Joie de vivre!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMaQT8DBQ0x7j8YsF3GNiDccfKQ6ini97FhC8AMAhl5Ew1B4WqTjg7ouKEe1PF1RnG138KaZJawyVKTZIJFGqtMGCurNb9mKBB6AVGlOjYfVbvE6QrX2IPJTC70Upr1tJx5HYFmnPtHw/s1600/DSC_0558.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMaQT8DBQ0x7j8YsF3GNiDccfKQ6ini97FhC8AMAhl5Ew1B4WqTjg7ouKEe1PF1RnG138KaZJawyVKTZIJFGqtMGCurNb9mKBB6AVGlOjYfVbvE6QrX2IPJTC70Upr1tJx5HYFmnPtHw/s640/DSC_0558.JPG" width="640" /></a></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;">After a very long day walking all over Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;">it is an absolute joy to find a Metro escalator </div><div style="text-align: center;">to ride up to the street level.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When I find one,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I do a little happy dance (discretely).</div><div style="text-align: center;">This little girl just thought it was funny - </div><div style="text-align: center;">what a doll...</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;">(Must be a French girl!)</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;">Rue de Sevres</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Metro Sevres-Babylon</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div>

Joie de vivre!

After a very long day walking all over Paris it is an absolute joy to find a Metro escalator  to ride up to the street level. When I find on...

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Église Saint-Germain des Prés

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_sfoFnm-3gXX5VTp7f_hRWsZ137FKI7A64tHceT62qlfYYgq_vx9g5c-VluLqfOYWXQZiq1ydlAY6W_psr5k5c2yV152xszV2c3SlZLVng4HrxXKlSkNF-eRGru_RNbGAU4KFUriyhU/s1600/IMG_7087.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_sfoFnm-3gXX5VTp7f_hRWsZ137FKI7A64tHceT62qlfYYgq_vx9g5c-VluLqfOYWXQZiq1ydlAY6W_psr5k5c2yV152xszV2c3SlZLVng4HrxXKlSkNF-eRGru_RNbGAU4KFUriyhU/s640/IMG_7087.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Saint-Germain des Prés</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of the oldest churches in Paris,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and it has its own Métro stop.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have featured this church many times before with historical details, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but you might like to know that this is a Val d'Osne signpost (totem) </div><div style="text-align: center;">and it was created in the 1920s with its luminous opaline globe to better</div><div style="text-align: center;">light the Métro entrances.  There are a few that remain. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> How many have you seen?</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;">Église Saint-Germain des Prés</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">3, place Saint-Germain des Prés</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Germain des Prés

Église Saint-Germain des Prés One of the oldest churches in Paris,  and it has its own Métro stop. I have featured this church many times be...

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Le Métro - après minuit

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmprYkgRPw1SfZQQ-ueUM-zUzURnoCZk2GlUX5BZSn3Ai0KKPb02QnSJJAxhONQzYatVY64Ig8KR8P3FWsiM5f5AqIG6D64EobVMktdCYe6say7LeQw-SkXygmjOj11sys5mFI85bDtc/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+905+DSC_3587.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmprYkgRPw1SfZQQ-ueUM-zUzURnoCZk2GlUX5BZSn3Ai0KKPb02QnSJJAxhONQzYatVY64Ig8KR8P3FWsiM5f5AqIG6D64EobVMktdCYe6say7LeQw-SkXygmjOj11sys5mFI85bDtc/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+905+DSC_3587.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 Métro</div><div style="text-align: center;">(after midnight)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Truly, the deep interior of the Métro looks the same day or night, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but in the very late hours before closing the sounds are amplified.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The clicking of heels, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the laughter of party-people, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and often an eerie silence</div><div style="text-align: center;">in the curved halls </div><div style="text-align: center;">that snake from platform to platform.</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Paris Métro after midnight</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Le Métro - après minuit

The Métro (after midnight) Truly, the deep interior of the Métro looks the same day or night,  but in the very late hours before closing the...

