un printemps à Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEO54WXl9dO8heruG3dj8pyNocpJp5BRtl7hE_Q6PDIcdOSyxOZOR6rGDR_UPKqXf12RcmwvD_-sSZgsbxi3x7nfQXEw7wW4rl78wCGspE9PtW-LBE-KrlAhB_gwEdxDro6ih_B08kugM/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_067DSC_4750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="780" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEO54WXl9dO8heruG3dj8pyNocpJp5BRtl7hE_Q6PDIcdOSyxOZOR6rGDR_UPKqXf12RcmwvD_-sSZgsbxi3x7nfQXEw7wW4rl78wCGspE9PtW-LBE-KrlAhB_gwEdxDro6ih_B08kugM/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_067DSC_4750.jpg" width="482" /></a></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;">Oh, la Tour Eiffel </div><div style="text-align: center;">with her crinolines of pink,</div><div style="text-align: center;">fully dressed for spring</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Tour Eiffel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

un printemps à Paris

Oh, la Tour Eiffel  with her crinolines of pink, fully dressed for spring La Tour Eiffel 75007, Paris

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La Tour Eiffel, la Seine, et des Ponts

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiElOKZwI6LzXLH_9QDRtPXq8dmbHaHPCAzO9rvoIET2KKEfJAjEjNRcNivnmbFB1oAeqmHdyqDkf_boDaMeWHMPR_Ab3FZwOHfQVYRYRXR9R6eFmFu0bb65482rffmPiggUcBfGLC6R3s/s1600/2014+Sept+17+Wed++++_20140917+444+DSC_8578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiElOKZwI6LzXLH_9QDRtPXq8dmbHaHPCAzO9rvoIET2KKEfJAjEjNRcNivnmbFB1oAeqmHdyqDkf_boDaMeWHMPR_Ab3FZwOHfQVYRYRXR9R6eFmFu0bb65482rffmPiggUcBfGLC6R3s/s1600/2014+Sept+17+Wed++++_20140917+444+DSC_8578.jpg" width="680" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Paris at Night</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The mighty bronze sculptures of Pont Alexandre III</div><div style="text-align: center;">gaze nightly at "the tower" as it lights up the evening sky.</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;">I have stood on this same spot in all kinds of weather,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I can close my eyes to be transported there in my imagination.</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 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;">Pont Alexandre III</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Click here to see reflections around the world<br /><a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/2015/03/an-evening-at-lopera-weekend.html" target="_blank">James' Weekend Reflections</a></div>

La Tour Eiffel, la Seine, et des Ponts

Paris at Night The mighty bronze sculptures of Pont Alexandre III gaze nightly at "the tower" as it lights up the evening sky. I h...

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La Tour Eiffel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMkHp_IYgfdVJA-rrSKIh6hUEoVCY95kjyIag6GHu9k4vJmxfzbyVIZ1JmAK6KXOdMRMTak6gKNBOY3Mb8nBZl6flbbVu2N0lh7O2qLqvbLsj6wHVvky_it0NglhoLIzS0ZtS-KzYaKk/s1600/2012+Jan+14+2nd_0079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMkHp_IYgfdVJA-rrSKIh6hUEoVCY95kjyIag6GHu9k4vJmxfzbyVIZ1JmAK6KXOdMRMTak6gKNBOY3Mb8nBZl6flbbVu2N0lh7O2qLqvbLsj6wHVvky_it0NglhoLIzS0ZtS-KzYaKk/s1600/2012+Jan+14+2nd_0079.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">La Tour Eiffel</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I cannot count the number of photos I have taken of the Eiffel Tower, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it still takes my breath away like I am seeing it for the first time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have been to places where the hype exceeded the excitement of actually being there, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but the Eiffel Tower marks the landscape with golden light </div><div style="text-align: center;">as I gasp yet again and hold my breath to take the shot. </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;">La Tour Eiffel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">from Palais de Chaillot</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007 and 75016, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

La Tour Eiffel

La Tour Eiffel I cannot count the number of photos I have taken of the Eiffel Tower,  but it still takes my breath away like I am seeing it ...

