Il fait froid!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiARS0krsQfVYzNAmZ4X0hCf-igbLaWaALQ2WLgwDYnnolZnWMi0VYwL5bixGiwMbHgeKX2XDgPvFAaT9Slx3c9trVx7Md43Neqv6FDCoOblR450H2FwB7oSQEwF6tLR5Fcsspompg8w0/s1600/2013+Nov23+Paris+_20131123+027+DSC_3614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiARS0krsQfVYzNAmZ4X0hCf-igbLaWaALQ2WLgwDYnnolZnWMi0VYwL5bixGiwMbHgeKX2XDgPvFAaT9Slx3c9trVx7Md43Neqv6FDCoOblR450H2FwB7oSQEwF6tLR5Fcsspompg8w0/s1600/2013+Nov23+Paris+_20131123+027+DSC_3614.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is cold!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although January and February can be frigid in Paris,</div><div style="text-align: center;">rarely does it stop the city, the Parisians, the tourists.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have only seen snow twice in Paris, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but the December 2010 snowstorm emptied the streets...</div><div style="text-align: center;">except for the crazy photographers and a few children.</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;">Quai Voltaire - Pont du Carrousel</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>

Il fait froid!

It is cold! Although January and February can be frigid in Paris, rarely does it stop the city, the Parisians, the tourists. I have only see...

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Escalier du Ministre - Louvre

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9348844970/" title="2012 Mar 30 Paris_217DSC_5165 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 30 Paris_217DSC_5165" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3691/9348844970_02790fa356_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;">Escalier du Ministre </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in the Richelieu wing of the Louvre</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 Louvre is filled with architectural designs and details, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and this staircase, Escalier du Ministre, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">led up to the private apartments of the Minister of State.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you visit this area of the museum, you can walk up these steps </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">just as the royal visitors once did, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and amble through the apartments of Napoleon III.</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;">It is interesting to discover the many elegant designs </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of the Louvre staircases.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Musée du Louvre</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;">75001, Paris </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;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Escalier du Ministre - Louvre

Escalier du Ministre  in the Richelieu wing of the Louvre The Louvre is filled with architectural designs and details,  and this staircase, ...

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Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8563013323/" title="2012 Jan 16 2nd_0752 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 16 2nd_0752" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8251/8563013323_cd0cbe4483_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;">Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois</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;">Back when the Louvre was still a royal palace (Palais du Louvre), Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois was its church.  The impressive and unique bell tower dates from the 12th century and was the only Romanesque survival.  It was later transformed to the Gothic style in the 19th century.</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;">It does enjoy a lofty view of the Louvre</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;">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 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois</em></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>2, place du Louvre</em></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Métro Louvre-Rivoli ou Pont Neuf</em></span></i></div>

Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois Back when the Louvre was still a royal palace (Palais du Louvre), Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois ...

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Louvre Pyramid and full moon

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPndHlsAEutukYuQbeyAOPLT7RDTFtj2JdkQByQ71rkvpgYQGfVbAsCpA2e6_ja00E_5_tVOlB5ejm1nCRcaY_43bH6IHgSdQbl4S7c67lDqMdvlthGnZvDNQaiLo0LRU89WO3uQpv1E0/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0541.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPndHlsAEutukYuQbeyAOPLT7RDTFtj2JdkQByQ71rkvpgYQGfVbAsCpA2e6_ja00E_5_tVOlB5ejm1nCRcaY_43bH6IHgSdQbl4S7c67lDqMdvlthGnZvDNQaiLo0LRU89WO3uQpv1E0/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0541.jpg" width="640" xaa="true" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Through the glass and steel of I. M. Pei's Pyramid, is seen a full moon and Pavillon de l'Horloge, architecture from different centuries gracing the Napoleon Courtyard of the Louvre.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Bon weekend</span><br /><br />Louvre Pyramid<br />Cour Napoleon<br />75001, Paris<br /><br />See more reflections here at <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/2011/09/hand-in-hand-on-sand-weekend.html">James' Weekend Reflections</a>

Louvre Pyramid and full moon

Through the glass and steel of I. M. Pei's Pyramid, is seen a full moon and Pavillon de l'Horloge, architecture from different centu...

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Full Moon over Paris

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGl4Hj37vWjeQ5JgDqexSnQAijTqovcY7jZpCur6rPcbTpTo36AIgGznpkfzBZqT2Vf9a_x9ACQlwe8Q0R7Su8JhKGLnhZZgiijKRepXTIN9M8sR22hd37wXd-AqMYW6wSlYyHLZB77Rw/s1600/2011+april+paris+7+DSC_0535.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598183096491287826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGl4Hj37vWjeQ5JgDqexSnQAijTqovcY7jZpCur6rPcbTpTo36AIgGznpkfzBZqT2Vf9a_x9ACQlwe8Q0R7Su8JhKGLnhZZgiijKRepXTIN9M8sR22hd37wXd-AqMYW6wSlYyHLZB77Rw/s640/2011+april+paris+7+DSC_0535.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br />There is not much that could take my breath away like this full moon rising in Paris on Monday. In all the times that I have been to Paris I have never been there for a full moon... just look at those clear skies and wispy clouds framing the moon.<br /><br />Marie, Janeen and I enjoyed a wonderful dinner together on our last night in Paris and walked to the Louvre and on to the Seine for a night shoot. The weather was perfect for just a sweater or light jacket. We perched on the edge of the pool, chatted, told stories and took photos.<br /><br />I am so glad that I was there as I do not expect to ever have the stars lined up so perfectly for me again.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">For more weekend reflections check out James' </span><a href="http://newtowndailyphoto.blogspot.com/2011/04/ghostly-reflection-weekend-reflections.html"><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Newtown Daily Photo</span></strong></a><span style="font-size:85%;">.</span>

Full Moon over Paris

There is not much that could take my breath away like this full moon rising in Paris on Monday. In all the times that I have been to Paris I...

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Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9MlWwiXyOtus39UdkT0NLWTFpSJf9l1N2mPp0k50gzKe4REkRwBpgndXyqGiNE6-8WF5iFmiTyRTnT6vanhyphenhyphenm_AzHUrczr3qe6eymC2bDlm6S3npRJ_Y08LV84MtULmhNKdT0n_0YR8/s1600/2006+dec+paris+DSC_0274+blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541834302499529730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9MlWwiXyOtus39UdkT0NLWTFpSJf9l1N2mPp0k50gzKe4REkRwBpgndXyqGiNE6-8WF5iFmiTyRTnT6vanhyphenhyphenm_AzHUrczr3qe6eymC2bDlm6S3npRJ_Y08LV84MtULmhNKdT0n_0YR8/s640/2006+dec+paris+DSC_0274+blog.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">When the Louvre was still a royal palace (Palais du Louvre), Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois was its church, the former parish of the kings of France. The unusual bell tower seen here was constructed in the 12th century and is the only remaining element of that early church. It was transformed in the 19th century to its current Gothic style. The stained glass windows from the Renaissance period are magnificent and the impressive organ was originally ordered by Louis XVI for Sainte-Chapelle.</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Bon dimanche</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois<br />2, place du Louvre </span></div>

Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

When the Louvre was still a royal palace (Palais du Louvre), Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois was its church, the former parish of the k...

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