS2iNHE2NaDo9LP1GlVCTbbH5zZi3mZ9T5Vo1jmq2zpTsz7qe5X-n7EaBlFE3VT2dTW83o_SVgeu9mXNgCWXEvru00Z4p3H4BrwOzE750/s1600/2014+Sept+18Nite+++++_20140918+069+DSC_9110.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">La Palette</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Night or day, </div><div style="text-align: center;">La Palette attracts a crowd.</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;">Café La Palette</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">43, rue de Seine</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Café La Palette

La Palette Night or day,  La Palette attracts a crowd. Café La Palette 43, rue de Seine 75006, Paris  

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Ombre d'arbre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_GSfbhshfJSp19JeWlAwyAugf573NUaWAu5C0lq5VjbZjS6lAwz4yimRY3nmAGm3v6f22LslxibOkpUaEkWPZjOvYj9xXjGxxoGONKbGDSWb_9d7u5P4v3oAJhfR4e9OIjiHyocH_nQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+016+DSC_8969.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_GSfbhshfJSp19JeWlAwyAugf573NUaWAu5C0lq5VjbZjS6lAwz4yimRY3nmAGm3v6f22LslxibOkpUaEkWPZjOvYj9xXjGxxoGONKbGDSWb_9d7u5P4v3oAJhfR4e9OIjiHyocH_nQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+016+DSC_8969.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mona Bismark American Center</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The autumn sun softly outlines the leafless tree.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The lady graciously demurs</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;">Mona Bismark American Center</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">34, avenue de New York</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>

Ombre d'arbre

Mona Bismark American Center The autumn sun softly outlines the leafless tree.   The lady graciously demurs Mona Bismark American Center 34,...

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Stohrer - Pâtissier-Traiteur

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1qjatMkIIH46a_GBh5sYQ2fgskKLDOQemIjzJsPnDwcb3prT-Zi0es-JfShtx_XD2xFwYYYTZjfEk1RMrwMIpowoaMcvrt0auCWy1frudGaJJ0xC07qqWmuPIbDNCV6VKqyuCtfkbPM/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+316+DSC_2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1qjatMkIIH46a_GBh5sYQ2fgskKLDOQemIjzJsPnDwcb3prT-Zi0es-JfShtx_XD2xFwYYYTZjfEk1RMrwMIpowoaMcvrt0auCWy1frudGaJJ0xC07qqWmuPIbDNCV6VKqyuCtfkbPM/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+316+DSC_2001.jpg" width="485" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Stohrer - Pâtissier-Trateur</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When Louis XV married the Polish royal Marie Leszczynska in 1725, </div><div style="text-align: center;">her pastry chef followed to Versailles.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Five years later this chef, Nicolas Stohrer, </div><div style="text-align: center;">opened his bakery at 51, rue Montorgueil where it stands today.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Open seven days a week (!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> it still satisfies the tastes of Parisians and the visitors.</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;">Stohrer - Pâtissier - Trateur</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">51, rue Montorgueil</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Stohrer - Pâtissier-Traiteur

Stohrer - Pâtissier-Trateur When Louis XV married the Polish royal Marie Leszczynska in 1725,  her pastry chef followed to Versailles.   Fiv...

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Place Michel Debré

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5BTO6ntBFT3txvmNVuUvITcBF02CFqMFEvgtha48OPQZHhBCoVYKjjagvn0ZbaIH3R-gTHOsXTZu3G-qlnc5TsjUCSF84axe-yXwspNJde8KcHFV02LBEZlc_E3JaxL6IrrkZnmINzU/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+013+DSC_8679.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5BTO6ntBFT3txvmNVuUvITcBF02CFqMFEvgtha48OPQZHhBCoVYKjjagvn0ZbaIH3R-gTHOsXTZu3G-qlnc5TsjUCSF84axe-yXwspNJde8KcHFV02LBEZlc_E3JaxL6IrrkZnmINzU/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+013+DSC_8679.jpg" width="422" /></a></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;">Dressed for the autumn weather with its scattered showers, </div><div style="text-align: center;">this woman braved the streets with a confident gait.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">She was in chestnut brown from head to toe, </div><div style="text-align: center;">save the locks of red under her hat.</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;">Must be a French Girl</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><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;">Place Michel Debré</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>

Place Michel Debré

Dressed for the autumn weather with its scattered showers,  this woman braved the streets with a confident gait.   She was in chestnut brown...

