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Musée du Louvre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQto_VRqiBx_oPxY2I8YJc4FksmMsYQOuYAk0cT-1QvV8uHdUU5ggCOJ2uG79LoXn0rkCxDEYi76ejl6yBMwcyqNYUbqxi9dqlXP03HwbaBaSkfi7z94HrOJUR6F5BMmOZghF8MMW8P0/s1600/2012+Mar+30+Paris_179DSC_5127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQto_VRqiBx_oPxY2I8YJc4FksmMsYQOuYAk0cT-1QvV8uHdUU5ggCOJ2uG79LoXn0rkCxDEYi76ejl6yBMwcyqNYUbqxi9dqlXP03HwbaBaSkfi7z94HrOJUR6F5BMmOZghF8MMW8P0/s640/2012+Mar+30+Paris_179DSC_5127.jpg" width="475" /></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: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Musée du Louvre</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The inner chambers of the</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Louvre museum.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Take a peek</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Musée du Louvre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Musée du Louvre

Musée du Louvre The inner chambers of the Louvre museum. Take a peek Musée du Louvre 75001, Paris

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Le Théâtre du Merveilleux - CDP THEME DAY (Curiosities)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VTwpzUwVnDpXeVSc2JeIK3YIYMdhyphenhyphen_M0gmBgOidm6Hkc6dLcnjxuIVI1ZF2bAMFYWe8IiWo0YKhONLQt8VXrceAN5LWayLD1uSvwuUVKDyahPWGQ7I48VZBMZaR6JB9tyoQCKgGZDEE/s1600/2012+Mar+27+Paris_027DSC_4141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VTwpzUwVnDpXeVSc2JeIK3YIYMdhyphenhyphen_M0gmBgOidm6Hkc6dLcnjxuIVI1ZF2bAMFYWe8IiWo0YKhONLQt8VXrceAN5LWayLD1uSvwuUVKDyahPWGQ7I48VZBMZaR6JB9tyoQCKgGZDEE/s640/2012+Mar+27+Paris_027DSC_4141.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Théâtre du Merveilleux</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="notranslate">In  the heart of the Bercy neighborhood,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="notranslate">wine warehouses  built by Gustave Eiffel's apprentice </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="notranslate">host thousands of objects, among them  ancient artifacts, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="notranslate">fairground, theater and music hall items and</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="notranslate"> "curiosities"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="notranslate">Today I join City Daily Photo bloggers from around the world</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="notranslate">for Theme Day.  Click <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">here to see other interpretations of CURIOSITIES</a></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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="notranslate">Le Théâtre du Merveilleux - Musée des Arts Forains</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="notranslate">Pavillons de Bercy</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="notranslate"><i>75012, Paris  </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="notranslate">  </span></div>

Le Théâtre du Merveilleux - CDP THEME DAY (Curiosities)

Le Théâtre du Merveilleux In the heart of the Bercy neighborhood, wine warehouses built by Gustave Eiffel's apprentice host thousands...

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Petit Palais - l'escalier

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VpromY1PwHeqg5ocId088bcrhS3cAWOT62gsJ0tPxVnKyEDSCRn2MpsN_EEoLkRvmIHn_6iEUOOjtq8HrosrORWhqMx0kDpxVWortHKA6fI3-bwXr6Himd5SlYclkeWKYJPsb2qJUqs/s1600/2014+Sept+17+Wed++++_20140917+163+DSC_8292.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VpromY1PwHeqg5ocId088bcrhS3cAWOT62gsJ0tPxVnKyEDSCRn2MpsN_EEoLkRvmIHn_6iEUOOjtq8HrosrORWhqMx0kDpxVWortHKA6fI3-bwXr6Himd5SlYclkeWKYJPsb2qJUqs/s640/2014+Sept+17+Wed++++_20140917+163+DSC_8292.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Petit Palais was built for the 1900 Universal Exhibition </div><div style="text-align: center;">and became a museum in 1902.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">The architect Charles Girault </div><div style="text-align: center;">is also credited for the wrought iron design </div><div style="text-align: center;">gracing this circular staircase </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the magnificent</div><div style="text-align: center;"> entrance gates.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Petit Palais </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Avenue Winston Churchill</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;"> </div>

Petit Palais - l'escalier

Petit Palais was built for the 1900 Universal Exhibition and became a museum in 1902. The architect Charles Girault is also credited f...