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la petite avec son papa

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUiwOqOp8cFUdgF5S6qz34-3XhqLRiu9zcoHMIhISmIP5vOx-LROXVUwetTu-NDiB9A1EHdQNIOa_3Uh9GFWDNTOUgi2sXpaSX_Powp9Nbnhnt7yx5-NS3HXFBRNTFMAZViHvIn2nb-dY/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_105DSC_3974.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUiwOqOp8cFUdgF5S6qz34-3XhqLRiu9zcoHMIhISmIP5vOx-LROXVUwetTu-NDiB9A1EHdQNIOa_3Uh9GFWDNTOUgi2sXpaSX_Powp9Nbnhnt7yx5-NS3HXFBRNTFMAZViHvIn2nb-dY/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_105DSC_3974.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">little girl with her father</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">French girl?  </div><div style="text-align: center;">I am not sure as there are not many </div><div style="text-align: center;">little girls in Paris with such beautiful blond locks.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Perhaps it is <i>Boucles d'Or</i>*</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: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(*Goldilocks)</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-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;">Paris Metro</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>

la petite avec son papa

little girl with her father French girl?   I am not sure as there are not many  little girls in Paris with such beautiful blond locks. Perha...

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Une femme et le métro

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7O86itNQySGizYodfrRyxftBmIrHC-LNOQYZvZ7C9s11Bl-2ZRwTccV7XA1O-zPGAC8wxsIsi47y-ZLXFuxlJY1gtGYyYzi7hV1F5XBeppk3cK5oYYfF5rMlPFQL0-hHFV9BSL22VAw/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+076+DSC_9029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7O86itNQySGizYodfrRyxftBmIrHC-LNOQYZvZ7C9s11Bl-2ZRwTccV7XA1O-zPGAC8wxsIsi47y-ZLXFuxlJY1gtGYyYzi7hV1F5XBeppk3cK5oYYfF5rMlPFQL0-hHFV9BSL22VAw/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+076+DSC_9029.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Une femme et le métro</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I believe that you are not supposed </div><div style="text-align: center;">to take photos in the Métro, but...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you think she could be any more stylish and chic?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Must be a French girl.</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;">Métro Charles de Gaulle Étoile</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Une femme et le métro

Une femme et le métro I believe that you are not supposed  to take photos in the Métro, but... Do you think she could be any more stylish an...

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Métro République

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpMKHQVLGCEId39VO3x5smj5BEGMlys1MopeilPYqoKeSWqqlt6hQW7rZQhURiWLr1tJXdR87SpZp1-6MUG1GMBzMYtWk2bAnhjT6xZghUC222K59n5nRGfixvRNUbTqD5nCt3bvEI50/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpMKHQVLGCEId39VO3x5smj5BEGMlys1MopeilPYqoKeSWqqlt6hQW7rZQhURiWLr1tJXdR87SpZp1-6MUG1GMBzMYtWk2bAnhjT6xZghUC222K59n5nRGfixvRNUbTqD5nCt3bvEI50/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0128.jpg" width="632" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Métro Station République</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So many of the platforms are changing with  "improvements" so it is said.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This station opened on October 19, 1904 as part of the first section of line 3. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The glass walls that are being added certainly contribute to the safety of the passengers, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but I prefer to see the seats, the signs, and even the "framed" posters as they are,</div><div style="text-align: center;">unobstructed by the barriers to the tracks.</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;">Where are you headed this 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;">I am flying away to a petite birthday party!</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro République</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></i><br /><br />

Métro République

Métro Station République So many of the platforms are changing with  "improvements" so it is said. This station opened on October ...

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Le Violoniste

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHushukztDqvsqRRAd4hrB_UODTcb3bx1xaYpeyG-Sm6Ljfxbyc6PxATdIq7jC2xiXywg2PKLu2NZQPQ4zEeAZP0_U6Cp3KuoFdMJ-7JotScFnK0ktrugxw1sj0XO6bJttUpGf2FG_WME/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+014+DSC_1239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHushukztDqvsqRRAd4hrB_UODTcb3bx1xaYpeyG-Sm6Ljfxbyc6PxATdIq7jC2xiXywg2PKLu2NZQPQ4zEeAZP0_U6Cp3KuoFdMJ-7JotScFnK0ktrugxw1sj0XO6bJttUpGf2FG_WME/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+014+DSC_1239.jpg" width="422" /></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;">The Violinist</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 sounds coming from his violin were clear and mesmerizing.  Asking permission for the photo, he nodded in return.  Clicking twice, I thanked him for his music, dropped a tip, and walked on my way as he gave me the hint of a smile.</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 hope that all who passed this corner enjoyed a pleasant break from the noise of the street, replaced by the strains of Bach from this single violinist.</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro St. Germain des Prés</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;">in front of Église Saint Germain des Prés</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><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Le Violoniste

The Violinist The sounds coming from his violin were clear and mesmerizing.  Asking permission for the photo, he nodded in return.  Clicking...