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Église Saint Pierre de Montmartre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6fWAZs8C3_ioVKLW1Y1xCViwuSQoqtO3GDmzHqo6FEa1HMM1-HyrwGLIhLmjtyT0d4rWKOPNjYAIH4OeN7zxC3H41sWQhNxnhtKf6fbfNh2APM0A9XYtuWIHRZ0gLlB7cX6bPxA3yqE/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+210+DSC_7722.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6fWAZs8C3_ioVKLW1Y1xCViwuSQoqtO3GDmzHqo6FEa1HMM1-HyrwGLIhLmjtyT0d4rWKOPNjYAIH4OeN7zxC3H41sWQhNxnhtKf6fbfNh2APM0A9XYtuWIHRZ0gLlB7cX6bPxA3yqE/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+210+DSC_7722.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Saint Pierre de Montmartre</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Built on the site of a Roman temple and a 7th century Merovingian church, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Saint Pierre de Montmartre was consecrated in 1147</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and is one of the oldest churches in Paris.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although it sits in the shadow of the grand Sacre Coeur,</div><div style="text-align: center;">it has some fascinating features and architecture. </div><div style="text-align: center;">As the sun falls on the stained glass windows, </div><div style="text-align: center;">a kaleidoscope of  color splashes on the old stone floors.</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 Pierre de Montmartre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">2, rue du Mont Cenis</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75018, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Saint Pierre de Montmartre

Église Saint Pierre de Montmartre Built on the site of a Roman temple and a 7th century Merovingian church,  Saint Pierre de Montmartre was ...

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Un lion en automne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSkAqNDB-imp91murKvVsg12VkNgmmhmAyV-vzL-MBADC-7VX0_iKUmTcWRCQNhlBJDvtmSPGwqxn7cBZ4cyCBR-8NhiYj6q9-t59g9hHnIcuyz76pTIWOluKrV674QJy3aqz5z0f8qkQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+063+DSC_9016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSkAqNDB-imp91murKvVsg12VkNgmmhmAyV-vzL-MBADC-7VX0_iKUmTcWRCQNhlBJDvtmSPGwqxn7cBZ4cyCBR-8NhiYj6q9-t59g9hHnIcuyz76pTIWOluKrV674QJy3aqz5z0f8qkQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+063+DSC_9016.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A Lion in <strike>Winter</strike> Autumn</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking up at the sculpted balcony with its ironwork balustrade </div><div style="text-align: center;">one sees the trellis of red and graceful curtains.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do not miss the guardian of it all, </div><div style="text-align: center;">le lion.</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;">Avenue d'Ilena</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75016, Paris</span></i></div>

Un lion en automne

A Lion in Winter Autumn Looking up at the sculpted balcony with its ironwork balustrade  one sees the trellis of red and graceful curtains....

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La Trottinette

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGy6lvaJLAvI9sNuZVDPpH51IOJZk57H1EZ2IBeRKHlqFKRzt7rwi1rmORIMti47RpIcBZX4__obOZZDqcvvho0RjAPPnagR669kdVsS77PgC5nyTPQSCmDynni-IUnafST4NIZvzuuV4/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_122DSC_3991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGy6lvaJLAvI9sNuZVDPpH51IOJZk57H1EZ2IBeRKHlqFKRzt7rwi1rmORIMti47RpIcBZX4__obOZZDqcvvho0RjAPPnagR669kdVsS77PgC5nyTPQSCmDynni-IUnafST4NIZvzuuV4/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_122DSC_3991.jpg" width="422" /></a></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;">Crossing the street with caution </div><div style="text-align: center;">as his maman coached from a few steps away.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am amazed at how early the little Paris children learn to ride </div><div style="text-align: center;">and how they can make the scooters fly!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">zoom-zoom!</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;">Paris street</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div>

La Trottinette

Crossing the street with caution  as his maman coached from a few steps away. I am amazed at how early the little Paris children learn to ri...

