Le Corbeau et le Renard

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLLk8SgMB8Epy9ACsK_HrwIQ1zrZgFUFyRL7JLA-re0Y6Xh0csb1Zd6wtHfQJ2DQ1ZHLlLfo_c289ylQxz_-eaBE4fnaVtmQR_Oz254n767Kyr4zcxwXf-4wjps4PaOhR4FBq1WAMOYeg/s1600/2011+april+2+DSC_0423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLLk8SgMB8Epy9ACsK_HrwIQ1zrZgFUFyRL7JLA-re0Y6Xh0csb1Zd6wtHfQJ2DQ1ZHLlLfo_c289ylQxz_-eaBE4fnaVtmQR_Oz254n767Kyr4zcxwXf-4wjps4PaOhR4FBq1WAMOYeg/s640/2011+april+2+DSC_0423.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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The poet Jean de la Fontaine spent almost three decades </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">writing his version of 243 fables.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This statue in Square du Ranelagh shows him regardant à ses pieds </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.aesopfables.com/cgi/aesop1.cgi?jdlf&i2ms&i3m.jpg"><strong>le Corbeau et le Renard</strong></a></i>, one of his revered fables.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Square du Ranelagh</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Métro La Muette</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75016 Paris</span></div>

Le Corbeau et le Renard

The poet Jean de la Fontaine spent almost three decades writing his version of 243 fables.  This statue in Square du Ranelagh shows him rega...

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Musée Marmottan - La Cour

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWErsZ9BEwLBfqUvMm2lkpnUZcpe3GEa4rGI-26ptHPVoFT7bvW234xSgErPvlRvYoyPtuYTlgugvts6qpoYWr75kfzwkXM3gJopXTmQDKbh1Hv8b0ZqENH9N9TweXwEaMQyD4jR5isFc/s1600/2007+dec+paris+DSC_0056.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585995527825793890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWErsZ9BEwLBfqUvMm2lkpnUZcpe3GEa4rGI-26ptHPVoFT7bvW234xSgErPvlRvYoyPtuYTlgugvts6qpoYWr75kfzwkXM3gJopXTmQDKbh1Hv8b0ZqENH9N9TweXwEaMQyD4jR5isFc/s640/2007+dec+paris+DSC_0056.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Originally built as a hunting lodge at the edge of Bois de Boulogne, this museum is filled with over 300 impressionist paintings and the largest collection of Monet's works in the world. This is the cloistered courtyard and I will bring you back here again with photos and stories.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">You may know of the controversy and dispute that stirred regarding the loan of Monet works from Marmottan for the Grand Palais exhibit last fall (2010). It seems that the magnificent Palais all but demanded the use of Monet paintings (all of the significant ones) which request was subsequently denied by the Marmottan. So, those who had to wait in long lines for the highly publicized exhibit might have enjoyed an afternoon at Marmottan. Tant pis pour eux...</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Musée Marmottan</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">2, rue Louis Boilly</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Métro La Muette</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span>

Musée Marmottan - La Cour

Originally built as a hunting lodge at the edge of Bois de Boulogne, this museum is filled with over 300 impressionist paintings and the lar...

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