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Bicentenaire de la Bataille de Waterloo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDXQNYaPb7CJFP4Ak5nc1qLz3JmECOJaPs1ICVo5CBA54zbAERrS4JrTGz0Nr1IvD3W5eOHOlPKv4Tw1-ZjRvmZAzXUosKyZXSPaT01jRidJn4NfjRvdjEZJuvU1nE5BzHGf7qxqi7wko/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_142DSC_4825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDXQNYaPb7CJFP4Ak5nc1qLz3JmECOJaPs1ICVo5CBA54zbAERrS4JrTGz0Nr1IvD3W5eOHOlPKv4Tw1-ZjRvmZAzXUosKyZXSPaT01jRidJn4NfjRvdjEZJuvU1nE5BzHGf7qxqi7wko/s640/2012+Mar+29+Paris_142DSC_4825.jpg" width="475" /></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: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Musée le l'Armée</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">stopped the advance of Napoleon </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and sent him into exile for a second and final time.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="line-height: 107%;"> </span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">In the one day of fighting there were around 55,000 </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">either killed, wounded, or missing in action.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"> However, the battle ushered in more than 50 years of peace.</span></span></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-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Musée de l'Armée</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">129, rue de Grenelle</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">75007, Paris</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Bicentenaire de la Bataille de Waterloo

Musée le l'Armée The Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815, stopped the advance of Napoleon and sent him into exile for a second and fi...

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Un bol, un serpent, et un main

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuYjTZ4vtWdKsXFTlynWIe-bDRPI3b38GyppWyWaEAfJTdEYPoSvUY1WMcEZvR9KWkS6qs9ieLQREWkZZ2ntltb_QI7P3Dd82vTeq3Hqdk95pQ8Z7RcSYBk5oab75jy1iUVrdsrgWW-Hg/s1600/2014+Sept+17+Wed++++_20140917+168+DSC_8297.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuYjTZ4vtWdKsXFTlynWIe-bDRPI3b38GyppWyWaEAfJTdEYPoSvUY1WMcEZvR9KWkS6qs9ieLQREWkZZ2ntltb_QI7P3Dd82vTeq3Hqdk95pQ8Z7RcSYBk5oab75jy1iUVrdsrgWW-Hg/s640/2014+Sept+17+Wed++++_20140917+168+DSC_8297.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A bowl, a snake and a hand...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />a beautifully detailed sculpture </div><div style="text-align: center;">in the depths of Petit Palais</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;">Petit Palais</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">ave Winston Churchill</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>

Un bol, un serpent, et un main

A bowl, a snake and a hand... a beautifully detailed sculpture in the depths of Petit Palais Petit Palais ave Winston Churchill 75008, Pari...

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Petit Musée de la Table de la Tour d'Argent

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2kvSg-ptM7ofWiK97YEyR8RN82JsLuZxArz2q-Xxb9uy2w_5Jn34UYWvs2xm4g6lU78KcHiiKbqHueWs3ojlpqVQUHE2W9ZAEdcgM9wj6zy-IcaNT6GEJOxCZ3lbtwlUWPa7W8U-UTU/s1600/2014+Sept+15+Mon++++_20140915+125+DSC_7169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2kvSg-ptM7ofWiK97YEyR8RN82JsLuZxArz2q-Xxb9uy2w_5Jn34UYWvs2xm4g6lU78KcHiiKbqHueWs3ojlpqVQUHE2W9ZAEdcgM9wj6zy-IcaNT6GEJOxCZ3lbtwlUWPa7W8U-UTU/s640/2014+Sept+15+Mon++++_20140915+125+DSC_7169.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Little Museum of the Table</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">...of the Table?  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Why, a most famous table, that of La Tour d'Argent.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The little museum has a display of cutlery, original menus,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and memorabilia from times gone by.<br /><br />Probably the most impressive display, is that of a table,<br />which is laid out exactly as it would have been for a royal assembly<br />and pretigious event that took place in Paris in 1867.<br /><br />Before you write down the address and put it on your to-do list<br />please note that it is only available in the reception area of the restaurant,<br />for which you have made dinner reservations.  Tant pis pour moi. <br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Petit Musée de la Table de la Tour d'Argent</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">15, quai de la Tournelle</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">75005, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span> </span></span></i></div>

Petit Musée de la Table de la Tour d'Argent

Little Museum of the Table ...of the Table? Why, a most famous table, that of La Tour d'Argent. The little museum has a display of c...