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City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Landmark"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oleUVFQ4OTpzZqs6w_-bYb_DLo7jNQGgSwZiNnOL_TNxIRSI3EdXzw0BDIIc8bGo-vfQAqq2bHK6A4v4uxFC-PoRE7cXWdIMYTJ7qtpbqxwqDF0-iKmTTjUNtppiUttavT08lU5aYTk/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+372+DSC_1071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oleUVFQ4OTpzZqs6w_-bYb_DLo7jNQGgSwZiNnOL_TNxIRSI3EdXzw0BDIIc8bGo-vfQAqq2bHK6A4v4uxFC-PoRE7cXWdIMYTJ7qtpbqxwqDF0-iKmTTjUNtppiUttavT08lU5aYTk/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+372+DSC_1071.jpg" width="477" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">City Daily Photo Theme Day</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Landmark"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although Paris has many "landmarks" and it was difficult to choose just one, </div><div style="text-align: center;">this photo has my favorite plus a bonus:  </div><div style="text-align: center;">la Tour Eiffel and Grand Palais.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With the setting sun of autumn the structures of both are seen in silhouette, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the Eiffel Tower with its familiar pattern of steel, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the Grand Palais with its glass vault.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Would you believe that there are 6,000 tonnes of steel </div><div style="text-align: center;">in the Nave of the Grand Palais </div><div style="text-align: center;">which is more than in the whole Eiffel Tower?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">la Tour Eiffel, 7ième</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Grand Palais, 8ième</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">taken from the rooftop of Printemps, 9ième</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/november-2014-gallery-landmark.html" target="_blank">Click here to see city "landmarks"</a> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">from around the world</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Landmark"

City Daily Photo Theme Day "Landmark" Although Paris has many "landmarks" and it was difficult to choose just one,  this...

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La Tour Eiffel en automne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPv6lHmfJjGfEZ40qfqilGUt_2F9be6Xg-Nfqnvaw8mdr5w9bLd8I22QGFSAVS2ZlcU1MtY6sPLqCmMvX-9nPI_-OqJlKKyUVuhHGhJW0FEGTBgXD0z76osVPSw-ckgUsw6vTsiTKZFs/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+008+DSC_8961.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPv6lHmfJjGfEZ40qfqilGUt_2F9be6Xg-Nfqnvaw8mdr5w9bLd8I22QGFSAVS2ZlcU1MtY6sPLqCmMvX-9nPI_-OqJlKKyUVuhHGhJW0FEGTBgXD0z76osVPSw-ckgUsw6vTsiTKZFs/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+008+DSC_8961.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">La Tour Eiffel</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">In the winter, </div><div align="center">in the spring,</div><div align="center">in the summer,</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Can it be that the best season is autumn?</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Poor M. Eiffel.  He did not live long enough to know</div><div align="center">just how beloved his 'temporary structure' has become.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>La Tour Eiffel</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75007, Paris</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"></div>

La Tour Eiffel en automne

      La Tour Eiffel       In the winter, in the spring, in the summer,   Can it be that the best season is autumn?     Poor M. Eiffel.  He ...

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Carrousel de la Tour Eiffel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rDvAEMWhHBxS-LH_L44Q1yYS3UyeCK8L6z9n2f_Z-jcmSybNz_u4prPUsNrVjqwPC6vtFDXSZVkoayJvNSeukcYQw55DgTGM_ta6FhkKo3tISk2WtqG7Ld68CRsaGgfKYqE6uc8k7Pg/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_039DSC_4722.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rDvAEMWhHBxS-LH_L44Q1yYS3UyeCK8L6z9n2f_Z-jcmSybNz_u4prPUsNrVjqwPC6vtFDXSZVkoayJvNSeukcYQw55DgTGM_ta6FhkKo3tISk2WtqG7Ld68CRsaGgfKYqE6uc8k7Pg/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_039DSC_4722.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Carrousel de la Tour Eiffel</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A trip to Paris would be so much easier </div><div style="text-align: center;">on a plane like this...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">No crowding, no security, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and no Air France pilots striking!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Tour Eiffel et Le Carrousel de la Tour Eiffel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Carrousel de la Tour Eiffel

Carrousel de la Tour Eiffel A trip to Paris would be so much easier  on a plane like this... No crowding, no security,  and no Air France pi...

