Les photographes à Notre Dame

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHPpCeLWsXYDR0Y36VKPGS-5VzaQFaKY9ao-iW4Knn9lQVod3BytRIqchHHz5UE0Zf2UpiuEfxyWKIXIF-V-I5EwgVntzPe7dYJHhEuIIDn1RnvgXoI-x98kUAxarbhdM2Iu0HFgy4lc/s1600/2013+May+19+Sun+0519_83DSC_4331.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHPpCeLWsXYDR0Y36VKPGS-5VzaQFaKY9ao-iW4Knn9lQVod3BytRIqchHHz5UE0Zf2UpiuEfxyWKIXIF-V-I5EwgVntzPe7dYJHhEuIIDn1RnvgXoI-x98kUAxarbhdM2Iu0HFgy4lc/s1600/2013+May+19+Sun+0519_83DSC_4331.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photographers at Notre Dame</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This shady corner in front of Notre Dame</div><div style="text-align: center;">is often the scene of interviews</div><div style="text-align: center;">and film crews...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have no idea what this is about, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but I am guessing that Mr. Orange Scarf</div><div style="text-align: center;">is the subject.</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;">Notre Dame</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>

Les photographes à Notre Dame

Photographers at Notre Dame This shady corner in front of Notre Dame is often the scene of interviews and film crews... I have no idea what ...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsc5yksd1gTvwtnBWDK09e4CnAPCHPWXmY5Tr9gYynLF_AZ5i6nsFAAvQHPupJ0HenIb8cJvdnMTv0t4LIhKExG4GfjiH2-FoGITjrl7ScgQmaJMR83-CD0PTsA6RPwbHil_IDRpFttk/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_112DSC_4467.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsc5yksd1gTvwtnBWDK09e4CnAPCHPWXmY5Tr9gYynLF_AZ5i6nsFAAvQHPupJ0HenIb8cJvdnMTv0t4LIhKExG4GfjiH2-FoGITjrl7ScgQmaJMR83-CD0PTsA6RPwbHil_IDRpFttk/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_112DSC_4467.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Notre Dame</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you go to this well-known landmark very early in the morning </div><div style="text-align: center;">when the doors are first opened </div><div style="text-align: center;">(and it is not in the months of March through October), </div><div style="text-align: center;">you can take your time photographing the amazing architecture </div><div style="text-align: center;">and details absent the crowds.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The Cathedral is open every day at 8am </div><div style="text-align: center;">and on Saturdays and Sundays at 7:15am.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Since I did not take my own advice on this particular visit, </div><div style="text-align: center;">you will notice that my photo (and all of the others I took) </div><div style="text-align: center;">are aimed away from the tourists.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

Notre Dame If you go to this well-known landmark very early in the morning  when the doors are first opened  (and it is not in the months of...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris - Saint Denis

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4bC_7EVfhA9UlmYzOiOP3sLxDWMR9BfF1jgiJ_zgZJGIXSU9gkJihSuxwKDo0V7eRc-9gog5xcjk73qxfKnmKsLRpBnG6D6kwKIU7HmB9xNIUjny9eyPeFqPQgkxDsIx5Iyt3wc1Abs/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_174DSC_4529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4bC_7EVfhA9UlmYzOiOP3sLxDWMR9BfF1jgiJ_zgZJGIXSU9gkJihSuxwKDo0V7eRc-9gog5xcjk73qxfKnmKsLRpBnG6D6kwKIU7HmB9xNIUjny9eyPeFqPQgkxDsIx5Iyt3wc1Abs/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_174DSC_4529.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Notre Dame</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A small section of the statues of Notre Dame features</div><div style="text-align: center;">poor Saint Denis, a martred Bishop of the 3rd century,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> who carried his head through Paris after being decapitated.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a section over the left portal of Notre Dame.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris - Saint Denis

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

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLdx83ADpsRyIOa1BUPnHCoR4zykVVtijzUl-gJnk9th15EMoBddHSkBEfbDWflin_f5714W_IhighmNBxjxYQljw9r5WFel7UB9JLPw1g8ujEgekFS_BQNgLu6TkzhiCq0IYEiu-kWQ/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_118DSC_4473.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLdx83ADpsRyIOa1BUPnHCoR4zykVVtijzUl-gJnk9th15EMoBddHSkBEfbDWflin_f5714W_IhighmNBxjxYQljw9r5WFel7UB9JLPw1g8ujEgekFS_BQNgLu6TkzhiCq0IYEiu-kWQ/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_118DSC_4473.jpg" width="477" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Notre Dame</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A series of concentric iron circles...</div><div style="text-align: center;">a scattering of candles.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