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la petite avec son papa

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUiwOqOp8cFUdgF5S6qz34-3XhqLRiu9zcoHMIhISmIP5vOx-LROXVUwetTu-NDiB9A1EHdQNIOa_3Uh9GFWDNTOUgi2sXpaSX_Powp9Nbnhnt7yx5-NS3HXFBRNTFMAZViHvIn2nb-dY/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_105DSC_3974.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUiwOqOp8cFUdgF5S6qz34-3XhqLRiu9zcoHMIhISmIP5vOx-LROXVUwetTu-NDiB9A1EHdQNIOa_3Uh9GFWDNTOUgi2sXpaSX_Powp9Nbnhnt7yx5-NS3HXFBRNTFMAZViHvIn2nb-dY/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_105DSC_3974.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">little girl with her father</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">French girl?  </div><div style="text-align: center;">I am not sure as there are not many </div><div style="text-align: center;">little girls in Paris with such beautiful blond locks.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Perhaps it is <i>Boucles d'Or</i>*</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: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(*Goldilocks)</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-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;">Paris Metro</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;"><br /></div>

la petite avec son papa

little girl with her father French girl?   I am not sure as there are not many  little girls in Paris with such beautiful blond locks. Perha...

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Chaises de Café

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinX0LiowbSZGrG11Nn_QkMLdsTBWnelAe9kY-7Zeg8ztit623SAg1Ck4UsF-Jpu3tjA7HRL7SoS5JaG7rKCMhNmo3iExd1IWf1fLOELdb9ACuFGfNWMtdGiU6zl3UIa01JRdp2hChLajs/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_112DSC_3981.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinX0LiowbSZGrG11Nn_QkMLdsTBWnelAe9kY-7Zeg8ztit623SAg1Ck4UsF-Jpu3tjA7HRL7SoS5JaG7rKCMhNmo3iExd1IWf1fLOELdb9ACuFGfNWMtdGiU6zl3UIa01JRdp2hChLajs/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_112DSC_3981.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">An inviting café scene</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Unstack those chairs and let's have a cup...</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;">A nice café<br />75012, Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Chaises de Café

An inviting café scene Unstack those chairs and let's have a cup... A nice café 75012, Paris

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Veteran's Day - Beyond

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwYsJETMKmDF2kwt7HR3KH9pOteYxeMgBaYYiC81CdvJeGTaHxF9tl-6MVQylNNDe1-TApSts_85GedP9YQKyrQ35_J26k0zhDWqiKG1XDBJGSMalt2GGMgDLa9EyHMYv8FZrzcFzLDU/s1600/2013+May+18+THE+DAY_301DSC_3670.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwYsJETMKmDF2kwt7HR3KH9pOteYxeMgBaYYiC81CdvJeGTaHxF9tl-6MVQylNNDe1-TApSts_85GedP9YQKyrQ35_J26k0zhDWqiKG1XDBJGSMalt2GGMgDLa9EyHMYv8FZrzcFzLDU/s1600/2013+May+18+THE+DAY_301DSC_3670.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Veteran's Day</div><div style="text-align: center;">Changing of the Guard</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tomb of the Unknown Soldier</div><div style="text-align: center;">Arlington Cemetery</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As you know I rarely go "Beyond" but today is Veteran's Day, and it seemed appropriate to share a story.  About a year ago I was fortunate to be selected as a Guardian for an <a href="http://www.honorflightthemovie.com/about/">Honor Flight</a>.  We accompanied over 100 World War II Veterans to see the war memorials in Washington, D.C.  The men and women who were in their teens when they went to the Pacific or to Europe to fight in the war are now in their late eighties and nineties.  What an experience to talk to these former soldiers and to hear their stories.  My dad died just five weeks before we were to have gone together on this momentous journey.    </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can see in the reflection of the Guard's glasses the bright yellow shirts of our Veterans.</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;">(for Daddy)</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;">Arlington Cemetery</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Washington, D.C.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Veteran's Day - Beyond

Veteran's Day Changing of the Guard Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Arlington Cemetery As you know I rarely go "Beyond" but today ...

