Paris de la nuit

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1S3ASpq4MjAv3MAGo6nnL6suKqJof2PAN4cl52zU_k26iamY5Lw3B-p1ErroUzfvYVbdx1iI35zo8j46d7lCgzgw3dP0Z1qctBkq_vBUbp4okwthWqwC0Ndr3wPwJ_CUpjAmqcbzFtYA/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+589+DSC_8103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1S3ASpq4MjAv3MAGo6nnL6suKqJof2PAN4cl52zU_k26iamY5Lw3B-p1ErroUzfvYVbdx1iI35zo8j46d7lCgzgw3dP0Z1qctBkq_vBUbp4okwthWqwC0Ndr3wPwJ_CUpjAmqcbzFtYA/s640/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+589+DSC_8103.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;">Paris by night</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;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Looking west from Pont Neuf</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the Seine sparkles with the </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">reflection of lights...</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;">both the famous </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the ordinary</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;"><br /></span><a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Joining James' Weekend Reflections </span></i></a><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><i>right here</i></a> </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><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">from Pont Neuf, the Seine</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Paris de la nuit

Paris by night Looking west from Pont Neuf the Seine sparkles with the  reflection of lights... both the famous  and the ordinary Joining Ja...

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Changement de saison - la Seine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUvy8dFl0bzNmYaIV9YuKx3gkfuVk9YFWqtTsMyPsAlOTv7rv6Swut0m2O5ZQsvrFShj8zfm46gFr5SKsFKNPlZYKggwlH0Wa6cK3UxH_keJVcjlI5Smy9PMA6PY4BH67WLu2wFCk_v7A/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_219DSC_4902.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUvy8dFl0bzNmYaIV9YuKx3gkfuVk9YFWqtTsMyPsAlOTv7rv6Swut0m2O5ZQsvrFShj8zfm46gFr5SKsFKNPlZYKggwlH0Wa6cK3UxH_keJVcjlI5Smy9PMA6PY4BH67WLu2wFCk_v7A/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_219DSC_4902.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;">It is almost spring and all across the hemisphere</div><div style="text-align: center;">people are looking forward to longer days and</div><div style="text-align: center;">warmer weather.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There will be many evenings</div><div style="text-align: center;">along the Seine with friends</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;">Quai 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;"><br /></div>

Changement de saison - la Seine

It is almost spring and all across the hemisphere people are looking forward to longer days and warmer weather. There will be many evenings ...

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Square du Vert Galant

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUOtf8V7UI38KHXLnH9TVy_P88YwxILD8W3IGbXlW3kFgWedD5NnVBUoK_rF3eT_pxHyjDNMnTtVxlUY0dmU_0f99IhTtaD5dzY1LUzpYxhP0_iVs7DYvf8L8nrl2igiiHrTb41hKqiY/s1600/2012+Jan+17+3rd_0288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUOtf8V7UI38KHXLnH9TVy_P88YwxILD8W3IGbXlW3kFgWedD5NnVBUoK_rF3eT_pxHyjDNMnTtVxlUY0dmU_0f99IhTtaD5dzY1LUzpYxhP0_iVs7DYvf8L8nrl2igiiHrTb41hKqiY/s1600/2012+Jan+17+3rd_0288.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Square du Vert Galant</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This little tear-drop of green is not exactly a secret place, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it is most often photographed from the other direction</div><div style="text-align: center;">(as seen in my banner photo above).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The view from Pont des Arts gives the illusion </div><div style="text-align: center;">of a ship's bow.  You can access this little park</div><div style="text-align: center;">at the midpoint of Pont Neuf.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Square du Vert Galant</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>

Square du Vert Galant

Square du Vert Galant This little tear-drop of green is not exactly a secret place,  but it is most often photographed from the other direct...

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Pont des Arts - As-tu un clé?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKaO6Q9B-Olq7K5zVMKIQrrh8CRT8gltPsQrLabe5ImnH9tqPfvndtI4wS8iPOg3Bq8oDqJZ2-IRZA6o3DUVcJ-3eUta8Q0hX_mmqn46Mt203IF6Ic6LyYDWgtXGJ5H2JQb0C0dtp8lw/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_232DSC_4915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKaO6Q9B-Olq7K5zVMKIQrrh8CRT8gltPsQrLabe5ImnH9tqPfvndtI4wS8iPOg3Bq8oDqJZ2-IRZA6o3DUVcJ-3eUta8Q0hX_mmqn46Mt203IF6Ic6LyYDWgtXGJ5H2JQb0C0dtp8lw/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_232DSC_4915.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pont des Arts</div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you have a key?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This pedestrian bridge is in the news this week.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The bridge was closed for a period of time </div><div style="text-align: center;">as the weight of the "love locks" was so heavy </div><div style="text-align: center;">that it tore a portion of the railing away from the bridge.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The city (or the mysterious lock-remover) </div><div style="text-align: center;">has periodically pruned locks from this bridge</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and Pont de l'Archevêché, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but they re-appear almost as quickly as they are removed.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pont des Arts</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><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Pont des Arts - As-tu un clé?