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La Tour Eiffel en reflet

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaw-tX1BdmKQPN344nzGXLTbpXugdoxyh57Bakt6Maq1D-iD7NRq467P745mIMPoD2z10zUhaqCRdDAnOlLhjnYTA89rsNynKQsIUCOGgkH656BQHBkTrRF_LJjb5OZ1nES6rVSoENp-k/s1600/2013+May+21+16th+arr_25DSC_5147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaw-tX1BdmKQPN344nzGXLTbpXugdoxyh57Bakt6Maq1D-iD7NRq467P745mIMPoD2z10zUhaqCRdDAnOlLhjnYTA89rsNynKQsIUCOGgkH656BQHBkTrRF_LJjb5OZ1nES6rVSoENp-k/s1600/2013+May+21+16th+arr_25DSC_5147.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">La Tour Eiffel</div><div style="text-align: center;">in reflection</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was early enough that there was not much of a crowd,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and the tower's reflections in the wet stones </div><div style="text-align: center;">were not hampered by either tourists or hawkers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rainy days and Mondays -- still nice in Paris!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Tour Eiffel </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(from Trocadero)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75017 </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

La Tour Eiffel en reflet

La Tour Eiffel in reflection It was early enough that there was not much of a crowd,  and the tower's reflections in the wet stones  wer...

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La Seine, le Pont au Change, Dôme des Invalides...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi66GkiHGLUCgJ6mhdmSFYGVKvY269qvev_XqL4d56f0x1aGOQ1-QIMrkKTrulx9T7N7DuAx4mNkDr0VqCphpP_TozfMdoOTUdFPMFoPuXYYtaOuEYGAGupUarHhrlLJxA0Z0QGMygSx4w/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_009DSC_4364.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi66GkiHGLUCgJ6mhdmSFYGVKvY269qvev_XqL4d56f0x1aGOQ1-QIMrkKTrulx9T7N7DuAx4mNkDr0VqCphpP_TozfMdoOTUdFPMFoPuXYYtaOuEYGAGupUarHhrlLJxA0Z0QGMygSx4w/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_009DSC_4364.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 Seine, Pont au Change, the dome of Invalides...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">...and faintly seen in the background is la Tour Eiffel, </div><div style="text-align: center;">a little surprise I had not noticed in my photo</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;">de Quai de Gesvres</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div>

La Seine, le Pont au Change, Dôme des Invalides...

The Seine, Pont au Change, the dome of Invalides... ...and faintly seen in the background is la Tour Eiffel,  a little surprise I had not no...

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Une papeterie à Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8EIJjJ-nkU00HoKo5TpgwRNcAnPtnpwydkYKktxSCbbLaEukbK3YyfLhDeETsxgNyoR1CZDe0bjPlQ7mRCk5RywDlo8LKDgNCCL_7Ko4nP4GAx9kQVFTg2JtThJRpymNWWolZqq-UiDE/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_466DSC_6077.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8EIJjJ-nkU00HoKo5TpgwRNcAnPtnpwydkYKktxSCbbLaEukbK3YyfLhDeETsxgNyoR1CZDe0bjPlQ7mRCk5RywDlo8LKDgNCCL_7Ko4nP4GAx9kQVFTg2JtThJRpymNWWolZqq-UiDE/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_466DSC_6077.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 stationer's shop</div><div style="text-align: center;">(papeterie)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are at least four things in this window </div><div style="text-align: center;">on Rue du Pont Louis-Philippe that should have been bought for gifts.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">This street, just north of the Seine, </div><div style="text-align: center;">has an abundance of charming little shops, </div><div style="text-align: center;">several of which have papers and books like this one.</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;">papeterie</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue du Pont Louis-Philippe</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>

Une papeterie à Paris

a stationer's shop (papeterie) There are at least four things in this window  on Rue du Pont Louis-Philippe that should have been bought...

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Cimetière de Passy et la Tour Eiffel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyycSY-rSmwwxQ8ldlzkXZiVYR8MIIG3NDQO-IitsZwsPGTmS5sJGoooIjp4X6lwEJGNl6yGmwh1RwJCMo6s0zlwgyvsX9OgTqjoWOdbG1b_HJDG2-BmK5JT6nZYXEEpXERCV0AsFRTg4/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_15DSC_5625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyycSY-rSmwwxQ8ldlzkXZiVYR8MIIG3NDQO-IitsZwsPGTmS5sJGoooIjp4X6lwEJGNl6yGmwh1RwJCMo6s0zlwgyvsX9OgTqjoWOdbG1b_HJDG2-BmK5JT6nZYXEEpXERCV0AsFRTg4/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_15DSC_5625.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cimetière de Passy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This storied cemetery is just across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower </div><div style="text-align: center;">which can be seen at every turn as you walk among the tombs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope that you can find a view unobstructed by cranes.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">It is not easy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cimetière de Passy</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75016, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Cimetière de Passy et la Tour Eiffel

Cimetière de Passy This storied cemetery is just across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower which can be seen at every turn as you walk among th...

