Il fait froid!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiARS0krsQfVYzNAmZ4X0hCf-igbLaWaALQ2WLgwDYnnolZnWMi0VYwL5bixGiwMbHgeKX2XDgPvFAaT9Slx3c9trVx7Md43Neqv6FDCoOblR450H2FwB7oSQEwF6tLR5Fcsspompg8w0/s1600/2013+Nov23+Paris+_20131123+027+DSC_3614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiARS0krsQfVYzNAmZ4X0hCf-igbLaWaALQ2WLgwDYnnolZnWMi0VYwL5bixGiwMbHgeKX2XDgPvFAaT9Slx3c9trVx7Md43Neqv6FDCoOblR450H2FwB7oSQEwF6tLR5Fcsspompg8w0/s1600/2013+Nov23+Paris+_20131123+027+DSC_3614.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is cold!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although January and February can be frigid in Paris,</div><div style="text-align: center;">rarely does it stop the city, the Parisians, the tourists.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have only seen snow twice in Paris, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but the December 2010 snowstorm emptied the streets...</div><div style="text-align: center;">except for the crazy photographers and a few children.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Quai Voltaire - Pont du Carrousel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Il fait froid!

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

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La Seine et les reflets d'or

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhgw86nG7Gtb5uhLL7pJ4rN8h42dWq6e_zlrLZIlKojEwlNunlHLLEXAiAQApOUNEfXCGo6fcG30ubty5E-Lljy02E-gEw4U0_P45kUg133V5XN8Azw4ZYHVOWHI_rQ0PK4Nzud-4vTLw/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+587+DSC_0693.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhgw86nG7Gtb5uhLL7pJ4rN8h42dWq6e_zlrLZIlKojEwlNunlHLLEXAiAQApOUNEfXCGo6fcG30ubty5E-Lljy02E-gEw4U0_P45kUg133V5XN8Azw4ZYHVOWHI_rQ0PK4Nzud-4vTLw/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+587+DSC_0693.jpg" width="660" /></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;">The reflections of the golden-hued lights </div><div style="text-align: center;">were interspersed with silver.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The lone green light and its reflection </div><div style="text-align: center;">makes me think of Gatsby.</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;">La Seine from Pont du Carrousel</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>

La Seine et les reflets d'or

The reflections of the golden-hued lights  were interspersed with silver.   The lone green light and its reflection  makes me think of Gatsb...

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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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