Pont des Arts Do you have a key? This pedestrian bridge is in the news this week.   The bridge was closed for a period of time  as the weigh...

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La Seine en hiver

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMZyTZU2uGND-n2RlVHFUvmwCkpk9zJViiwEQ3e4zhsRgu_IafnmdW2q4Nad-cb5lP6OfTrZSgjvkS7EqizvXXlTgTQcoF1X5aw2DJpVhRWqDqnnDLUoFA9_7HU4XjYDNT7JT0BV6Osc/s1600/2010+Dec+H+IMG_3545.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMZyTZU2uGND-n2RlVHFUvmwCkpk9zJViiwEQ3e4zhsRgu_IafnmdW2q4Nad-cb5lP6OfTrZSgjvkS7EqizvXXlTgTQcoF1X5aw2DJpVhRWqDqnnDLUoFA9_7HU4XjYDNT7JT0BV6Osc/s1600/2010+Dec+H+IMG_3545.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;">The Seine in Winter</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;">Taken from almost the same spot on Pont des Arts as my header </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the starkness of winter stands in contrast to the lush, colorful shot of summer.</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 find a still, almost silvery beauty </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of the river in winter.</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: 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;">view of Pont Neuf </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;">from Pont des Arts</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><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

La Seine en hiver

The Seine in Winter Taken from almost the same spot on Pont des Arts as my header  the starkness of winter stands in contrast to the lush, c...

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Au bord de la Seine - les amis II

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsT6UK1eoYgWCKstA9K4YS_8s4f6EnVezUA1EYgB8mGQ4srLIAZujuNBHl_TEX287OgA5Ri7Dfmbwl1coHsLuW6IL7mTvwAAtPJGO3ClY3oHRVpPsAAsv1EsolrxUuzHs_xkbkQhICQk/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_224DSC_4907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsT6UK1eoYgWCKstA9K4YS_8s4f6EnVezUA1EYgB8mGQ4srLIAZujuNBHl_TEX287OgA5Ri7Dfmbwl1coHsLuW6IL7mTvwAAtPJGO3ClY3oHRVpPsAAsv1EsolrxUuzHs_xkbkQhICQk/s640/2012+Mar+29+Paris_224DSC_4907.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;">la Seine,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the water's edge</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;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When the weather cooperates </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">one can find groups of friends gathering on a Friday evening </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to share stories of the week and </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">simply to enjoy <i>la vie quotidienne</i> on the banks of the Seine.</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;">May you "exhale" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and enjoy the company of friends this weekend.</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: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Seine</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Right bank - just off Pont des Arts</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;"> </span></i></div>

Au bord de la Seine - les amis II

la Seine, the water's edge When the weather cooperates  one can find groups of friends gathering on a Friday evening  to share stories o...

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Pont des Arts - sous la neige

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KRvRuSVfErj26m7_49rrvCB5jy2xXb9vUci9VBdf1xLQcPOMqIEdisN3FctJwffwQI_NVc1rjv-kVONQ7LEEGO3PbYzZ_8hY25XDljCCtxzIbQfbAPSOkzHiyXFClERe9ynFzMg9-mM/s1600/2010+Dec+6+IMG_3547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KRvRuSVfErj26m7_49rrvCB5jy2xXb9vUci9VBdf1xLQcPOMqIEdisN3FctJwffwQI_NVc1rjv-kVONQ7LEEGO3PbYzZ_8hY25XDljCCtxzIbQfbAPSOkzHiyXFClERe9ynFzMg9-mM/s640/2010+Dec+6+IMG_3547.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;">Pont des Arts</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;">Taken a few years ago during a dusting of snow,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the bridge is seen after a pruning of locks </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;"><br /></span></i></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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pont des Arts</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>

Pont des Arts - sous la neige

Pont des Arts Taken a few years ago during a dusting of snow, the bridge is seen after a pruning of locks bon weekend Pont des Arts 75001, P...