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La cour de Petit Palais

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXwa186c8v5b_cgEDRdkQzrqKEfsvH0voKVmmDjJdvNpW38gD19p-l4XMrxORzPTb_ZYaCz7OSmq-zvopxSRLBVJYZkP_ebIbVOZZrYK4kAbYO9gTTh4grUVVZFPfhkNji_qDawA2y_8/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXwa186c8v5b_cgEDRdkQzrqKEfsvH0voKVmmDjJdvNpW38gD19p-l4XMrxORzPTb_ZYaCz7OSmq-zvopxSRLBVJYZkP_ebIbVOZZrYK4kAbYO9gTTh4grUVVZFPfhkNji_qDawA2y_8/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0550.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The courtyard of Petit Palais</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The trapezoid shape of Petit Palais forms an open area </div><div style="text-align: center;">at the center of the building.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Anderson_1-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petit_Palais#cite_note-Anderson-1"><span></span></a></sup> </div><div style="text-align: center;">The enclosed area creates a semicircular, peristyle courtyard.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Worsdale_3-12"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petit_Palais#cite_note-Worsdale-3"><span></span></a></sup>  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The elegant courtyard is considered Beaux Arts style </div><div style="text-align: center;">for the   “symmetrical composition” and “rich decoration in high relief.” </div><div style="text-align: center;">Coupled columns made of pink Vosges granite </div><div style="text-align: center;">and gilt-bronze garlands encircle the courtyard.</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;">Petit Palais, City of Paris Fine Art Museum</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">avenue Winston Churchill</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris<br /> </span></i></div>

La cour de Petit Palais

The courtyard of Petit Palais The trapezoid shape of Petit Palais forms an open area at the center of the building. The enclosed area cre...

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Thé avec un serpent?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4qeUrEaNPb2GphppW9iX7nQdEbBz1BFAHIgbV8bR3RFqJfFtKsZQpkrfuG3kTwudzeYUPvO4ixTqU3msLcrwXnE45LL0j9kRY2UDdaC-KAsRASfQvmCLk0DDZxcWbX8VYYbN1y-5kkVI/s1600/2014+Sept+17+Wed++++_20140917+110+DSC_8239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4qeUrEaNPb2GphppW9iX7nQdEbBz1BFAHIgbV8bR3RFqJfFtKsZQpkrfuG3kTwudzeYUPvO4ixTqU3msLcrwXnE45LL0j9kRY2UDdaC-KAsRASfQvmCLk0DDZxcWbX8VYYbN1y-5kkVI/s1600/2014+Sept+17+Wed++++_20140917+110+DSC_8239.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Petit Palais</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the main gallery of Petit Palais is this unusual teapot by Léon Kann (1859-1925).</div><div style="text-align: center;">An open-mouthed serpent bursts from a metal gourd </div><div style="text-align: center;">and is ready to strike!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, would you care for lemon or milk </div><div style="text-align: center;">with that tea?</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;">Petit Palais</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">avenue Winston Churchill</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>

Thé avec un serpent?

Petit Palais In the main gallery of Petit Palais is this unusual teapot by Léon Kann (1859-1925). An open-mouthed serpent bursts from a meta...

