Bistrot Victoires

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBrkejsDSjJ6A7tW-e_-HXeTZUJi1JPdo0aQFprHy7LcyP9ME1aASv_thqJTBxiF3KUAKDERVoAz4g1gwGhJvr3sqy6ZfBrn5FlDxZZCk7b9jK379LQ1GidkMcSBbqOKH55m33PTlNDk/s1600/2012+Jan+11+1st_0046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBrkejsDSjJ6A7tW-e_-HXeTZUJi1JPdo0aQFprHy7LcyP9ME1aASv_thqJTBxiF3KUAKDERVoAz4g1gwGhJvr3sqy6ZfBrn5FlDxZZCk7b9jK379LQ1GidkMcSBbqOKH55m33PTlNDk/s1600/2012+Jan+11+1st_0046.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bistrot Victoires</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This neighborhood bistrot/café is a favorite of mine.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, the food is good and reasonable, nothing fancy, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it is not the food that makes it a favorite.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">...It is all the friends whose company I have enjoyed </div><div style="text-align: center;">over the years as well as the staff and the charming ambiance</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;">We need to meet again...</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;">Bistrot Victoires</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">1, rue de la Vrillière</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div>

Bistrot Victoires

Bistrot Victoires This neighborhood bistrot/café is a favorite of mine. Yes, the food is good and reasonable, nothing fancy,  but it is not ...

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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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Rue de Beaujolais

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRRRimncJhZsDw_VAK907eaJP-3gUOZM5cOODhweNyGzMpRWVKjzGYi9q4OAZQs60MZn90mkCWsKNPj8oRQNU9ck2R8u-buw4vhwtc7psRdNqgStrjJO0zVN1heColiPqcjPOShnh_teE/s1600/2014+Sept+18+Thur++++_20140918+094+DSC_8769.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRRRimncJhZsDw_VAK907eaJP-3gUOZM5cOODhweNyGzMpRWVKjzGYi9q4OAZQs60MZn90mkCWsKNPj8oRQNU9ck2R8u-buw4vhwtc7psRdNqgStrjJO0zVN1heColiPqcjPOShnh_teE/s1600/2014+Sept+18+Thur++++_20140918+094+DSC_8769.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The morning sun </div><div style="text-align: center;">creates crisp shadows</div><div style="text-align: center;">on the weathered shutters...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">....weathered shutters </div><div style="text-align: center;">with a freshly-painted</div><div style="text-align: center;">"W"</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;">18, rue de Beaujolais</div><div style="text-align: left;">75001, Paris</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue de Beaujolais

The morning sun  creates crisp shadows on the weathered shutters... ....weathered shutters  with a freshly-painted "W" 18, rue de ...

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Mini Jacinthe

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNuR3mVcV6Au4NZijaKqo8LHocHvTZIoTHfDHPBu6ORsIUs2cNYPaaX9H-m37ZcQPjYDGAXkwBh1Ov419eRLL_sKGxFOme9yD3pjrac4YmeKgnH1kPDO5lfazaDrjR1j1vnpAbvmpgJE/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+199+DSC_1884.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNuR3mVcV6Au4NZijaKqo8LHocHvTZIoTHfDHPBu6ORsIUs2cNYPaaX9H-m37ZcQPjYDGAXkwBh1Ov419eRLL_sKGxFOme9yD3pjrac4YmeKgnH1kPDO5lfazaDrjR1j1vnpAbvmpgJE/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+199+DSC_1884.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mini Hyacinth</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the midst of winter</div><div style="text-align: center;">a "forced" bulb such as these hyacinths</div><div style="text-align: center;">reveal the promise of spring </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The sweet smell of these flowers </div><div style="text-align: center;">is as fragrant as the finest Paris <i>parfum</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;">Messages du Grand Cerf (fleuriste)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Passage du Grand Cerf</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>

Mini Jacinthe

Mini Hyacinth In the midst of winter a "forced" bulb such as these hyacinths reveal the promise of spring  The sweet smell of thes...

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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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Rust and Ruin?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXhqUtEebk9-t7Mty64LlC8KzoNa0u0kwiZCVdeTTSR_wc5e3QxyE3mbKFkmwc4Y1u5ZOCiuA_FzUjEgafeehPug8ogSHLaiiao1Plkv8m-wF3rlbRsUatdgzciyz45KOjNosUq3wOTQ/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+183+DSC_0882.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXhqUtEebk9-t7Mty64LlC8KzoNa0u0kwiZCVdeTTSR_wc5e3QxyE3mbKFkmwc4Y1u5ZOCiuA_FzUjEgafeehPug8ogSHLaiiao1Plkv8m-wF3rlbRsUatdgzciyz45KOjNosUq3wOTQ/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+183+DSC_0882.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">City Daily Photo </div><div style="text-align: center;">September Theme Day</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Rust and Ruin" should have been an easy assignment...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Seen in a window in the Marais</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;">"Paris"</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Marais window</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2014/08/september-2014-gallery-rust-and-ruins.html" target="_blank">Click here to see what City Daily Photo Bloggers</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">from around the world have found...</div>

Rust and Ruin?