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Métro Gare d'Austerlitz

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfXrec4EuwPm011az-BxAa5uLyMUjziwMHumRMB-LFj3wLT9s5k_nNQEOEt3KUFRgh0F8sVOm0Mzrh2j65bd2yJYaFZnm8XLwH4rhO8Q3Wgk0HdeVrRTZxstJEi7zm1wDHjwDxbbUDNE/s1600/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+207+DSC_9413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfXrec4EuwPm011az-BxAa5uLyMUjziwMHumRMB-LFj3wLT9s5k_nNQEOEt3KUFRgh0F8sVOm0Mzrh2j65bd2yJYaFZnm8XLwH4rhO8Q3Wgk0HdeVrRTZxstJEi7zm1wDHjwDxbbUDNE/s640/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+207+DSC_9413.jpg" width="480" /></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;">Métro Gare d'Austerlitz</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;">As you look beyond the Métro platform, you can see the trains approach and depart.  So many of the stations now protect the awaiting passengers with glass panels and the view is only be into the darkness of the subway tunnels.  I rather enjoy the few above-ground stations and the ability, for now, to peer down the winding tracks.</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;">If you are vacationing during these holiday weeks, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">be safe and travel well.</span></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;">Métro Gare d'Austerlitz</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;">Platform, Line 5</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;">75005, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Métro Gare d'Austerlitz

Métro Gare d'Austerlitz As you look beyond the Métro platform, you can see the trains approach and depart.  So many of the stations now ...

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Métro Cité - l'escalier

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11042583366/" title="2013 Nov13 Paris _20131113 070 DSC_8609 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov13 Paris _20131113 070 DSC_8609" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2815/11042583366_1f1b3200d2_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;">Cité Métro Station</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 exit at this metro station had more stairs than we could count </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and seemed to be even more than the circular ascent at Abesses.  </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;">As great as the exercise was for counteracting </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the effects of French butter and baguettes, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">we found the elevator for our subsequent stops at Cité.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Cité</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Métro Cité - l'escalier

Cité Métro Station The exit at this metro station had more stairs than we could count  and seemed to be even more than the circular ascent a...

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le Prélude de Paris - l'orchestre classique de Chatelet

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PE1uvFvRMvT0Ijx5EJi0F-SzN8m_xoQ3N8_1WNT-V_3967soU3sS-1XeEpEjO2YleLYuXywxvqwzwpF9IYQeBMnGObFVh0E_KEG91Ci0EJEyOdnpLDhlKbIVs92ueS4jl3bWPsavrGw/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_310DSC_9644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PE1uvFvRMvT0Ijx5EJi0F-SzN8m_xoQ3N8_1WNT-V_3967soU3sS-1XeEpEjO2YleLYuXywxvqwzwpF9IYQeBMnGObFVh0E_KEG91Ci0EJEyOdnpLDhlKbIVs92ueS4jl3bWPsavrGw/s640/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_310DSC_9644.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Prélude de Paris</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">classic orchestra of the Chatelet Métro</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Two days a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you can hear the classic orchestral music of this group </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of conservatory students, music professors, and musician friends.  </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The subterranean orchestra will stop you in your tracks </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as the sound of Vivaldi's Four Seasons </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">echoes through the many tunnels of Chatelet.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They play at an intersection/crossing of lines 1 and 4.  </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;"><a href="http://www.preludedeparis.fr/rep/ext/mp3/vivaldi-hiver.mp3" target="_blank">Click here</a> for a brief selection </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of their Vivaldi's <i>Hiver</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Prélude de Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">often heard at Chatelet</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">lines 1 and 4</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div></div>

le Prélude de Paris - l'orchestre classique de Chatelet

Prélude de Paris classic orchestra of the Chatelet Métro Two days a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays)  you can hear the classic orchestral music...