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

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Square René-Viviani

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiObmTRqlGgWRN86_eWeUFkyNEnqoS_WnIHFL9CHsT_GnEsb4aYsltOf-bw4ctMs5lkjf8YK2c3pKYJ_B7SAeOu5_XoPK8qrcFn4o8pTnbZPYTXS9lkEC4SMokpDalSd9_o3_tf1aoMdAw/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+168+DSC_0274.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiObmTRqlGgWRN86_eWeUFkyNEnqoS_WnIHFL9CHsT_GnEsb4aYsltOf-bw4ctMs5lkjf8YK2c3pKYJ_B7SAeOu5_XoPK8qrcFn4o8pTnbZPYTXS9lkEC4SMokpDalSd9_o3_tf1aoMdAw/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+168+DSC_0274.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Square René-Viviani</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the midst of this square is this odd sculpture </div><div style="text-align: center;">known as the Saint Julien fountain.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was constructed by Frenchman Georges Jeanclos in 1995 </div><div style="text-align: center;">and based on a tale of a curse by witches (with many characters), </div><div style="text-align: center;">a tale told and retold since the Middle Ages.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is an interesting square near the Seine and Notre Dame.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">I can hear the crunch of the "Paris gravel."</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;">Square René-Viviani</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Square René-Viviani

Square René-Viviani In the midst of this square is this odd sculpture  known as the Saint Julien fountain.   It was constructed by Frenchman...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZXtb1TW61JLH7OWapaMOnbESzlp3Y5nbsLhkmUy9ZOFqV00AUER-YMqO2V4CvKbYKymDv1i5sI5zJiKDQQEZU41J9EC1o2wYGojkYg2dA4iM7BrHnNDvHdxYBDj1JysCN4qfulHoujw/s1600/2009+Dec+5+rescued.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZXtb1TW61JLH7OWapaMOnbESzlp3Y5nbsLhkmUy9ZOFqV00AUER-YMqO2V4CvKbYKymDv1i5sI5zJiKDQQEZU41J9EC1o2wYGojkYg2dA4iM7BrHnNDvHdxYBDj1JysCN4qfulHoujw/s1600/2009+Dec+5+rescued.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Notre Dame</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The afternoon sun adds a golden tint to the south side of Notre Dame with all the griffins lined up on their perches.  The details of the architecture could keep you sketching for months.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

Notre Dame The afternoon sun adds a golden tint to the south side of Notre Dame with all the griffins lined up on their perches.  The detail...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris - flèches d'église

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOq4a7RQMQ3uNMUmsjuAT_LbVnRsmWOdgdrpdK1W3GsoVe40yFW2Af8HJepUHGImI2s5UbKDuV8l5WD4wcQVn6C_uu60oxjmY5jTL7xPfI6jauE6HnSvp0hgGk0kPm1U6tZGT9yI8zWk/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_71DSC_4319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOq4a7RQMQ3uNMUmsjuAT_LbVnRsmWOdgdrpdK1W3GsoVe40yFW2Af8HJepUHGImI2s5UbKDuV8l5WD4wcQVn6C_uu60oxjmY5jTL7xPfI6jauE6HnSvp0hgGk0kPm1U6tZGT9yI8zWk/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_71DSC_4319.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Notre Dame</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">These spires of Notre Dame are intricately detailed in design.</div><div style="text-align: center;">If I had not been the one with the camera </div><div style="text-align: center;">I am not sure that I would have easily identified the church.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The drain spouts definitely help in knowing that it is Notre Dame </div><div style="text-align: center;">although there are many similar in and around Paris.</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 dimanche</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;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de 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;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris - flèches d'église

Notre Dame These spires of Notre Dame are intricately detailed in design. If I had not been the one with the camera  I am not sure that I wo...

