Bercy Village - Cour St. Émilion

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9020319383/" title="2012 Mar 27 Paris_035DSC_4149 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 27 Paris_035DSC_4149" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5446/9020319383_3f9c9362b6_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cour Saint-Émilion</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;">Bercy Village consists largely of small wine warehouses from the late 19th century.  The tracks seen in the paved courtyard above were originally used to transport barrels of wine in and out of the warehouses.  For more than a century and up until 1960, the Bercy neighborhood was a vast wine market.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Although some may complain that this has become a tourist attraction with its shops, bars, and restaurants, the architecture has been preserved (along with the rail tracks), and it has the feel of a historic village.  It is at the southeast end of Le Parc de Bercy and is easily accessed by Line 14, Métro Cour St. Émilion.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cour Saint-Émilion</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bercy Village</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Bercy Village - Cour St. Émilion

Cour Saint-Émilion Bercy Village consists largely of small wine warehouses from the late 19th century.  The tracks seen in the paved courtya...

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Parc de Bercy - Jardin romantique

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA4NxVC5R9HDQcAEiOgphGXEAiguO9CFbW0nu_mi5rgq30I8pP1nWB4GDt0c0fpO71ThW6oOzSZ7gGX0sTT2FY1Yo5CYAz7F_OvSzAkw63RW5pAhNkTQnS0-BrxfzCIGIjItmM2lsGO6Q/s1600/2012+Mar+27+Paris_046DSC_4160.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA4NxVC5R9HDQcAEiOgphGXEAiguO9CFbW0nu_mi5rgq30I8pP1nWB4GDt0c0fpO71ThW6oOzSZ7gGX0sTT2FY1Yo5CYAz7F_OvSzAkw63RW5pAhNkTQnS0-BrxfzCIGIjItmM2lsGO6Q/s640/2012+Mar+27+Paris_046DSC_4160.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Parc de Bercy is a group of three connected gardens:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Romantic Garden with its fishponds and dunes,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Flowerbeds,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Meadows with its open meadows and tall trees.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This was my first visit in late March, a warm day with a high sun, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">no clouds and a great reflection in this Japanese pond.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I will be back</em></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Parc de Bercy</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75012, Paris</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Cour St-Emilion (SE end of the park)</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Bercy (N end of the park)</em></span>

Parc de Bercy - Jardin romantique

Parc de Bercy is a group of three connected gardens: The Romantic Garden with its fishponds and dunes, The Flowerbeds, The Meadows with its ...

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