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Pont des Arts - love locks

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitki4CPetVA7THpOtElZCSQYrwldwtnC5NCeghXSQUuJOgtsKHlAFl2Oisv679xGJfdf-1646Z5Fhr0RxFPVT0qM4is3LHO3idN1snPFHSDPaK781yqMbveOqW6An27sEvU6jyvW0tVzA/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_242DSC_4925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitki4CPetVA7THpOtElZCSQYrwldwtnC5NCeghXSQUuJOgtsKHlAFl2Oisv679xGJfdf-1646Z5Fhr0RxFPVT0qM4is3LHO3idN1snPFHSDPaK781yqMbveOqW6An27sEvU6jyvW0tVzA/s640/2012+Mar+29+Paris_242DSC_4925.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;">Love locks</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pont des Arts</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 have photographed the "love locks" for years on the Pont des Arts and always said that if my sweetheart came with me to Paris that we would put one here on the Pont des Arts.</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;">He did come with me last March and after attaching our lock threw away a red key (which was superfluous for a combination lock).  It was at the moment of sunset, and we were in good company with others on that March evening.  In October I went back to check on our lock and it was most assuredly missing.  The fact is that all of these lovers' locks weigh down the bridge and it appears that the locks are periodically "pruned."  In May of 2010, they all disappeared overnight but the city of Paris claimed innocence.</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;">We will return and affix another lock, a tiny discrete one, which should not cause any attention (or pruning).</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;">(Happy Valentine's Day, D)</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-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pont des Arts</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;">   </span></i></div>

Pont des Arts - love locks

Love locks Pont des Arts I have photographed the "love locks" for years on the Pont des Arts and always said that if my sweetheart...

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Deux parapluies

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8233094652_967fcf13a5_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8233094652_967fcf13a5_c.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Two umbrellas </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Quai Malaquais</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(near Institut de France)</span></i></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;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Looking down from Pont des Arts to the quai below, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">it seems that the rain was just nothing more than an annoyance</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for these two tourists.</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;"><u>Travel tip for Paris</u>:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Raincoat <i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(imperméable)</span></i> with a hood </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Umbrella <i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(parapluie)</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">An extra pair of shoes <i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(chaussures)</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Oh, and a waterproof camera <i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(appareil photo)</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span></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;">Quai Malaquais</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Seine -  la rive gauche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Deux parapluies

Two umbrellas Quai Malaquais (near Institut de France) Looking down from Pont des Arts to the quai below,  it seems that the rain was just n...

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La Seine - un aire de pique-nique

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3t8_qEXj5tIG52IC9DUZJRwZIRipOtMwLTf2kt39zHTXAsRL9ZS0au3PrqRfZVm5Teaxsg3ejlDavqVaJnF7Sc2FI_ZdGXThNqN7yxl9bL8V8x55vnN8ISPLtpaNp39D5ArRteyu7N0/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_225DSC_4908.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3t8_qEXj5tIG52IC9DUZJRwZIRipOtMwLTf2kt39zHTXAsRL9ZS0au3PrqRfZVm5Teaxsg3ejlDavqVaJnF7Sc2FI_ZdGXThNqN7yxl9bL8V8x55vnN8ISPLtpaNp39D5ArRteyu7N0/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_225DSC_4908.jpg" /></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;">La Seine</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">un aire de pique-nique</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;">Having a picnic with friends along the Seine...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">what could be any better?</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 am honored to be invited to join the City Daily Photo Blogs, and with my acceptance, to participate in the first day of each month with "theme day."  November's theme is "The Water's Edge" and here is the <span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">link</a></b></span> to visit other cities around the world.</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;">La Seine</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Right bank - just off Pont des Arts</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: center;"><br /></div>

La Seine - un aire de pique-nique

La Seine un aire de pique-nique Having a picnic with friends along the Seine... what could be any better? I am honored to be invited to join...

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La Seine et Square du Vert Galant

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkst8_ysY4Jxofj0I_s2P0itdrmpNyc0JxorjQ8-e2QUMiJmfmMb86jUnkQlXGnvl25CtsixBlq2VAap2U-kezXadjC8KxhHYlRJCMdXW0TBOHd8mLY7gYruzSMfWhhpEmuIxHIxn-a0/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_231DSC_4914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkst8_ysY4Jxofj0I_s2P0itdrmpNyc0JxorjQ8-e2QUMiJmfmMb86jUnkQlXGnvl25CtsixBlq2VAap2U-kezXadjC8KxhHYlRJCMdXW0TBOHd8mLY7gYruzSMfWhhpEmuIxHIxn-a0/s640/2012+Mar+29+Paris_231DSC_4914.jpg" width="640" yda="true" /></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;">Square du Vert Galant</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">as seen from Pont des Arts</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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">An early evening in April we strolled to Pont des Arts, hand in hand.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So romantic, we were alone...  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">with about a hundred of our fellow romantics, picknickers, and flaneurs on the bridge.  </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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We watched the sun set into Seine </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and tossed our key into the water below.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yes, the key was red.</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;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>(joyeaux anniversaire, D)</em></span></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>Pont des Arts</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, 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><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div>

La Seine et Square du Vert Galant

Square du Vert Galant as seen from Pont des Arts An early evening in April we strolled to Pont des Arts, hand in hand.  So romantic, we were...