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Square Jean XXIII - dans un cadre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIM7EynoLyNj97oYuFKiiXnC3GXWyoD_jpWiTXLDKJNmWbDEW9Cgg3eXKmxxHWN8NUJvCYA6GE2d8NUQerN7qlI4TPW3g3FWB-hjp0UYnkFfsTK4EoEDUvBJ9nT7wGMFd2N_0zjYP3Dq0/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_68DSC_4316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIM7EynoLyNj97oYuFKiiXnC3GXWyoD_jpWiTXLDKJNmWbDEW9Cgg3eXKmxxHWN8NUJvCYA6GE2d8NUQerN7qlI4TPW3g3FWB-hjp0UYnkFfsTK4EoEDUvBJ9nT7wGMFd2N_0zjYP3Dq0/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_68DSC_4316.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Square Jean XXIII</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The elm trees above and the line of shrubbery below</div><div style="text-align: center;">make this lovely square into a vignette.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you know this quiet, </div><div style="text-align: center;">shady spot on the east side of Notre Dame?</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;">Square Jean XXIII</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;">l'Île de la Cité</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;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Square Jean XXIII - dans un cadre

Square Jean XXIII The elm trees above and the line of shrubbery below make this lovely square into a vignette.   Do you know this quiet,  sh...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-K1IC5c6pas4X1JHz0FcgqdWCsttIsKwiy8PMOYjU-w77JNRl-AThLQvTzRiIPepGodmpFxWiTyEn8D7YoWpSRAsWuj8eUWu7Q6mea345h5mpP6WBXnvnYH1DKuhGhRqUimVkL3XYQ0/s1600/2010+June+21+00126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-K1IC5c6pas4X1JHz0FcgqdWCsttIsKwiy8PMOYjU-w77JNRl-AThLQvTzRiIPepGodmpFxWiTyEn8D7YoWpSRAsWuj8eUWu7Q6mea345h5mpP6WBXnvnYH1DKuhGhRqUimVkL3XYQ0/s1600/2010+June+21+00126.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Beautiful from any angle, but this view is my favorite.</div><div style="text-align: center;">When you consider that this icon of Paris has seen nine centuries of history, </div><div style="text-align: center;">she looks like she will be around for many more.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you come around to this side of Notre Dame, </div><div style="text-align: center;">you can enjoy an unobstructed view (<i>sans beaucoup de touristes</i>) </div><div style="text-align: center;">and enjoy a shaded bench as well.</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 dimanche</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;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de 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;">(seen from Square Jean XXIII)</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;">75004, Paris </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris Beautiful from any angle, but this view is my favorite. When you consider that this icon of Paris has seen ni...

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Pont d'Arcole - la nuit

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwBcSuQD062uF3WvqnpbFjfBSo797XaMMjcWCUPBeUhyUOnw9AoA0beVI31cG1znQYqOFD873BwahZq5nmqD46AtcIwfCeDJjBhhUP_lvkdexzltsr2e7Boopg6Com6PqXVgM1CWAQ0UE/s1600/2013+0521+Tues_183DSC_5602.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwBcSuQD062uF3WvqnpbFjfBSo797XaMMjcWCUPBeUhyUOnw9AoA0beVI31cG1znQYqOFD873BwahZq5nmqD46AtcIwfCeDJjBhhUP_lvkdexzltsr2e7Boopg6Com6PqXVgM1CWAQ0UE/s1600/2013+0521+Tues_183DSC_5602.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;">Pont d'Arcole</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;">Walking in Paris at night </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">after most of the crowds are gone is a favorite of mine.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Each of the 37 bridges over the Seine </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is different and I am sad to report that </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I could probably name less than half of them.</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;">One advantage of the winter months </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is that the night starts much earlier.</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;">Pont d'Arcole</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;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Pont d'Arcole - la nuit

Pont d'Arcole Walking in Paris at night  after most of the crowds are gone is a favorite of mine.   Each of the 37 bridges over the Sein...

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Au Vieux Paris d'Arcole - Theme Day

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlusvVxsG3YicRR8sBQeZN7e34ppmbdwf_R8vLVjYh9g8B26i1MaKjiBZn8OZlnZjHGGQa41FrGOnbG7D9Qr_4yNhEzBjk3DhYlLgFi8oUk8dzc5F8e4s_lnMC3ChEaN326Feen-DpXM/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+175+DSC_8841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlusvVxsG3YicRR8sBQeZN7e34ppmbdwf_R8vLVjYh9g8B26i1MaKjiBZn8OZlnZjHGGQa41FrGOnbG7D9Qr_4yNhEzBjk3DhYlLgFi8oUk8dzc5F8e4s_lnMC3ChEaN326Feen-DpXM/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+175+DSC_8841.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Au Vieux Paris d'Arcole</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">depuis 1594</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;">Hidden on a narrow street so very close to Notre Dame, this auberge has been open since 1594.  The structure itself was built in 1512 after completion of the Cathedral.</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 ancient wisteria twists upon itself, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">framing the door and window above.</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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Today I join the City Daily Photo bloggers with a traditional first day of the month theme, </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">this first day of February, "ENTRY."  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2014/01/february-gallery-entry.html" target="_blank">Click here to see other interpretations</a> from around the world.</span></i></span></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: 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;">Au Vieux Paris d'Arcole</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;">Ile de la Cité</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;">22, rue Chanoisse </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;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