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Cimetière Passy - un message privé

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVRT1nmpi0v45hqqHao5eWV7yWVCUptIOtwNBXr3UPlE75xV5lSOBw5bINO3iyop_LPk1mHIgQN7-CY1o0tNGvwdLaKKkp7Eo2cVcVE2nBTDVR0pBVulmQdDUVzQoUA5EcSqhPxloj0IY/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_32DSC_5642c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVRT1nmpi0v45hqqHao5eWV7yWVCUptIOtwNBXr3UPlE75xV5lSOBw5bINO3iyop_LPk1mHIgQN7-CY1o0tNGvwdLaKKkp7Eo2cVcVE2nBTDVR0pBVulmQdDUVzQoUA5EcSqhPxloj0IY/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_32DSC_5642c.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Passy Cemetery</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Passy Cemetery sits in the shadow of la Tour Eiffel </div><div style="text-align: center;">and is the final resting place of the painter Édouard Manet, </div><div style="text-align: center;">a key figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On the left corner of his grave I found a weathered</div><div style="text-align: center;">message anchored by small rocks.<br />Always watch for the details </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Passy Cemetery</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="kno-fv _gA">2, rue du Commandant Schloesing</span></span></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="kno-fv _gA">75016, Paris</span></span></span></i><br /><span class="kno-fv _gA"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Cimetière Passy - un message privé

Passy Cemetery Passy Cemetery sits in the shadow of la Tour Eiffel  and is the final resting place of the painter Édouard Manet,  a key figu...

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La Tour Eiffel - en printemps

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoEd8KwtA65mEfltpcxcp4KcyMcGCmdUqbhS8N1yBt48EAETJZkYODIXhAERgrJWBs7_guFw3_nEbk4AB9RH-n7dCj8V2Gnc6y4RQLRXARB3c0HIgmyl8FM0mc10WazoH5WrcXTi-CBTw/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="780" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoEd8KwtA65mEfltpcxcp4KcyMcGCmdUqbhS8N1yBt48EAETJZkYODIXhAERgrJWBs7_guFw3_nEbk4AB9RH-n7dCj8V2Gnc6y4RQLRXARB3c0HIgmyl8FM0mc10WazoH5WrcXTi-CBTw/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0538.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">La Tour Eiffel</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of the most recognizable structures in the world....</div><div style="text-align: center;">and one of my favorite viewpoints.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Tour Eiffel</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></i></div>

La Tour Eiffel - en printemps

La Tour Eiffel One of the most recognizable structures in the world.... and one of my favorite viewpoints. La Tour Eiffel 75007, Paris  

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Carrousel de la Tour Eiffel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgljCfjWibreBMPYieowfMxuXRanMC2aDKxyKFiKQFlabb_vynxMs0Py5z29SBhtU-dKA3UFDo3alDVgm4JQzUA43b0rbiKGnpLgk4vhnrID5g2dqK5NC-GrkKjVFGs-sMK4RL33NGW5Xs/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0531.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgljCfjWibreBMPYieowfMxuXRanMC2aDKxyKFiKQFlabb_vynxMs0Py5z29SBhtU-dKA3UFDo3alDVgm4JQzUA43b0rbiKGnpLgk4vhnrID5g2dqK5NC-GrkKjVFGs-sMK4RL33NGW5Xs/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0531.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Eiffel Tower Carousel</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />There are many Belle Epoque carrousels around Paris.  Each carrousel has unique details setting it apart from the others.  As you can tell from the ceiling of this one, the theme is<i> le cirque.</i><br /><br /><br />Wishing you a wonderful weekend and hope that if you are in Paris<br />you will find a carrousel and take a ride.  You are forever young on a carrousel.<br /><br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Carrousel de la Tour Eiffel</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Carrousel de la Tour Eiffel

Eiffel Tower Carousel There are many Belle Epoque carrousels around Paris.  Each carrousel has unique details setting it apart from the othe...

