Le Théâtre du Merveilleux - CDP THEME DAY (Curiosities)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VTwpzUwVnDpXeVSc2JeIK3YIYMdhyphenhyphen_M0gmBgOidm6Hkc6dLcnjxuIVI1ZF2bAMFYWe8IiWo0YKhONLQt8VXrceAN5LWayLD1uSvwuUVKDyahPWGQ7I48VZBMZaR6JB9tyoQCKgGZDEE/s1600/2012+Mar+27+Paris_027DSC_4141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VTwpzUwVnDpXeVSc2JeIK3YIYMdhyphenhyphen_M0gmBgOidm6Hkc6dLcnjxuIVI1ZF2bAMFYWe8IiWo0YKhONLQt8VXrceAN5LWayLD1uSvwuUVKDyahPWGQ7I48VZBMZaR6JB9tyoQCKgGZDEE/s640/2012+Mar+27+Paris_027DSC_4141.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Théâtre du Merveilleux</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="notranslate">In the heart of the Bercy neighborhood,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="notranslate">wine warehouses built by Gustave Eiffel's apprentice </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="notranslate">host thousands of objects, among them ancient artifacts, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="notranslate">fairground, theater and music hall items and</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="notranslate"> "curiosities"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="notranslate">Today I join City Daily Photo bloggers from around the world</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="notranslate">for Theme Day.  Click <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">here to see other interpretations of CURIOSITIES</a></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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="notranslate">Le Théâtre du Merveilleux - Musée des Arts Forains</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="notranslate">Pavillons de Bercy</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="notranslate"><i>75012, Paris  </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="notranslate">  </span></div>

Le Théâtre du Merveilleux - CDP THEME DAY (Curiosities)

Le Théâtre du Merveilleux In the heart of the Bercy neighborhood, wine warehouses built by Gustave Eiffel's apprentice  host thousands...

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Cour du Commerce Saint André

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHNXCzMYg1MGcC3NzP2IcKHKLhiuH7yaP7yfZHsWDxegXCWr2MlOwVy9mvRky_tAhToVCpWhaJZqQb9vVg_CzFF6lUJGMRRtv9faJ3BNHeqDGMQXu2fyWdSvwTE2DxK2GWqTaMwzKeJE/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_126DSC_8721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHNXCzMYg1MGcC3NzP2IcKHKLhiuH7yaP7yfZHsWDxegXCWr2MlOwVy9mvRky_tAhToVCpWhaJZqQb9vVg_CzFF6lUJGMRRtv9faJ3BNHeqDGMQXu2fyWdSvwTE2DxK2GWqTaMwzKeJE/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_126DSC_8721.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cour du Commerce Saint André</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This covered passageway was opened in 1776,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> running between rue Saint André des Arts </div><div style="text-align: center;">and boulevard Saint Germain. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> It also follows a section of the perimeter wall</div><div style="text-align: center;"> built by King Philippe-Auguste in the late 13th century.</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: 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;">Cour 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;"><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;"></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Cour du Commerce Saint André

Cour du Commerce Saint André This covered passageway was opened in 1776,  running between rue Saint André des Arts  and boulevard Saint Germ...

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Quatre Églises, la Tour Eiffel, et le Grand Palais