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Metro sign

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9731372270/" title="2012 Mar 30 Paris_122DSC_5070 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 30 Paris_122DSC_5070" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5462/9731372270_a1884d1e66_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The high post with its lighted "M" is one of my favorite Metro signs</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">particularly when seen against a clear Paris sky</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The season does not matter</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Paris Metro Sign</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Near Louvre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div></div>

Metro sign

The high post with its lighted "M" is one of my favorite Metro signs particularly when seen against a clear Paris sky The season d...

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Métro Réaumur-Sébastopol - Entrée d'Hector Guimard

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTX6LI7BS_YErGx_LDuLpyFopOcH8wndH0XNpyDXQyHoQqxmejb8h8PK3mbgqA5jSwVUaAVL0VPjAHItCnweOU9_ycNeeuVKnxC7e2WChPEOF_y_dOrRJ0JJ3OID1GqYu89-zPoRYLreQ/s1600/2010+Dec+3+DSC_0159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTX6LI7BS_YErGx_LDuLpyFopOcH8wndH0XNpyDXQyHoQqxmejb8h8PK3mbgqA5jSwVUaAVL0VPjAHItCnweOU9_ycNeeuVKnxC7e2WChPEOF_y_dOrRJ0JJ3OID1GqYu89-zPoRYLreQ/s640/2010+Dec+3+DSC_0159.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Art Nouveau design</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;">These famed entrances designed by Hector Guimard were surrounded in talk and not a little controversy in 1900.  The most elaborate were those with glass canopies, of which three still exist.  </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;">Guimard's design above can be seen all over Paris, and there are 80 of this style with cast-iron balustrades decorated in plant-like motifs still remaining today.  The orange light globes sit atop ornate cast-iron supports in the form of plant stems.  Typical of the Art Nouveau style, the entire design is quite "organic."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Réaumur-Sébastopol - Entrée d'Hector Guimard</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lines 3 et 4</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, 75003, Paris  </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Métro Réaumur-Sébastopol - Entrée d'Hector Guimard

Art Nouveau design These famed entrances designed by Hector Guimard were surrounded in talk and not a little controversy in 1900.  The most ...

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Les Soldes

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8325897375/" title="2012 Jan 15 2nd_0156 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 15 2nd_0156" height="460" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8355/8325897375_8b361e0967_c.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Les Soldes!</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;">Will soon begin in Paris and in all of France.  The <span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><a href="http://www.service-public.fr/actualites/001859.html" target="_blank">dates for the winter sales</a></b></span> in Paris are from the 9th of January and ending on the 12th of February.  </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;">If you will be in St. Barth's or St. Martin in the French West Indes </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the dates are different as are those of Réunion.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In Paris you will find les Soldes again in the summer.</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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Bourse</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les Soldes

    Les Soldes! Will soon begin in Paris and in all of France.  The dates for the winter sales in Paris are from the 9th of January and end...

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Métropolitain, la fenêtre, et le Vélib

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg099hgut6qLPZwubicZJDqThOvJLzycp44feufU7NwQu1B1A8Ji5mZdWkPFJePgNYP424uuU9UiFWpodvDrjSL5AysT5v1361cdVk7QQPNOzaVGfqDQEN0KIEGk1rAJeHTDb8bJ1_SXvA/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sun+am_65DSC_8903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg099hgut6qLPZwubicZJDqThOvJLzycp44feufU7NwQu1B1A8Ji5mZdWkPFJePgNYP424uuU9UiFWpodvDrjSL5AysT5v1361cdVk7QQPNOzaVGfqDQEN0KIEGk1rAJeHTDb8bJ1_SXvA/s640/2012+Oct+7+Sun+am_65DSC_8903.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;">Rouge times two</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;">Safety in the streets of Paris suggests that one ring the little bell </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and then pull over to the curb.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One can take photos while riding a Vélib, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but coming to a complete stop is best. </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;">...and I did</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;">There is more to this story, bien sûr</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">brrring, brrring!</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;">112, boulevard Raspail</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Notre-Dame des Champs</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;">Le Beaujolais nouveau arrive!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9585v1vrZtnLGbrWrf-gjq7U1ZT29WsQXXw0vuxulJaXZxI00zWfo_FTObW77Y1PXHu7gr4lTe0mUnYmJBbVUzZ3DzybQBx-Wwhp3aljyuV7Snhv5Coqm4njnoLTPFwkzmcbPO_VETU/s1600/2012+Shell+Metro+Velib+Fenetre.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9585v1vrZtnLGbrWrf-gjq7U1ZT29WsQXXw0vuxulJaXZxI00zWfo_FTObW77Y1PXHu7gr4lTe0mUnYmJBbVUzZ3DzybQBx-Wwhp3aljyuV7Snhv5Coqm4njnoLTPFwkzmcbPO_VETU/s200/2012+Shell+Metro+Velib+Fenetre.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Just look at this lovely ink and watercolor<br />by dear friend Shell Sherree <b><a href="http://www.shellsherree.com/2012/11/francophile-friday-take-vantage-of-le.html?showComment=1353077468231#c3874069222842602570" target="_blank">here</a></b>!<br /><br /></div>