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Encore un peu de patience!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBspFuuf2iKolL8ai7zHg4-kDTacAZBL4C_WjvDoVQkOmmFIJQ6nQwn2JqFH9BMnGY9Vg-Kh9LdMFGnKStkC1199CGjlWinZvVbVSXywsCvgtcAfSZlEx7BWX6DGTiQ4dX5SbxAXDu8l4/s1600/2014+Sept+17+Wed++++_20140917+187+DSC_8316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBspFuuf2iKolL8ai7zHg4-kDTacAZBL4C_WjvDoVQkOmmFIJQ6nQwn2JqFH9BMnGY9Vg-Kh9LdMFGnKStkC1199CGjlWinZvVbVSXywsCvgtcAfSZlEx7BWX6DGTiQ4dX5SbxAXDu8l4/s1600/2014+Sept+17+Wed++++_20140917+187+DSC_8316.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;">Cafes and sandwich shops in the US </div><div style="text-align: center;">may provide a placard for your table</div><div style="text-align: center;">after you place your order.</div><div style="text-align: center;">When it is ready, a server will deliver it to your table.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">At Le Jardin du Petit Palais Café, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the placard appears quite charming in French.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can only imagine how the French tsk-tsk</div><div style="text-align: center;">the crazy photographers.</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;">Le Jardin du Petit Palais Café</span></i> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Petit Palais</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Avenue Winston Churchill</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></i></div>

Encore un peu de patience!

Cafes and sandwich shops in the US may provide a placard for your table after you place your order. When it is ready, a server will deliver...

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Petit Palais - Grand Palais

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj895Gj1IJFVm1c0Gx6bswxvq3OOY4d73Ing2lHuZZOXlei7CFLylcAUnRLf8bf8IldX4aaJWtCMFSW3bX1L-pvpxl1j4vC4RCmzoxCpsEBnbRtoQOAXD01uJO5S8FS8h1sZkEgJ8A4228/s1600/2014+Sept+17+Wed++++_20140917+209+DSC_8338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj895Gj1IJFVm1c0Gx6bswxvq3OOY4d73Ing2lHuZZOXlei7CFLylcAUnRLf8bf8IldX4aaJWtCMFSW3bX1L-pvpxl1j4vC4RCmzoxCpsEBnbRtoQOAXD01uJO5S8FS8h1sZkEgJ8A4228/s1600/2014+Sept+17+Wed++++_20140917+209+DSC_8338.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Petit Palais</div><div style="text-align: center;">Eclectic </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">From the courtyard of the Petit Palais,</div><div style="text-align: center;">you can catch a glimpse of the Grand Palais </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the ornate gold ironwork at the 'Petit's' entrance.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The reflections are of the beautiful and quiet garden courtyard, </div><div style="text-align: center;">a quiet oasis in the busy city of Paris.</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;">Petit Palais</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Avenue Winston Churchill</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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Petit Palais - Grand Palais

Petit Palais Eclectic From the courtyard of the Petit Palais, you can catch a glimpse of the Grand Palais and the ornate gold ironwork at t...

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Musée du Louvre - un reflet

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2PQFXZrdo5ZCeR-_9IQ7I1S_iY_mkIjJWVUr9qXFohOdUX5HITRb6ljneY5yColNRm25_2yzBu_7Es54xI0GtEoEk05MbVWOogh0Ug6sKMO1GgHNeIUOAJ7QYIB_kqEXcg15R4hHa4Y/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_582DSC_6204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2PQFXZrdo5ZCeR-_9IQ7I1S_iY_mkIjJWVUr9qXFohOdUX5HITRb6ljneY5yColNRm25_2yzBu_7Es54xI0GtEoEk05MbVWOogh0Ug6sKMO1GgHNeIUOAJ7QYIB_kqEXcg15R4hHa4Y/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_582DSC_6204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Musée du Louvre</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Walking back to our apartment late one night, </div><div style="text-align: center;">we found the reflections of street lamps and the Hôtel du Louvre in the windows.</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 weekend</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;">Musée du Louvre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue de Rohan et Rue de Rivoli</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Musée du Louvre - un reflet

Musée du Louvre Walking back to our apartment late one night, we found the reflections of street lamps and the Hôtel du Louvre in the windo...

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Musée Rodin - le jardin du Hôtel Biron