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKOGfV2vdPMXz2wxVGQ2hsRFpMJ5ctvGb1pJs1Qt1gMpy66_LMKBHjNrb0fQylihRNKuRbwg_HWpxuqK8RuzC-B-2oGOwKQZSEIApb9UtpYgillL2w4uO34p550rNUnY-1w8sRWqw2dV8/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_34DSC_8628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKOGfV2vdPMXz2wxVGQ2hsRFpMJ5ctvGb1pJs1Qt1gMpy66_LMKBHjNrb0fQylihRNKuRbwg_HWpxuqK8RuzC-B-2oGOwKQZSEIApb9UtpYgillL2w4uO34p550rNUnY-1w8sRWqw2dV8/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_34DSC_8628.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Four churches plus the Grand Palais and Eiffel Tower</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking at the skyline from left to right from the Printemps rooftop: </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: center;"><u>Notre Dame de l'Assomption </u>built in 1676, </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">The double spires of <u>Basilique Sainte Clothilde</u>, </div><div style="text-align: center;">built in the neo-Gothic style mid nineteenth century</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>Église Saint-Louis des Invalides</u>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">commissioned by King Louis XIV in 1670</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>Église Saint Madeleine,</u></div><div style="text-align: center;">with its 52 Corinthian columns,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The <u>Grand Palais</u>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">built for the Universal Exposition of 1900</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The<u> Eiffel Tower</u> (1889)</div><div style="text-align: center;">which at 324m. (1,063ft), was the tallest</div><div style="text-align: center;">man-made structure in the world, a title it held</div><div style="text-align: center;">for 41 years!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: 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 Skyline from Printemps</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Quatre Églises, la Tour Eiffel, et le Grand Palais

Four churches plus the Grand Palais and Eiffel Tower Looking at the skyline from left to right from the Printemps rooftop: Notre Dame de l...

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Beacoup de jambes et dots

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WDmAwBtnzqACkfRKW6y0aLQUcqglgVHN3ftWdleFLjvOOED13MTcJbt6L0H3p56a6OED-0OL6LgLZMR9VXA1vvyjuPDB2JFoqQggkeMiGmKdGzTpLiZ6PTYeABIGjNli2IM-FrZJWZI/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_89DSC_8683.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WDmAwBtnzqACkfRKW6y0aLQUcqglgVHN3ftWdleFLjvOOED13MTcJbt6L0H3p56a6OED-0OL6LgLZMR9VXA1vvyjuPDB2JFoqQggkeMiGmKdGzTpLiZ6PTYeABIGjNli2IM-FrZJWZI/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_89DSC_8683.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Printemps</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A creative window display </div><div style="text-align: center;">of mirrors, legs, chaussures,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and many "dots"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Printemps window - Yayoi Kusama</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">boulevard Haussmann</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Beacoup de jambes et dots

Printemps A creative window display  of mirrors, legs, chaussures, and many "dots" bon weekend Printemps window - Yayoi Kusama bou...

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Paris style

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65bVg1WXkj8XBERF2bnq8yZhAaQeWoX5k3zL6SywfEOUTj4L_I4LyGLTfI0YZ3-8AZTR7LDLFbRGP6oSvp1tqPFBomRh_hS8Jui5E2XySeZh2hY6MXL_dlRH_Rr2Nd1AfZ0DYJpHDsxs/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_93DSC_8687.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65bVg1WXkj8XBERF2bnq8yZhAaQeWoX5k3zL6SywfEOUTj4L_I4LyGLTfI0YZ3-8AZTR7LDLFbRGP6oSvp1tqPFBomRh_hS8Jui5E2XySeZh2hY6MXL_dlRH_Rr2Nd1AfZ0DYJpHDsxs/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_93DSC_8687.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A simple black and white display</div><div style="text-align: center;">but with the style and panache</div><div style="text-align: center;">only to be found in Paris...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Would you believe that this </div><div style="text-align: center;">covered an entire two-story</div><div style="text-align: center;">wall in...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">H&M!</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>H&M</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>54, boulevard Haussmann</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>75009, Paris</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Paris style

A simple black and white display but with the style and panache only to be found in Paris... Would you believe that this  covered an entire ...