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Jardin du Luxembourg - la fille qui lit

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8neO3XyAXPmTu1PQcyl5aoslUPtm_XJpe_yxPAvpHsnFSz3Nl6BREtT18nKwGcCdy5zREm9gJ09Lqza4bFLW_V5ImebZMDOE2ILcU3dgtGeksSWSIF1vTVccBsAylN-UL2Wh6iMz8Go/s1600/2014+Sept+14+Sun+++++_20140914+051+DSC_6809.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8neO3XyAXPmTu1PQcyl5aoslUPtm_XJpe_yxPAvpHsnFSz3Nl6BREtT18nKwGcCdy5zREm9gJ09Lqza4bFLW_V5ImebZMDOE2ILcU3dgtGeksSWSIF1vTVccBsAylN-UL2Wh6iMz8Go/s1600/2014+Sept+14+Sun+++++_20140914+051+DSC_6809.jpg" width="475" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jardin du Luxembourg</div><div style="text-align: center;">-the girl who reads-</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the midst of Sunday afternoon park activity, </div><div style="text-align: center;">this young woman sat peacefully with her book (e-reader), </div><div style="text-align: center;">oblivious to intrusions on her private world.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">May you have a peaceful </div><div style="text-align: center;">and focused week</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: left;"><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: center;"><br /></div>

Jardin du Luxembourg - la fille qui lit

Jardin du Luxembourg -the girl who reads- In the midst of Sunday afternoon park activity,  this young woman sat peacefully with her book (e-...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris - Saint Denis

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4bC_7EVfhA9UlmYzOiOP3sLxDWMR9BfF1jgiJ_zgZJGIXSU9gkJihSuxwKDo0V7eRc-9gog5xcjk73qxfKnmKsLRpBnG6D6kwKIU7HmB9xNIUjny9eyPeFqPQgkxDsIx5Iyt3wc1Abs/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_174DSC_4529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4bC_7EVfhA9UlmYzOiOP3sLxDWMR9BfF1jgiJ_zgZJGIXSU9gkJihSuxwKDo0V7eRc-9gog5xcjk73qxfKnmKsLRpBnG6D6kwKIU7HmB9xNIUjny9eyPeFqPQgkxDsIx5Iyt3wc1Abs/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_174DSC_4529.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Notre Dame</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A small section of the statues of Notre Dame features</div><div style="text-align: center;">poor Saint Denis, a martred Bishop of the 3rd century,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> who carried his head through Paris after being decapitated.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a section over the left portal of Notre Dame.</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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</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;"><br /></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris - Saint Denis

Notre Dame A small section of the statues of Notre Dame features poor Saint Denis, a martred Bishop of the 3rd century,  who carried his hea...

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Café Madame

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EU0ldaXpspYPZ01uZWD5GoJRhGHcwA39WKNQ_DrPr7DBlEPXKqmGAcactCZmtDaRbs4GM-nOMKZP2j1Vd8KSXel80xcBMWeswSBdpOA5vM9WsqAxGKrdvtuCSzEUn1GNeJD7Uvnld3Y/s1600/2014+Sept+14+Sun+++++_20140914+028+DSC_6786.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EU0ldaXpspYPZ01uZWD5GoJRhGHcwA39WKNQ_DrPr7DBlEPXKqmGAcactCZmtDaRbs4GM-nOMKZP2j1Vd8KSXel80xcBMWeswSBdpOA5vM9WsqAxGKrdvtuCSzEUn1GNeJD7Uvnld3Y/s1600/2014+Sept+14+Sun+++++_20140914+028+DSC_6786.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Café Madame</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just a leisurely café or petit-déjeuner </div><div style="text-align: center;">among friends on a Sunday morning...</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-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Café Madame</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">25, rue de Vaugirard</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Café Madame