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Au Vieux Paris d'Arcole depuis 1594 Hidden on a narrow street so very close to Notre Dame, this auberge has been open since 1594.  The s...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris - des détails

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10651265656/" title="2012 Mar 28 Paris_166DSC_4521 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 28 Paris_166DSC_4521" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7362/10651265656_50cb47d2e2_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;">Notre Dame</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;">From this single spot, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">many of the treasures of this magnificent cathedral are revealed, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">from the rose window to the newly cleaned chandelier, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and Gothic arches and columns.</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;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Also, when you look up, </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;">you do not see any tourists.</span></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: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</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 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div>

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Notre Dame From this single spot,  many of the treasures of this magnificent cathedral are revealed,  from the rose window to the newly clea...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10505027365/" title="2012 Mar 28 Paris_175DSC_4530 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 28 Paris_175DSC_4530" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2845/10505027365_58dbd76dac_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;">Notre Dame</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 exterior of this 800-year-old cathedral </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is well-known for its many statues over the massive doors.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The broader view reveals gargoyles and chimeras in various poses.  </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 this one might look like </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">J. R. R. Tolkien's Gollum? </span></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;">bon dimanche</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: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

Notre Dame The exterior of this 800-year-old cathedral  is well-known for its many statues over the massive doors.   The broader view reveal...

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Notre Dame et la Seine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWa22jS0vk6CXof2FOfEYIL2vTlJtZd2iGv92lwNz5z17gR5v_5X0c-c-gb74XW1_UldU6VE55GuyFkiwahnRsYTZD659AlrpwdnfLVJiiQWflNmXzY22cZWBIz6Qg6_mn5NiV8mdK9RA/s1600/2009+dec+00523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWa22jS0vk6CXof2FOfEYIL2vTlJtZd2iGv92lwNz5z17gR5v_5X0c-c-gb74XW1_UldU6VE55GuyFkiwahnRsYTZD659AlrpwdnfLVJiiQWflNmXzY22cZWBIz6Qg6_mn5NiV8mdK9RA/s640/2009+dec+00523.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The elegant architecture of this 800-year-old cathedral </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">displays beautiful flying buttresses.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Freshly cleaned inside and out...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">let the birthday party begin</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris</em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris  </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Notre Dame et la Seine

Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris     The elegant architecture of this 800-year-old cathedral displays beautiful flying buttresses.     Freshly...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9114047016/" title="2010 June 21 00121 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2010 June 21 00121" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2852/9114047016_15615aedfd_c.jpg" width="532" /></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;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</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;">Last Sunday's post of Notre Dame was a night view</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> of the east side of this great cathedral.  </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;">I thought that you might like to see </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the same perspective under blue skies.</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 dimanche</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;"><br /></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris Last Sunday's post of Notre Dame was a night view  of the east side of this great cathedral.   I thought ...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmNiGnzYaQsYbPqmWb6-SDWarEpCRGBOskmj9WN45VCYUsmCVEQPyj349jgUNMYrUttGSO_Y9pbQu1SCljViW1Lm83aCxaQDvjU4HAu9pQN1OOEh-9SI8sY5F4cAhlDkASoI9phGmv3E/s1600/2010+dec+paris+6+DSC_0046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmNiGnzYaQsYbPqmWb6-SDWarEpCRGBOskmj9WN45VCYUsmCVEQPyj349jgUNMYrUttGSO_Y9pbQu1SCljViW1Lm83aCxaQDvjU4HAu9pQN1OOEh-9SI8sY5F4cAhlDkASoI9phGmv3E/s640/2010+dec+paris+6+DSC_0046.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;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><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;">Perhaps more recognizable from the other side, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the majestic details of this view are my favorite.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In the summer months you might even find it deserted </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">very early in the day or very late at night.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is worth losing an hour's sleep to have this scene to yourself. </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;"><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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris Perhaps more recognizable from the other side,  the majestic details of this view are my favorite.   In the s...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris - un grand lustre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrEyeIlkImUuZCx8ji4aje48QK3WVtZWhvUhJuB_oFdrrI2iKiOHl0ZCOcJz3ZesKTwvyrFMYkJiEgjzhCI3fu13Fwsx_MZou9NWyzFzFIJY-3s_cYkwoUieK6HjYJi577_48ZOOF7Ow/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_155DSC_4510.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrEyeIlkImUuZCx8ji4aje48QK3WVtZWhvUhJuB_oFdrrI2iKiOHl0ZCOcJz3ZesKTwvyrFMYkJiEgjzhCI3fu13Fwsx_MZou9NWyzFzFIJY-3s_cYkwoUieK6HjYJi577_48ZOOF7Ow/s640/2012+Mar+28+Paris_155DSC_4510.jpg" width="422" /></a></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;">Notre Dame</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;">This is only one of the grand chandeliers of Notre Dame </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">seen up close and in detail as it was lowered last year for cleaning.  </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 850th birthday celebration of this renown cathedral </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">called for some major housekeeping and renovations (the bells).  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I would say that this <i>grand dame</i> has held her age well.</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 dimanche</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris - un grand lustre