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rue des Carmes - une cour

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpa1jkSnvtLD_sSYFCGDqmI5b5w-nb4e65qLh0zZkp4WLoFlcUFA7ijBJlBvUt3KFydcoyVNdeg78bhDZFtjV56luct-clnspRIHu4O71YYCP9HJUmB1Hmr7Ud6WNYuLtTuAinleEvSKQ/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+125+DSC_0231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpa1jkSnvtLD_sSYFCGDqmI5b5w-nb4e65qLh0zZkp4WLoFlcUFA7ijBJlBvUt3KFydcoyVNdeg78bhDZFtjV56luct-clnspRIHu4O71YYCP9HJUmB1Hmr7Ud6WNYuLtTuAinleEvSKQ/s640/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+125+DSC_0231.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A small courtyard several steps </div><div style="text-align: center;">below the street level</div><div style="text-align: center;">still boasts an assortment of</div><div style="text-align: center;">dried hydrangea blooms.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Originally a church or cloister,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am not sure of its function today.</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>14, rue des Carmes</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75005, Paris</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

rue des Carmes - une cour

A small courtyard several steps  below the street level still boasts an assortment of dried hydrangea blooms. Originally a church or cloiste...

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le Pain au Naturel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYHzNvb-s331U2osu1KBeUSD5jGa2CWv-tLlgYMErwl2KrabBPGW5vIui3OKSjiQrw9n2zJCgZoNj1DxooIzg-WQs3pxZ6hfczXtrLMeeOYeKQvMSHgt06aI8AiXT1i0kl3lKHr6B97k/s1600/2011+Nov+6+Sun+-+DSC_0485.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYHzNvb-s331U2osu1KBeUSD5jGa2CWv-tLlgYMErwl2KrabBPGW5vIui3OKSjiQrw9n2zJCgZoNj1DxooIzg-WQs3pxZ6hfczXtrLMeeOYeKQvMSHgt06aI8AiXT1i0kl3lKHr6B97k/s640/2011+Nov+6+Sun+-+DSC_0485.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On a Sunday morning amid the bustle of shopping at Marché d'Aligre,</div><div style="text-align: center;">this street scene in front of the boulangerie features individual characters</div><div style="text-align: center;">in the daily routine:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The queue of shoppers at the entrance,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the table of breads on the sidewalk,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a young French girl on her trottinette,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a baker delivering fresh baguettes from the oven.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What you miss are the aromas of the bread and the oysters just across the narrow street</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the hawking of  produce in the sing-song of many different languages.</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;">le Pain au Naturel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">rue Théophile Roussel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">  </div>

le Pain au Naturel

On a Sunday morning amid the bustle of shopping at Marché d'Aligre, this street scene in front of the boulangerie features individual ch...

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Petit Palais - l'escalier

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VpromY1PwHeqg5ocId088bcrhS3cAWOT62gsJ0tPxVnKyEDSCRn2MpsN_EEoLkRvmIHn_6iEUOOjtq8HrosrORWhqMx0kDpxVWortHKA6fI3-bwXr6Himd5SlYclkeWKYJPsb2qJUqs/s1600/2014+Sept+17+Wed++++_20140917+163+DSC_8292.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VpromY1PwHeqg5ocId088bcrhS3cAWOT62gsJ0tPxVnKyEDSCRn2MpsN_EEoLkRvmIHn_6iEUOOjtq8HrosrORWhqMx0kDpxVWortHKA6fI3-bwXr6Himd5SlYclkeWKYJPsb2qJUqs/s640/2014+Sept+17+Wed++++_20140917+163+DSC_8292.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Petit Palais was built for the 1900 Universal Exhibition </div><div style="text-align: center;">and became a museum in 1902.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">The architect Charles Girault </div><div style="text-align: center;">is also credited for the wrought iron design </div><div style="text-align: center;">gracing this circular staircase </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the magnificent</div><div style="text-align: center;"> entrance gates.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Petit Palais </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Avenue Winston Churchill</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>

Petit Palais - l'escalier

Petit Palais was built for the 1900 Universal Exhibition  and became a museum in 1902.     The architect Charles Girault  is also credited f...