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Pont des Arts - l'amour

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbNYfjEVRk1m5yO-19rUzPsP3ftlfDE6VTaR_80wEktbFZ1gUpoucNueFk_AJm1S0MpjydTM2pbPsirCpHsA7ho3AKlrnhA_4aQZKeLg_hRfEDOoQQx68fGdmfW7PY_rkLdD4X-PxvYY/s1600/2012+Mar+29_4979DSC_5235.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbNYfjEVRk1m5yO-19rUzPsP3ftlfDE6VTaR_80wEktbFZ1gUpoucNueFk_AJm1S0MpjydTM2pbPsirCpHsA7ho3AKlrnhA_4aQZKeLg_hRfEDOoQQx68fGdmfW7PY_rkLdD4X-PxvYY/s640/2012+Mar+29_4979DSC_5235.jpg" width="428" /></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;">Pont des Arts, a moonlit night, padlocks on the bridge, and ...</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;">Paris in love</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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It is just not the same anywhere else</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>Pont des Arts</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div>

Pont des Arts - l'amour

Pont des Arts, a moonlit night, padlocks on the bridge, and ... Paris in love It is just not the same anywhere else Pont des Arts 75001, Par...

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Square du Vert-Galant

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVubZiY-GUadN34ZnwK1RJMdVN5Ro7u2I9MWkJyP0HcWt_8RmX8XW_GdavAL-oj9_7h05F08fKhdGjXyckCLlt-NhvJwkgp27kdRTUwo1TXk3atWEV2ls1lRIy6KsFjklPYPXDvG_iTo/s1600/2012+jan+17++3rd_0287.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVubZiY-GUadN34ZnwK1RJMdVN5Ro7u2I9MWkJyP0HcWt_8RmX8XW_GdavAL-oj9_7h05F08fKhdGjXyckCLlt-NhvJwkgp27kdRTUwo1TXk3atWEV2ls1lRIy6KsFjklPYPXDvG_iTo/s640/2012+jan+17++3rd_0287.jpg" width="640" yda="true" /></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;">Square du Vert-Galant</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;">If you look at my banner photo you will see this square taken from Pont des Arts in summer.  This narrow piece of land on the western tip of Île de la Cité </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">looks much like the bow of a ship in the middle of the Seine </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and is a beautiful, quiet retreat on this January day.  </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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It was named for the dashing 16th century king of France, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Henry IV, known as the lusty gallant!</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 /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Square du Vert-Galant</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Square du Vert-Galant

Square du Vert-Galant If you look at my banner photo you will see this square taken from Pont des Arts in summer.  This narrow piece of land...

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Quai Malaquais -- des espions?

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtIDAhAWl4NZd2UkLMa3CF9yqvc_CpS4rsuPRg_6VrS8J04JeG011Yo1eXK3jm9mBQN67jjVgwbozluWVkl8dawvFEK62YEQAr8Eqdo8wrKWufCwF7Wq_tmVQElPElVSwTtw9wIp4GIM/s1600/DSC_0498blackandwhite.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501592838594055682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtIDAhAWl4NZd2UkLMa3CF9yqvc_CpS4rsuPRg_6VrS8J04JeG011Yo1eXK3jm9mBQN67jjVgwbozluWVkl8dawvFEK62YEQAr8Eqdo8wrKWufCwF7Wq_tmVQElPElVSwTtw9wIp4GIM/s640/DSC_0498blackandwhite.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; ; DISPLAY: block; ; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div>The nearly deserted and wet Quai Malaquais, entre Pont du Carrousel and Pont des Arts, makes you think about December or January. This photo was taken early in the morning en juin while most of Paris is sleeping. At 6:30am, most of the tourists are asleep too!<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">(Do you think that these two are spies and getting ready to exchange briefcases sur le quai? I should hide just in case!)<br /></div></span>

Quai Malaquais -- des espions?

The nearly deserted and wet Quai Malaquais, entre Pont du Carrousel and Pont des Arts, makes you think about December or January. This photo...

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