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiryX9FT_YAXlHqxs13RNtjof6BFgW27UuvCZV5mX-TuwvPdh06JQe_eFg1X9in6hKZdga1goGgkCPVkFhtJop-wuORmldthLMCFQlK7PHN3PBaRtYUR8jxJ5sCc_oNtdD_52s9CKUwG5A/s1600/2011+April+15+DSC_0574.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiryX9FT_YAXlHqxs13RNtjof6BFgW27UuvCZV5mX-TuwvPdh06JQe_eFg1X9in6hKZdga1goGgkCPVkFhtJop-wuORmldthLMCFQlK7PHN3PBaRtYUR8jxJ5sCc_oNtdD_52s9CKUwG5A/s1600/2011+April+15+DSC_0574.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Musée Rodin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This verdant scene is in the garden of Hôtel Biron, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the site of Musée Rodin, and sits in the shadow of Les Invalides.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This quiet place in Paris is worth a visit </div><div style="text-align: center;">to see the sculptures of Rodin </div><div style="text-align: center;">as well as some of Camille Claudel.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The garden includes some of Rodin's most recognizable </div><div style="text-align: center;">works including The Thinker and The Gates of Hell.</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;">Musée Rodin - Hôtel Biron</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;">79, rue de Varenne</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;">75007, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Musée Rodin - le jardin du Hôtel Biron

Musée Rodin This verdant scene is in the garden of Hôtel Biron, the site of Musée Rodin, and sits in the shadow of Les Invalides. This quie...

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Petit Palais - la cour

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXR6ZloxpXtE1umUs3i-YrY7bjNUqstDr8_mJfBCd2JGuPUC_dU8Zmiv_6C8ZOZKZBDWMnZwZd80DYYDdejqSWNUcrTck__28t5XNKdmL625CTz990T3aODEzUSxt2FtiPlUOEQoQDxI/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXR6ZloxpXtE1umUs3i-YrY7bjNUqstDr8_mJfBCd2JGuPUC_dU8Zmiv_6C8ZOZKZBDWMnZwZd80DYYDdejqSWNUcrTck__28t5XNKdmL625CTz990T3aODEzUSxt2FtiPlUOEQoQDxI/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0549.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Petit Palais</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Courtyard</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">At the center of this beautiful palace is a quiet and serene courtyard with patio seating for lunch or <i>un café</i>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">  The museum is free and the courtyard is perfect for a rest after seeing the museum and its exquisite palace.<br /><br /><br />Do not miss Monet's  "Soleil Couchant sur la Seine à Lavacourt"<br />and Rembrandt's self-portrait painted in 1631. <br /><br /><br /><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><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><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.petitpalais.paris.fr/en"><b>Petit Palais</b></a>, City of Paris Fine Art Museum <br />Avenue Winston Churchill <br />75008 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;"><br /></span></span></i></div><br /></div>

Petit Palais - la cour

Petit Palais The Courtyard At the center of this beautiful palace is a quiet and serene courtyard with patio seating for lunch or un café . ...

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Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain - le reflet

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5PJGxSGRGaVUtm7aSchQ9NJRH4rJW5qEDnp_m0uYifqPU7_Q0TCRqh8oLm88jdEBxtJnV9CDoIxT4HRjuL6b4kKMnQbj4xAllshjtFfgFYSmFmlfNxc7ltQ2-MYJZPdG-wFq6hsof-c/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_240DSC_4488.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5PJGxSGRGaVUtm7aSchQ9NJRH4rJW5qEDnp_m0uYifqPU7_Q0TCRqh8oLm88jdEBxtJnV9CDoIxT4HRjuL6b4kKMnQbj4xAllshjtFfgFYSmFmlfNxc7ltQ2-MYJZPdG-wFq6hsof-c/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_240DSC_4488.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fondation Cartier</div><div style="text-align: center;">a contemporary art museum</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fondation Cartier inhabits a striking clear glass building designed by Pritzker Prize<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pritzker_Architecture_Prize" title="Pritzker Architecture Prize"></a> architect Jean Nouvel<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Nouvel" title="Jean Nouvel"></a> surrounded by a modern woodland garden landscaped by Lothar Baumgarten.  Would you believe that the landscaper's name translates to "tree garden?"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Seen from across Boulevard Raspail, it is difficult to discern the trees from the building with a multitude of green reflections.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fondation Cartier is one of Europe's most important institutions for contemporary arts.  It hosts a constant stream of  temporary exhibitions focusing on particular contemporary artists, schools, or themes.  It is also an important patron to contemporary artists,  commissioning important works and offering artist-in-residence programs.</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 weekend</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;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain</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;">261, boulevard Raspail</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;">75014, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Joining James' Weekend Reflections</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.weekendreflection.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">View all the contributions here</span></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain - le reflet

Fondation Cartier a contemporary art museum Fondation Cartier inhabits a striking clear glass building designed by Pritzker Prize architect...