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Cimetière de Passy

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQiBSFMVc1F-WDQDLm1WvsxPJqOI538K1MLPmyb447IDg3h3mhvXHdSPlL5GEQIJrWXgku3CoCP5x-FpeWXjNtVJfXcyK8VfFjLtlRXHUuoA-XrdKSoyl0kC4zCFwg-BjAS68fyvQIlAE/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_67DSC_5677.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQiBSFMVc1F-WDQDLm1WvsxPJqOI538K1MLPmyb447IDg3h3mhvXHdSPlL5GEQIJrWXgku3CoCP5x-FpeWXjNtVJfXcyK8VfFjLtlRXHUuoA-XrdKSoyl0kC4zCFwg-BjAS68fyvQIlAE/s640/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_67DSC_5677.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The door swings open</div><div style="text-align: center;">to reveal the neglected plants</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the eternal beauty </div><div style="text-align: center;">of a Russian Orthodox mosaic.</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;">Cimetière de Passy</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(just across from Place du Trocadero)</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>

Cimetière de Passy

The door swings open to reveal the neglected plants and the eternal beauty  of a Russian Orthodox mosaic. Cimetière de Passy (just across fr...

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Les Comptoirs des Colporteurs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqfMc0WkQWP_R3VpUOTGhKb194ODz0txAxuQUORroxA_DE3cAeWCWWTXiWrT4qV-n4AdsD15gSpS7tMbGJ37onE8lNOan7TJIvUPkAEgo5WKD-ZJHpseEFZ8x3C2Rzqr2-yJdzaMuPJk/s1600/2013+May+20+0520_265DSC_4890.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqfMc0WkQWP_R3VpUOTGhKb194ODz0txAxuQUORroxA_DE3cAeWCWWTXiWrT4qV-n4AdsD15gSpS7tMbGJ37onE8lNOan7TJIvUPkAEgo5WKD-ZJHpseEFZ8x3C2Rzqr2-yJdzaMuPJk/s640/2013+May+20+0520_265DSC_4890.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Les Comptoirs des Colporteurs</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A mystical doorway draped in the green fringe</div><div style="text-align: center;">of old wisteria vines.</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;">Les Comptoirs des Colporteurs</div><div style="text-align: left;">4, rue Jean Desmarets</div><div style="text-align: left;">77160, Provins (short distance from Paris)</div>

Les Comptoirs des Colporteurs

Les Comptoirs des Colporteurs A mystical doorway draped in the green fringe of old wisteria vines. Les Comptoirs des Colporteurs 4, rue Jean...

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Une croix de Provins

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHYUs5qJH_BsJ9ixAw1oR5sSHibi8TUdYV3ILxa_H9Eeh6yD4IMZGacoEnnKOur1ywe_TpiKll9WnLF5hhazjdLLmO51tF0NXqq7cfZTwxGrnEWTGRiaq2Ptfnyr1AAWRWSdRMRu-j7I/s1600/2013+May+20+0520_168DSC_4792.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHYUs5qJH_BsJ9ixAw1oR5sSHibi8TUdYV3ILxa_H9Eeh6yD4IMZGacoEnnKOur1ywe_TpiKll9WnLF5hhazjdLLmO51tF0NXqq7cfZTwxGrnEWTGRiaq2Ptfnyr1AAWRWSdRMRu-j7I/s640/2013+May+20+0520_168DSC_4792.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just a short trip out of Paris </div><div style="text-align: center;">the Medieval city of Provins is filled</div><div style="text-align: center;">with history and architecture.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here in the courtyard of Eglise Saint-Quiriace</div><div style="text-align: center;">a delicate cross is surrounded by lush palettes of green</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: 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;">Eglise Saint-Quiriace courtyard</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">Provins, France</div>

Une croix de Provins

Just a short trip out of Paris  the Medieval city of Provins is filled with history and architecture. Here in the courtyard of Eglise Saint-...