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La Tour Eiffel - la réflexion

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNTE08i5_kZuLYTRgJwh8KHHw6WCDc7R27up3RvbPEznG-bgaGl55SFO2WDKbaWrJb8UAzaPGyXduZVZ7pQWzivufiU-BmaniB-ZGqYDgtxU-fjQwWi48-aR_qJC5Bq11hIsiUebVZCQ/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+095+DSC_0201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNTE08i5_kZuLYTRgJwh8KHHw6WCDc7R27up3RvbPEznG-bgaGl55SFO2WDKbaWrJb8UAzaPGyXduZVZ7pQWzivufiU-BmaniB-ZGqYDgtxU-fjQwWi48-aR_qJC5Bq11hIsiUebVZCQ/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+095+DSC_0201.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">La Tour Eiffel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The boutique window on Rue de Sèvres is not the address </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for la Tour Eiffel but it looks quite settled among the paper houses.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The trees and Haussmann buildings seen in the window reflection </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">add to the setting.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">IKKS, clothing store and boutique</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">12, rue de Sevrès</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

La Tour Eiffel - la réflexion

La Tour Eiffel The boutique window on Rue de Sèvres is not the address  for la Tour Eiffel but it looks quite settled among the paper houses...

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La Tour Eiffel - la réflexion

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11110811115/" title="2013 Nov22 Paris _20131122 726 DSC_3404 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov22 Paris _20131122 726 DSC_3404" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7364/11110811115_9975938989_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A familiar reflection...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">How could a puddle on Champ de Mars be a pleasing sight?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When it reflects the golden lights of la Tour Eiffel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">la Tour Eiffel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Allée Adrienne Lecouvreur</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Parc du Champ de Mars</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

La Tour Eiffel - la réflexion

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

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La Tour Eiffel XXV

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

La Tour Eiffel XXV

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

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Cimetière de Passy

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdILu4M8hYNnMcRRm_UQIuywctDTkgFmXysOAMrPIaKy8YIeiXwHmOIeZo_OOojuTITfyNdtjmD1-9G45sWkSD5qUa0ixnv4azPNHj4S7RK2AsKJB2t23xOFrej_j0g6W8jCng8M8Ws0s/s1600/2013+0522+Wed_80DSC_5690.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdILu4M8hYNnMcRRm_UQIuywctDTkgFmXysOAMrPIaKy8YIeiXwHmOIeZo_OOojuTITfyNdtjmD1-9G45sWkSD5qUa0ixnv4azPNHj4S7RK2AsKJB2t23xOFrej_j0g6W8jCng8M8Ws0s/s640/2013+0522+Wed_80DSC_5690.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cimetière de Passy</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just across the way from Trocadéro and the stunning view of la Tour Eiffel </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(and the throngs of people) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is this quiet cemetery with its own stunning view of la Tour.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As you walk the narrow shaded paths, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the chatter of  the many tourists </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">along with hawkers of Eiffel Tower key chains </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">cannot be heard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The muffled sounds of the caretaker </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">going about his daily maintenance </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the songs of birds </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">will accompany you on a walk </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">through the rows of crypts, tombs and markers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cimetière de Passy</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75016, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Trocadéro</span></span></i></div>

Cimetière de Passy

Cimetière de Passy Just across the way from Trocadéro and the stunning view of la Tour Eiffel  (and the throngs of people)  is this quiet ce...

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La Tour Eiffel - le reflet

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9467578799/" title="2013 0521 am 17DSC_5139 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 0521 am 17DSC_5139" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7446/9467578799_44c263f1d8_c.jpg" width="530" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">La Tour Eiffel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Do you think that you would recognize this iconic structure </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">just by seeing a reflection in the rain-soaked pavement? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Why, certainly!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place du Trocadero</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Palais de Chaillot</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75016, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Trocadero</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">  </div>

La Tour Eiffel - le reflet

  La Tour Eiffel Do you think that you would recognize this iconic structure  just by seeing a reflection in the rain-soaked pavement? Why, ...

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Cimetière de Passy - le gardien

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

Cimetière de Passy - le gardien

Cimetière de Passy the caretaker I am attracted to cemeteries and have sought them out in every city visited.  Paris has an abundance of cem...

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Le Carrousel et la Tour Eiffel

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9379364847/" title="2012 Mar 29 Paris_045DSC_4728 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 29 Paris_045DSC_4728" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5461/9379364847_139e100d3c_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">le carrousel de la Tour Eiffel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On a sunny day in Paris you can ride (pedal) a painted pony </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and catch a glimpse of the Eiffel Tower with every rotation.</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;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="fr"><span class="hps">La Tour Eiffel et Le Carrousel de la Tour Eiffel</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="fr"><span class="hps">Quai Branley </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="fr"><span class="hps">75007, Paris</span></span></i></div></div>

Le Carrousel et la Tour Eiffel

le carrousel de la Tour Eiffel On a sunny day in Paris you can ride (pedal) a painted pony  and catch a glimpse of the Eiffel Tower with eve...

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