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Cour Marly - Musée du Louvre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj45YzIH1aK53y29WAMluFhTLe6kivNzi7jAcvALOYhYqjn7BcBpES-59bocHn09MoYAHIhbSfpgTU-KovtaocIpU3pwzV7_xIrGHd0h2kCepm7uPcp5BMYzpEJfUl8ykrNFITjmPzdR74/s1600/2012+Mar+30+Paris_209DSC_5157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj45YzIH1aK53y29WAMluFhTLe6kivNzi7jAcvALOYhYqjn7BcBpES-59bocHn09MoYAHIhbSfpgTU-KovtaocIpU3pwzV7_xIrGHd0h2kCepm7uPcp5BMYzpEJfUl8ykrNFITjmPzdR74/s1600/2012+Mar+30+Paris_209DSC_5157.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Horses of Marly</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="txtContent">The monumental statuary displayed here was  carved for the park of the Château de Marly. Most of the works were  commissioned by Louis XIV at the end of his reign. However, the  courtyard is dominated by Guillaume Coustou's celebrated <em>Horses of Marly</em>, completed in 1745 under Louis XV.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="txtContent">Coustou sculpted these from a single monolithic block of Carrara marble - stunning.  These are the originals (moved to the Louvre in 1984) and there are copies at Place de la Concorde and at Marly.</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;"><span class="txtContent">(joyeux anniversaire, Countess)</span></span></span></i></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;"><span class="txtContent">Cour Marly, Richelieu Wing </span></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;"><span class="txtContent">Musée du Louvre</span></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;"><span class="txtContent">75001, Paris</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="txtContent"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="txtContent"> </span></div>

Cour Marly - Musée du Louvre

Horses of Marly The monumental statuary displayed here was carved for the park of the Château de Marly. Most of the works were commissione...

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Palais de Tokyo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSWc7ReaiQKxmoh95ieWQ8K2Jfoq2RR5vQSmDRg4EN6jWm6xbi3O8izyEap4alSWFrwcQP1egqJLjIUVy22dl29yEY75L9xTp1g1__5LAcC5Vt2mwryiZbaLQH2AWSW4r_CVPPIZjaMs8/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+031+DSC_8984.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSWc7ReaiQKxmoh95ieWQ8K2Jfoq2RR5vQSmDRg4EN6jWm6xbi3O8izyEap4alSWFrwcQP1egqJLjIUVy22dl29yEY75L9xTp1g1__5LAcC5Vt2mwryiZbaLQH2AWSW4r_CVPPIZjaMs8/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+031+DSC_8984.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Palais de Tokyo</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Taking their lunch with the pigeons</div><div style="text-align: center;">at Palais de Tokyo...</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;">Palais de Tokyo</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;">13, avenue de Président Wilson</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;">75016, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Palais de Tokyo

Palais de Tokyo Taking their lunch with the pigeons at Palais de Tokyo... Palais de Tokyo 13, avenue de Président Wilson 75016, Paris

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Musée Jacquemart André

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10193506154/" title="2011 1109 day 6 DSC_0115 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 1109 day 6 DSC_0115" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3676/10193506154_64060975d2_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;">Musée Jacquemart André</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;">Lunch with friends amid the art, style, and architecture of Paris at </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Musée Jacquemart André</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Oh, and do not forget </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the Veuve Clicquot</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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Musée Jacquemart André - Salon de thé</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>158, boulevard Haussmann</i><br /><i>75008, Paris</i></span></i>

Musée Jacquemart André

Musée Jacquemart André Lunch with friends amid the art, style, and architecture of Paris at Musée Jacquemart André Oh, and do not forget th...