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Le Royal Monceau

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6G4ImnM-GpNDD1rJH6BB-MDVnJqSnAmgmzNb32PKSk1u2rEo06BimAKaNyv4gLKqM2RC77sW4Ebk9mEtabs9XRG3yzLZ0LOTT5ICNXMarhFKTxVlLhqH9sECkNLUgBO_5rPE1CLN4oE/s1600/2013+May+21+Tues_111DSC_5530.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6G4ImnM-GpNDD1rJH6BB-MDVnJqSnAmgmzNb32PKSk1u2rEo06BimAKaNyv4gLKqM2RC77sW4Ebk9mEtabs9XRG3yzLZ0LOTT5ICNXMarhFKTxVlLhqH9sECkNLUgBO_5rPE1CLN4oE/s640/2013+May+21+Tues_111DSC_5530.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 Royal Monceau</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tea at one of Paris' fine hotels is not </div><div style="text-align: center;">nearly as costly as cocktails.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can spend an hour or more</div><div style="text-align: center;">enjoying your tea and a plate of macarons.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then, check out the restrooms and...</div><div style="text-align: center;">take a few (!) photos.</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;">le Royal Monceau</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">37, avenue Hoche</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>

Le Royal Monceau

le Royal Monceau Tea at one of Paris' fine hotels is not  nearly as costly as cocktails. You can spend an hour or more enjoying your tea...

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Le Café des Chats - un chat

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDoA0u8eyFw7Gzdhkemc3-e_9pbyIklDuDowYgFhx-H46uawsylYZXqMfuLrrEpPzHUu-GmDHye78kdOpbtplfE85k-WqB8Er2iXvueP83AoB1-xQgr3Etfgk58klQTNquYr4SGittExc/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+264+DSC_0963.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDoA0u8eyFw7Gzdhkemc3-e_9pbyIklDuDowYgFhx-H46uawsylYZXqMfuLrrEpPzHUu-GmDHye78kdOpbtplfE85k-WqB8Er2iXvueP83AoB1-xQgr3Etfgk58klQTNquYr4SGittExc/s640/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+264+DSC_0963.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;">One of the many cat residents displays</div><div style="text-align: center;">the mood and character of this salon de the.</div><div style="text-align: center;">All of the cats have been adopted from shelters and</div><div style="text-align: center;">are under the care of veterinarians.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The 'house rules' are simple: do not wake a sleeping cat;</div><div style="text-align: center;">wash your hands before petting the cats; no feeding the cats; </div><div style="text-align: center;">and, this is my favorite, no cat has to do anything s/he does not want to do.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sounds like a great life to me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.lecafedeschats.fr/" target="_blank">Here is the link.</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: left;"><a href="http://www.lecafedeschats.fr/" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Café des Chats</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">16, rue Michel le Comte</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><div style="text-align: left;"><strong> </strong> </div>

Le Café des Chats - un chat

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Le Café des Chats

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMT4EO180rD6Svc-6BTIbnnfG8t-APc8Oyw1gCRtdSUsK0kXhgKlH693ebpJ0198QLlEES1XiJpRAMmQdSGYbaMsJlESP6NUTMXYYE4Kki7ZoVSwFfzWwIS5GfSaNK5syYiryZpYEz6YI/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+284+DSC_0983.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMT4EO180rD6Svc-6BTIbnnfG8t-APc8Oyw1gCRtdSUsK0kXhgKlH693ebpJ0198QLlEES1XiJpRAMmQdSGYbaMsJlESP6NUTMXYYE4Kki7ZoVSwFfzWwIS5GfSaNK5syYiryZpYEz6YI/s640/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+284+DSC_0983.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Would you enjoy your coffee or tea</div><div style="text-align: center;">in the presence of cats?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You just might achieve the level of  'aloofness'</div><div style="text-align: center;">to find that a cat, or two, would enjoy your company</div><div style="text-align: center;">sitting close by or jumping onto your empty lap.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tomorrow: a cat!</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;"><span class="st">Le <em>Café</em> des Chats</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="st">16, rue Michel le Comte</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="st">75003, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="st"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span></div>