Notre Dame This is only one of the grand chandeliers of Notre Dame  seen up close and in detail as it was lowered last year for cleaning.   ...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEMqPa02r5pJAgfH4um9w2WA5veKEmCJ9N8QSQ_5pJzj7MEtWL5e5Au8-MnJIbE46D2DXQVU2tEozji6MEgmaRGJ_iOhjA8ArkNl2XqgTqoBj_o0ZzjMkFPz-yRoCcFlvYKJRDjhs6uRU/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_113DSC_4468.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEMqPa02r5pJAgfH4um9w2WA5veKEmCJ9N8QSQ_5pJzj7MEtWL5e5Au8-MnJIbE46D2DXQVU2tEozji6MEgmaRGJ_iOhjA8ArkNl2XqgTqoBj_o0ZzjMkFPz-yRoCcFlvYKJRDjhs6uRU/s640/2012+Mar+28+Paris_113DSC_4468.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Notre Dame</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;">This 850 year old icon on the Paris landscape has greeted worshipers and tourists for centuries.  For all of 2013 there will be special concerts and celebrations for this auspicious and grand cathedral.</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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>6, Place du Parvis Notre-Dame,</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">Place Jean-Paul II</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris</em></span></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

Notre Dame This 850 year old icon on the Paris landscape has greeted worshipers and tourists for centuries.  For all of 2013 there will be s...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjxPyuA2jfyE51cS-9iIzr9W0qJgd-cGPJrk9AM-DU3DeV7Tf4yMHl6x-pCw9PL-jMgG-NRDIBzW6NZxct_6N2sOGvJEZgMSOJPhkpv69QCF2jLeJ0I60kWgNOXvAFCaz_0l1f7y-T94/s1600/2012+mar+28+Notre+Dame.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjxPyuA2jfyE51cS-9iIzr9W0qJgd-cGPJrk9AM-DU3DeV7Tf4yMHl6x-pCw9PL-jMgG-NRDIBzW6NZxct_6N2sOGvJEZgMSOJPhkpv69QCF2jLeJ0I60kWgNOXvAFCaz_0l1f7y-T94/s640/2012+mar+28+Notre+Dame.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;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</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;"><span class="hps">Une couronne</span> <span class="hps">pour le Roi</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="hps">A crown for the King</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="hps"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="hps"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="hps">joyeuses</span> <span class="hps">Pâques</span></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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris Une couronne pour le Roi A crown for the King joyeuses Pâques Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris 6 Parvis Notre...

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Les silhouettes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jf0WGMkPmoxPhNn4rFL7huNGDMCBzEjbfDfkpknzX6K5YK8puEzCEqd9ga6cZYr5mVAKwtDjqebfe3tn1qSqUGht1NixyR1jzZ009sxArWMooLdV2_nIe_q9D6yUvRmjNV6eCthabTE/s1600/2012+jan+11+1st_0312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" kea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jf0WGMkPmoxPhNn4rFL7huNGDMCBzEjbfDfkpknzX6K5YK8puEzCEqd9ga6cZYr5mVAKwtDjqebfe3tn1qSqUGht1NixyR1jzZ009sxArWMooLdV2_nIe_q9D6yUvRmjNV6eCthabTE/s640/2012+jan+11+1st_0312.jpg" width="640" /></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;">Seen in a shop in the 5eme</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">full of handmade toys</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These tin figures danced in the shadow </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of Notre Dame seen in the distance.</div><br /><br /><br />Rue de Bièvre<br />75005, Paris<br />Métro Maubert-Mutualité

Les silhouettes

Seen in a shop in the 5eme full of handmade toys These tin figures danced in the shadow of Notre Dame seen in the distance. Rue de Bièvre 75...

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