Métropolitain, la fenêtre, et le Vélib

Rouge times two Safety in the streets of Paris suggests that one ring the little bell  and then pull over to the curb.   One can take photos...

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Métro Champs-Elysées Clemenceau

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OKF5Qb5NCL5GANoiBxya0FMLmW-4vXe6eLjqdNw_toZlI48dO_mk75jBM7QF9oOnW7xXvgexnQT9uyOPBQFOMSZRP65mNZ0colb3VdaiUX2JxSxIWZVRaaNoOJrwPR7uEDgV_xD4dx4/s1600/2011+april+2+DSC_0555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OKF5Qb5NCL5GANoiBxya0FMLmW-4vXe6eLjqdNw_toZlI48dO_mk75jBM7QF9oOnW7xXvgexnQT9uyOPBQFOMSZRP65mNZ0colb3VdaiUX2JxSxIWZVRaaNoOJrwPR7uEDgV_xD4dx4/s640/2011+april+2+DSC_0555.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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In Lisbon the Metrolitano Picoas station has a very French Guimard entrance, a gift from RATP.  In exchange, the Portuguese ceramist and painter Manuel Cargaleiro created these tiles, giving the Métro Champs-Elysées Clemenceau station a unique atmosphere. </span>  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Merci à <a href="http://paris-bise-art.blogspot.com/2009/06/champs-elysees-clemenceau.html">Paris-bise-art</a>) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Métro Champs-Elysées Clemenceau</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Avenue Winston Churchill et</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Avenue des Champs Elysées</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008 Paris</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Métro Champs-Elysées Clemenceau

  In Lisbon the Metrolitano Picoas station has a very French Guimard entrance, a gift from RATP.  In exchange, the Portuguese ceramist and p...

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Le Métro - the long walk

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSHWb5t-zvwbmOrNFqgZRaDQEJv6W7vefha-WKMo6rY-bYsusC1VoGbvgJHuMDAEV_bC_8XGX2Pbj1773UYuNyRYHCEkenVN8GD5rL1PZWkcoisttx1iNUNm_jomyHhSzMWfhL3AYvd7k/s1600/2011+april+3+DSC_0205-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSHWb5t-zvwbmOrNFqgZRaDQEJv6W7vefha-WKMo6rY-bYsusC1VoGbvgJHuMDAEV_bC_8XGX2Pbj1773UYuNyRYHCEkenVN8GD5rL1PZWkcoisttx1iNUNm_jomyHhSzMWfhL3AYvd7k/s640/2011+april+3+DSC_0205-1.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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Métro de Paris is an easy system to navigate, and with a few simple instructions, color-coded lines, one can cross Paris with ease.  The maps are consistent in the color assigned each of the 16 lines, and the Métro stations themselves are well-marked with signs so you will arrive at the proper platform (headed in the correct direction).   Before you leave a station, a map on the wall will show you the exit(s) and where you will be at street level.  I have found that a compass or an iPhone app with a compass is helpful as you come up to the street in an unfamiliar area.  </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 photo above was taken for the chic attire of this Métro passenger, but it reminds me that some of the stations are quite large with long walks to make connections to another line.</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;">What tips do you have for navigating the Métro?</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;">     </div>

Le Métro - the long walk

The Métro de Paris is an easy system to navigate, and with a few simple instructions, color-coded lines, one can cross Paris with ease.  The...

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