Le Café des Chats

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Coucher de soleil

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFimcrPFgbtSXvxH5OXkZxQ5KLlOlWe8bXcZXUNBj_dO3hWiFL6pv4Qgs3qNbM2n8vOyXEILDcRfCVkMi5b4cLeh-LIut8FjRcFtjPIq_2mAefgyX9mOkZ7yywgLEASyYENa3sOLPSh80/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+340+DSC_1039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFimcrPFgbtSXvxH5OXkZxQ5KLlOlWe8bXcZXUNBj_dO3hWiFL6pv4Qgs3qNbM2n8vOyXEILDcRfCVkMi5b4cLeh-LIut8FjRcFtjPIq_2mAefgyX9mOkZ7yywgLEASyYENa3sOLPSh80/s640/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+340+DSC_1039.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sunset in Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />Can you name the landmarks?<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">City of light</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Paris!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /></div>

Coucher de soleil

Sunset in Paris Can you name the landmarks? City of light Paris!

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Église de la Sainte-Trinité

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfNlrt94dxfye9816m7jtrBpIXlaunxZHDjcOv8dA_BkWuHDf0ZyokmYBrFvI4qNyXrhjIeBcuryZ5f29ZOAIHrMexJpVOifzqz39LigkOQliHgDvK5TIFwRODh0Nr4Yi7YEsrIhzQ8Q/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+331+DSC_1030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfNlrt94dxfye9816m7jtrBpIXlaunxZHDjcOv8dA_BkWuHDf0ZyokmYBrFvI4qNyXrhjIeBcuryZ5f29ZOAIHrMexJpVOifzqz39LigkOQliHgDvK5TIFwRODh0Nr4Yi7YEsrIhzQ8Q/s640/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+331+DSC_1030.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span> Église de la Sainte-Trinité</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>This church of the Second Empire period </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>built between 1861 and 1867</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>stands majestically above the buildings of</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>the ninth arrondissement. </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><span>bon dimanche</span></i></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><span><span> Église de la Sainte-Trinité</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span><span>Place d'Estienne d'Orves</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span><span>75009, Paris</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span> </span> </span></div>

Église de la Sainte-Trinité

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Un café?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMK8Ai-kuIdgC94kfn4hxb6JJQr_KW_blkqdRMYl6kDJoVvji1feOAKXddmrsgvwKslP0VDEEGo3xuMK_4GurBx-JpDZbfDBGe_m5sqgtvnazWSbCu3l3xq5T5jc9wHZ5CT4mScbQOaUQ/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+086+DSC_0785.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMK8Ai-kuIdgC94kfn4hxb6JJQr_KW_blkqdRMYl6kDJoVvji1feOAKXddmrsgvwKslP0VDEEGo3xuMK_4GurBx-JpDZbfDBGe_m5sqgtvnazWSbCu3l3xq5T5jc9wHZ5CT4mScbQOaUQ/s640/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+086+DSC_0785.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This small coffee shop</div><div style="text-align: center;">was a bit tattered with its fading blue exterior,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but the single barista supplied the customers with hot coffee.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The shop had no name and roughly painted white lettering</div><div style="text-align: center;">for the service hours.</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;">Coffee shop in the Marais</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">rue St. Gilles</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>

Un café?

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Un rendez-vous?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PA_r9-RfmM46m3-oHKuFGb0eH_vOtTrvtBHH2ixmF1Uv8SgEiSNxtYBo75P3BTTzhS8Nldygn5RfBNjZrBul0wLJCweyUQVBqEiecay-xTB7o64jZhNK1En7VNmud0H6rDmju679zUM/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+167+DSC_0866.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PA_r9-RfmM46m3-oHKuFGb0eH_vOtTrvtBHH2ixmF1Uv8SgEiSNxtYBo75P3BTTzhS8Nldygn5RfBNjZrBul0wLJCweyUQVBqEiecay-xTB7o64jZhNK1En7VNmud0H6rDmju679zUM/s640/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+167+DSC_0866.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The leather jacket,</div><div style="text-align: center;">dark sunglasses,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a sliver of light...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">a rendez-vous?</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;">Paris restaurant</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>

Un rendez-vous?

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