Café Madame Just a leisurely café or petit-déjeuner  among friends on a Sunday morning... Café Madame 25, rue de Vaugirard 75006, Paris

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Village Saint Paul

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1L0BBZcMW9iodRT82tKNuwXhFIhtw-lP_5FU-puACBv8u_k5_u8o4wfyvRmlxhcwToQIdn6O7iIdcUQ39PuGZ4_plgM-Burtf17SrycI0OLXVDi2JibQazN5oscd2M67jNBWEkVCKXF0/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+137+DSC_2811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1L0BBZcMW9iodRT82tKNuwXhFIhtw-lP_5FU-puACBv8u_k5_u8o4wfyvRmlxhcwToQIdn6O7iIdcUQ39PuGZ4_plgM-Burtf17SrycI0OLXVDi2JibQazN5oscd2M67jNBWEkVCKXF0/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+137+DSC_2811.jpg" width="475" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Village Saint Paul</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Café chairs, an artist's display easel, </div><div style="text-align: center;">bicycles, and a lamp.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am at a loss to place the man </div><div style="text-align: center;">and just where he was standing in this photo of reflections.</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: 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;">Village Saint Paul</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;"><br /></div>

Village Saint Paul

Village Saint Paul Café chairs, an artist's display easel,  bicycles, and a lamp. I am at a loss to place the man  and just where he was...

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la Pleine Lune

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnV84Cz68JF4XmSNbmQlROE-MizU7rsjqdYrK1F0mhcXOANCzOaUQW0ysix-lHsRGxSJwJ16DovD1QNtUHY7R7FgzrRDKZnwAh8Ba8At5bkklcQhyphenhyphenHvwVu4bmT0AiWhicg5cPqXYGbybU/s1600/2011+Nov+10+DSC_0506.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnV84Cz68JF4XmSNbmQlROE-MizU7rsjqdYrK1F0mhcXOANCzOaUQW0ysix-lHsRGxSJwJ16DovD1QNtUHY7R7FgzrRDKZnwAh8Ba8At5bkklcQhyphenhyphenHvwVu4bmT0AiWhicg5cPqXYGbybU/s1600/2011+Nov+10+DSC_0506.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: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Full Moon over Paris</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have seen the rising full moon a few times in Paris,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">and it always makes me realize how small the world is.</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: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope that you will have clear skies and can enjoy the full moon tonight. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I will be watching it seven hours later than the Paris full moon from my city.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you miss the rising, you can always watch it <u>set</u> in the early pre-dawn hours.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Just as magnificent setting in the western sky.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Hôtel de Ville et Église Saint Gervais</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75004, Paris</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i> </i></span></div>

la Pleine Lune

The Full Moon over Paris I have seen the rising full moon a few times in Paris, and it always makes me realize how small the world is. I hop...

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Sainte Geneviève des Bois - le cimetière russe

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyBngLUwJe76ZNuRm1R4Sw0CPC7zWpMTJizjmIOOFx56RziBF3dBDC5d_w4vUzUDQHeXTgs6OFWDYWTk_2DqfqzSKaov__h5XyDf3ekTAE4iqIPpdI0W1LcVZSc3EJ0UImaGUeqZDAQs/s1600/2011+Nov+10+DSC_0404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyBngLUwJe76ZNuRm1R4Sw0CPC7zWpMTJizjmIOOFx56RziBF3dBDC5d_w4vUzUDQHeXTgs6OFWDYWTk_2DqfqzSKaov__h5XyDf3ekTAE4iqIPpdI0W1LcVZSc3EJ0UImaGUeqZDAQs/s1600/2011+Nov+10+DSC_0404.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sainte Geneviève des Bois</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">a Russian Cemetery</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Russian Orthodox Cemetery is not highly regarded </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">by the locals of this small town </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">and many do not even know of its existence.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">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> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">and found the carpet of <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2012/11/sainte-genevieve-des-bois-le-cimetiere.html">fallen ginko leaves as a bonus</a>.  </span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wherever I have traveled in the world, I visit and photograph the cemeteries.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Although this cemetery is not well-maintained, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">there was a quiet beauty of the season, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">silent and colorful with autumn leaves.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Russian Orthodox Cemetery</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Sainte Geneviève des Bois </i></span></div>

Sainte Geneviève des Bois - le cimetière russe

Sainte Geneviève des Bois a Russian Cemetery The Russian Orthodox Cemetery is not highly regarded  by the locals of this small town  and m...