City Daily Photo  September Theme Day "Rust and Ruin" should have been an easy assignment... Seen in a window in the Marais "...

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Promo! Des orchidées

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizL7Vj9ImqKbSwVmHsAY8IPG0wq-dn1fbf8M-luHd5K-UQ3XXq2smk7xA5AvMrDQovvKuikZRxjefb0cb8Kacc97lFnw1Zd9m1a4_32yjjMxPVWj_ZxoIcjFTkVRuNe0PSdPamBi_A2EA/s1600/2011+April+16+DSC_0022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="780" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizL7Vj9ImqKbSwVmHsAY8IPG0wq-dn1fbf8M-luHd5K-UQ3XXq2smk7xA5AvMrDQovvKuikZRxjefb0cb8Kacc97lFnw1Zd9m1a4_32yjjMxPVWj_ZxoIcjFTkVRuNe0PSdPamBi_A2EA/s1600/2011+April+16+DSC_0022.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Orchids</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A street-side display of flowers is typical in all parts of Paris.  The orchids so carefully protected <i>sous cellophane </i>are a promise of colorful plants for months to come.  The prices seen here are comparable to what one might expect to pay at home.  If you are going to be in Paris for a week or so, a pot of these orchids would make you feel right at home.</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;">Thinking of my daddy who had </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;">a greenhouse full of these for most of my life.</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;">Marché Maubert</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Maubert</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></span></i><br /><br /></div>

Promo! Des orchidées

Orchids A street-side display of flowers is typical in all parts of Paris.  The orchids so carefully protected sous cellophane are a promise...

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Moules ou Mussels?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-XxtJ0IcIIEbjkrNeO_M1wR2Bi1qy6_3FaeNUy6ChUCRNS7ubG1Mu2PqJN8uijNIe6-0a91sWvDaEaDv-i48VG0yaswu0ce882imUMsCPvv_VH0jhOGGfLXsniEUCFCwoefykuNZDR0/s1600/2013+Nov17+Paris+_20131117+117+DSC_9763.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-XxtJ0IcIIEbjkrNeO_M1wR2Bi1qy6_3FaeNUy6ChUCRNS7ubG1Mu2PqJN8uijNIe6-0a91sWvDaEaDv-i48VG0yaswu0ce882imUMsCPvv_VH0jhOGGfLXsniEUCFCwoefykuNZDR0/s1600/2013+Nov17+Paris+_20131117+117+DSC_9763.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Moules or mussels?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As fond as I am of the handwritten chalkboard menus of Paris, this one leaves me cold.  The English translation combined with the perfect lettering abandons the charm of the handwritten French.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What do you think?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Paris Cafe</div><div style="text-align: left;">off Rue Mouffetard</div><div style="text-align: left;">75005, Paris</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Moules ou Mussels?

  Moules or mussels?     As fond as I am of the handwritten chalkboard menus of Paris, this one leaves me cold.  The English translation com...

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L'Écailler du Bistrot

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPIj5pfuOH-7OWbhHMo4__9AV938dpuUsd-fwX0XKqsVKY8lbGb-sLIRaIr847aHDkFgwZpuBDzs2gFRPm91dPmxXkbRXSc4YYjfwBPqC6CsIQZs84VQ7MjP5Gw4CYHhjtbi1edEHA2E/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_75DSC_8166.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPIj5pfuOH-7OWbhHMo4__9AV938dpuUsd-fwX0XKqsVKY8lbGb-sLIRaIr847aHDkFgwZpuBDzs2gFRPm91dPmxXkbRXSc4YYjfwBPqC6CsIQZs84VQ7MjP5Gw4CYHhjtbi1edEHA2E/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_75DSC_8166.jpg" width="475" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">L'Écailler du Bistrot</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If you are fond of seafood you will love this restaurant devoted to shrimp, fish, prawns, lobster, and most importantly (to me) oysters!  We were there for a midday meal of oysters and to sample their featured fish of the day.  I was not disappointed and as I type about the salty sea flavor of these delightful mollusks, my mouth is watering.  At home I might have been mixing a coctail sauce, but here they needed not a single seasoning or spice.  </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The next trip to this bistrot, I will just have an assortment of oysters...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">with a side of baguette.</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>L'Écailler du Bistrot</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>22, rue Paul Bert</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>75011, Paris</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em></em></span></div><div align="center"></div>

L'Écailler du Bistrot

      L'Écailler du Bistrot     If you are fond of seafood you will love this restaurant devoted to shrimp, fish, prawns, lobster, and m...