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Louvre -- Le Carrousel du Louvre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWCWDoGBdCoTc3FM04D38uY13vY0qwgHA6b5wgSIjE93ISCbAuXeompyWRs9CRHOv6kxCHJmsI5q_4C8DQyw9cNqqzgt7N2luHLqzeBltGfG2xaHO5XnljA_KuUOA9_sBehJSTXKyNFE/s1600/2012+Mar+30+Paris_007DSC_4955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWCWDoGBdCoTc3FM04D38uY13vY0qwgHA6b5wgSIjE93ISCbAuXeompyWRs9CRHOv6kxCHJmsI5q_4C8DQyw9cNqqzgt7N2luHLqzeBltGfG2xaHO5XnljA_KuUOA9_sBehJSTXKyNFE/s640/2012+Mar+30+Paris_007DSC_4955.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;">Le Carrousel du 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;">What looks to be a fashionable mall is a corridor to the least-crowded entrance into the Louvre.  You can buy tickets at the Tabac on the lower level and quickly enter - no lines and no waiting!  </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;">To get there take Metro Line 1 and exit at the </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Palais Royal--Musee du Louvre station, and never leave the covered area going from one underground area to the next.  Just follow the signs to Carrousel du 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;">In the distance you can see the Pyramid</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-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Carrousel du Louvre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">99, rue du Rivoli</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, 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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Louvre -- Le Carrousel du Louvre

Le Carrousel du Louvre What looks to be a fashionable mall is a corridor to the least-crowded entrance into the Louvre. You can buy tickets...

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Musée du Louvre - Mercure et son ombre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBTLtnGU_mNyrEf3pBfPdZI_7o6s8BlZ1qapQAjwPZDSwdfr6mnHLikYlplIgGXwf8NSsEWs-ewex5W9q9BGUZbOZp5twPbVe4W2e8trkq_oj6Eetd-pF9GhwzIrCGI4fBU1taQsL7uj0/s1600/2012+Mar+30+Paris_142DSC_5090.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBTLtnGU_mNyrEf3pBfPdZI_7o6s8BlZ1qapQAjwPZDSwdfr6mnHLikYlplIgGXwf8NSsEWs-ewex5W9q9BGUZbOZp5twPbVe4W2e8trkq_oj6Eetd-pF9GhwzIrCGI4fBU1taQsL7uj0/s640/2012+Mar+30+Paris_142DSC_5090.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Mercury </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 bronze of Mercury is seen in an arabesque pose, balanced it would appear, on the head of Zephyr.  He is poised on a gust of air coming from the mouth of this god of the east wind.</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;">My search of the internet has not told me for certain the name of the sculptor... any help?  There is one by Giambologna, a Flemish artist, but that bronze is in Florence at the National Museum of the Bargello.</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;">Mercury in this pose of flight is recognized often as the emblem of FTD Florist.</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;"><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;">Musée du Louvre</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;">75001, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Musée du Louvre - Mercure et son ombre

Mercury This bronze of Mercury is seen in an arabesque pose, balanced it would appear, on the head of Zephyr. He is poised on a gust of ai...

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Musée du Louvre - Escalier Mollien

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX60qp4Bm8-lAnVoVsawTKU7CBygBP26kFuJxf0EGEFWuAQ-nVZSAHbvOofNbIdfm_qSokMD1Lk8HPubk1pIvLwC9UmTzIQ4eOSXtHgCTbBFFPZ07TiqujK-GxVzVo6u7em-mAZOSrR_4/s1600/2012+Mar+30+Paris_148DSC_5096.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX60qp4Bm8-lAnVoVsawTKU7CBygBP26kFuJxf0EGEFWuAQ-nVZSAHbvOofNbIdfm_qSokMD1Lk8HPubk1pIvLwC9UmTzIQ4eOSXtHgCTbBFFPZ07TiqujK-GxVzVo6u7em-mAZOSrR_4/s640/2012+Mar+30+Paris_148DSC_5096.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;">The Mollien staircase</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;">For anyone who has ventured into the Louvre, the size of this museum is staggering.  This staircase situated in the center of the Pavillon Mollien was built by the architect Hector Lefuel and inaugurated on August 14, 1857, along with the other buildings comprising Napoleon III's Nouveau 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;">On my first trip to Paris this ironwork was a subject of sketches </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as I tried to take in all the architecture Paris could deliver.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Much of my time in Paris now is spent behind a camera lens, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but I plan to sketch again on my next trip, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">taking the views and details at a slower pace.</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;"><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;">Escalier Mollien - Pavillon Mollien</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Musée du 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 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>

Musée du Louvre - Escalier Mollien

The Mollien staircase For anyone who has ventured into the Louvre, the size of this museum is staggering. This staircase situated in the ce...

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