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Des Chaises Vertes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNj5ZfZVtVsSBYAKxVHNgmzl-43LzVYnMIQjcKMnqbTO74HcvgnkYNomcJrRGkt7qCHc09mbvP8wnC3xBHpBLIjiHLf9xWhT7kBjWTxUlFdij5LbLrrpDcCYAPa5r9oLxI1chgm39PHY/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+184+DSC_0883.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNj5ZfZVtVsSBYAKxVHNgmzl-43LzVYnMIQjcKMnqbTO74HcvgnkYNomcJrRGkt7qCHc09mbvP8wnC3xBHpBLIjiHLf9xWhT7kBjWTxUlFdij5LbLrrpDcCYAPa5r9oLxI1chgm39PHY/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+184+DSC_0883.jpg" width="385" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Green Café Chairs</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One can take thousands of photos </div><div style="text-align: center;">of café chairs in Paris without duplicating.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This red and green combination </div><div style="text-align: center;">made me want to stop to enjoy the setting.</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;"><br /></span></i></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;">Rue de Turenne</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Des Chaises Vertes

Green Café Chairs One can take thousands of photos  of café chairs in Paris without duplicating. This red and green combination  made me wan...

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Le Centaure

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkrWmZKMxmcIy1srN46ZUqq0LYuod-Xob4_p4zBSQ4uqbv9eQnLSQI978tu_IlDTO9nbCSxkSKb6RCCePTPTmCZZ4AB1Iz69xuKRU5dwBG8sDweXlGlLzltXhUaQNpdE_E88l2iM_Nss/s1600/2013+Nov13+Paris+_20131113+054+DSC_8593.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkrWmZKMxmcIy1srN46ZUqq0LYuod-Xob4_p4zBSQ4uqbv9eQnLSQI978tu_IlDTO9nbCSxkSKb6RCCePTPTmCZZ4AB1Iz69xuKRU5dwBG8sDweXlGlLzltXhUaQNpdE_E88l2iM_Nss/s1600/2013+Nov13+Paris+_20131113+054+DSC_8593.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Centaure</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This large bronze sculpture represents the mythical centaur </div><div style="text-align: center;">with the body of a horse and the bust of a man. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was created in 1985 by the French artist César Baldaccini </div><div style="text-align: center;">(called simply César) and sits in the small place Michel Debré </div><div style="text-align: center;">at the intersection of Rue du Cherche-Midi and Rue de Sèvres.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Interestingly, the artist placed his face </div><div style="text-align: center;">as the head of this strange sculpture</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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Centaure</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Michel Debré</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue du Cherche-Midi et 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>

Le Centaure

Le Centaure This large bronze sculpture represents the mythical centaur  with the body of a horse and the bust of a man. It was created in 1...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLdx83ADpsRyIOa1BUPnHCoR4zykVVtijzUl-gJnk9th15EMoBddHSkBEfbDWflin_f5714W_IhighmNBxjxYQljw9r5WFel7UB9JLPw1g8ujEgekFS_BQNgLu6TkzhiCq0IYEiu-kWQ/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_118DSC_4473.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLdx83ADpsRyIOa1BUPnHCoR4zykVVtijzUl-gJnk9th15EMoBddHSkBEfbDWflin_f5714W_IhighmNBxjxYQljw9r5WFel7UB9JLPw1g8ujEgekFS_BQNgLu6TkzhiCq0IYEiu-kWQ/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_118DSC_4473.jpg" width="477" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Notre Dame</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A series of concentric iron circles...</div><div style="text-align: center;">a scattering of candles.</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;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</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;"><br /></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

Notre Dame A series of concentric iron circles... a scattering of candles. bon dimanche Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris 6 Parvis Notre Dame P...

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