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École de Filles

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFXkbdxMea1SylmB_Azr5WtO3ruvSIXHzNYKOKpyRj1zEwK-rfpw1AifD5OKhqCIX4lseRlU5L-ZVNq-jUatbUoN8Emr1vDzXNrqt6j_W7YxcN2aApcCBNaOrM5vbqwywJrp97ja86nU/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+100+DSC_1785.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFXkbdxMea1SylmB_Azr5WtO3ruvSIXHzNYKOKpyRj1zEwK-rfpw1AifD5OKhqCIX4lseRlU5L-ZVNq-jUatbUoN8Emr1vDzXNrqt6j_W7YxcN2aApcCBNaOrM5vbqwywJrp97ja86nU/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+100+DSC_1785.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">École de Filles</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;">Beautiful architecture and a serene setting belies the sign indicating that between 1942 and 1944 there were 140 school age children from the 2ième arrondissement who were murdered at Auschwitz.  </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;">"Never forget"</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;">École de Filles</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;">44, rue Dussoubs</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;">75002, 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><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

École de Filles

École de Filles Beautiful architecture and a serene setting belies the sign indicating that between 1942 and 1944 there were 140 school age ...

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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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Passy - art et les ombres

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9032684933/" title="2013 0522 Wed_99DSC_5709 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 0522 Wed_99DSC_5709" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5491/9032684933_b9fb57a519_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Art and the shadows</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It seemed that the sun appeared at just the right moment </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to capture this shot.</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-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;">Rue Paul Doumer</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75016, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Passy - art et les ombres

Art and the shadows It seemed that the sun appeared at just the right moment  to capture this shot. bon weekend Rue Paul Doumer 75016, Paris

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Cour Damoye et La Brûlerie Daval - café et thé

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhds6LmrT7M9wpwfIH1BtV3P07jFBH2YPclmGfZ3olNAlkN9xI5J9AoJ9dyBM6ACxvbq6lozy2-jxy6P5T3h-aVLzRnU_55Yehn35Cr9i4gCOBBmv1tYF8U7jUs0bhfF48pkKmQmui6TK8/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_248DSC_8340.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhds6LmrT7M9wpwfIH1BtV3P07jFBH2YPclmGfZ3olNAlkN9xI5J9AoJ9dyBM6ACxvbq6lozy2-jxy6P5T3h-aVLzRnU_55Yehn35Cr9i4gCOBBmv1tYF8U7jUs0bhfF48pkKmQmui6TK8/s640/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_248DSC_8340.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Café et thé</span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On Cour Damoye is a delightful shop for an afternoon tea or coffee, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">patiently brewed by the owner of La Brûlerie Daval. </span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Take a stroll down this quiet impasse, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">free of cars and reminiscent of years gone by.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">  </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Stop off for an expresse or a cup of tea.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The memories will linger...</span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>La Brûlerie Daval </i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Café Thé</i></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Cour Damoye</i></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>75011, Paris</i></span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"></div>

Cour Damoye et La Brûlerie Daval - café et thé

Café et thé On Cour Damoye is a delightful shop for an afternoon tea or coffee, patiently brewed by the owner of La Brûlerie Daval.  Take a ...

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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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Rue Soufflot - les trois amies

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8338/8248106971_777b3388c3_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8338/8248106971_777b3388c3_c.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;">Rue Soufflot</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 grand <i>rue</i> between the Panthéon and Jardin du Luxembourg</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">has many interesting windows, architectural elements,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and a few signs.</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 do not think that photographers say, "Watch the birdie!" any longer.</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: 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;">Rue Soufflot</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue Soufflot - les trois amies

Rue Soufflot The grand rue between the Panthéon and Jardin du Luxembourg has many interesting windows, architectural elements, and a few si...

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Le Relais Odéon - une grande brasserie

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8225173341_e23fde9116_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8225173341_e23fde9116_c.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le Relais Odéon</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue du Jardinet</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 famous Paris brasserie has an address on Boulevard Saint-Germain</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but there is back entrance on Rue du Jardinet as seen here.</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 weather worsened as the day progressed, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but the rain made for moody photos on the rain-soaked, cobbled streets.</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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Relais Odéon</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard Saint-Germain et</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue du Jardinet</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 Odéon</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Relais Odéon - une grande brasserie

Le Relais Odéon Rue du Jardinet This famous Paris brasserie has an address on Boulevard Saint-Germain but there is back entrance on Rue du J...

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Haut les mains!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCNF3eso9TsNQSdYxtq3AnO5Ue4yjdEvs5QjAyX6jYQNKwIqF4MijJ7EepqhMSSa9vp-zGGYsAj8BXTNby7oyVyclMl0AhCA9rHX7Mmh6Tk9cmAfRpWpAhGVmr1loDV1svSjAu_XNWE0/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_170DSC_8262.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCNF3eso9TsNQSdYxtq3AnO5Ue4yjdEvs5QjAyX6jYQNKwIqF4MijJ7EepqhMSSa9vp-zGGYsAj8BXTNby7oyVyclMl0AhCA9rHX7Mmh6Tk9cmAfRpWpAhGVmr1loDV1svSjAu_XNWE0/s640/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_170DSC_8262.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Victoria Antiquités</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><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 hands appear to be touching the blue skies of Paris</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;">They were over a corner shop, Victoria Antiquités, </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which displayed a wealth of treasures in the store windows.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Victoria Antiquités</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">80, rue de Charonne</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(at the corner of Rue St Bernard)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75011, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>

Haut les mains!

Victoria Antiquités These hands appear to be touching the blue skies of Paris They were over a corner shop, Victoria Antiquités,  which disp...

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Panneau danger

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nAf3QqJoaS1L2SyzP8eqpf8-pbtYUubCCA5MVk5O53xRZ5oTwTmA6ZKTdHsEnlct7x1pMP8XfqbFNNfaet1oUeM2TsXPisZtrGuZ8HXx70ErLlj00PZxJDuuAnESLkIrFHIQexZEN0k/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_111DSC_4466.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" eda="true" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nAf3QqJoaS1L2SyzP8eqpf8-pbtYUubCCA5MVk5O53xRZ5oTwTmA6ZKTdHsEnlct7x1pMP8XfqbFNNfaet1oUeM2TsXPisZtrGuZ8HXx70ErLlj00PZxJDuuAnESLkIrFHIQexZEN0k/s640/2012+Mar+28+Paris_111DSC_4466.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Like many cities, Paris is constantly under construction and renovation.</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 hand lettering on the bottom caused a giggle...</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;">"Chaussée Déformée"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">(uneven surface)</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;">"comme toi"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">(like YOU)</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: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue de la Cité</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Cité</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Panneau danger

Like many cities, Paris is constantly under construction and renovation. The hand lettering on the bottom caused a giggle... "Chaussée ...

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Métro Bastille

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxlkemWqAGb4aFR8ejc53ZZEt7ol9NBd5Gdu_lJm0lC5FLIPL_jBqykaI-FNh1lRzpNsmLZa52D4evMiYTfgdm8wvqooCLwD5GdE53vLFnb0by5P-7V1niG4hovcd31JOml25CR_7zFQ/s1600/2011+Nov+day+6+DSC_0003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxlkemWqAGb4aFR8ejc53ZZEt7ol9NBd5Gdu_lJm0lC5FLIPL_jBqykaI-FNh1lRzpNsmLZa52D4evMiYTfgdm8wvqooCLwD5GdE53vLFnb0by5P-7V1niG4hovcd31JOml25CR_7zFQ/s640/2011+Nov+day+6+DSC_0003.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The retro look of the building makes a striking background</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">for the yellow Métro sign at Bastille.</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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Bastille</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue de Lyon</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75012, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Métro Bastille

The retro look of the building makes a striking background for the yellow Métro sign at Bastille. Métro Bastille Rue de Lyon 75012, Paris 

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Signe étrange

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiloCwCOC6AMNaWZ7GgmcAHs0fKWcSecLKS4yjzOL8myI8t6DusaDvaOHmqTQNk8WEB6dlpnGmX_vbSbbJ3ZJQpBCrSUvwBFyF-cvlZFDu-i3tYAKAYVKv16WwE_Cq9UVDRPy8auCMFGs8/s1600/2012+Jan+17++3rd_0459.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="505" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiloCwCOC6AMNaWZ7GgmcAHs0fKWcSecLKS4yjzOL8myI8t6DusaDvaOHmqTQNk8WEB6dlpnGmX_vbSbbJ3ZJQpBCrSUvwBFyF-cvlZFDu-i3tYAKAYVKv16WwE_Cq9UVDRPy8auCMFGs8/s640/2012+Jan+17++3rd_0459.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;">I have seen this sign only once or twice in Paris, but love the sense of humor.</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;">No left turn!</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;">or... does it say, "Don't bend the Eiffel Tower!"</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;">This is one of many designs of <a href="http://livornodailyphoto.blogspot.com/2012/03/clet-abraham.html" target="_blank"><strong>Clet Abraham</strong></a>, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">who places his artistic, non-destructive stickers on signs around Europe.</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(Thanks, <a href="http://www.barcelonadailyphoto.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Rob and Mandy</strong></a> for the information)</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: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Laffitte facing </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">Église Notre Dame de Lorette</span></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009, Paris</em></span></div>

Signe étrange

I have seen this sign only once or twice in Paris, but love the sense of humor. No left turn! or... does it say, "Don't bend the Ei...

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