Canal Saint Martin

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5KOV2XLdwGsPdXnNzDEqccklwC9Ccmqkd4mKKcjF3VqmV8QvwszMHE5Eyk1rMpOx_vfqPUJ3EEOW7rA0NtR8aMGh4eAaesLOuGi6ygFJUsIpFC8_R4oUBfGP_ztCv8_qso0iQl8tjcHw/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0160.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5KOV2XLdwGsPdXnNzDEqccklwC9Ccmqkd4mKKcjF3VqmV8QvwszMHE5Eyk1rMpOx_vfqPUJ3EEOW7rA0NtR8aMGh4eAaesLOuGi6ygFJUsIpFC8_R4oUBfGP_ztCv8_qso0iQl8tjcHw/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0160.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Canal Saint Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This young boy and man captured my attention </div><div style="text-align: center;">as each seemed to be in deep thought.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The scene left me </div><div style="text-align: center;">with more questions than answers</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;">Quai de Jemmapes </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;">Canal Saint-Martin</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;">75010, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Canal Saint Martin

Canal Saint Martin This young boy and man captured my attention  as each seemed to be in deep thought. The scene left me  with more question...

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Canal Saint Martin - le weekend

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUYMLagXjF0mODxURyJh0mDddbHVW0VdL_QTELTaABGcfIqpoo6LU9Y_sKebgOtdQ0wEsZWLC8rZKa0f_GmZGnZmqJbKQ2GGn5hAwQR_aI2-SEfptLyhVtEsBB-WRLGBpvtg1V5FomuA/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0218.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUYMLagXjF0mODxURyJh0mDddbHVW0VdL_QTELTaABGcfIqpoo6LU9Y_sKebgOtdQ0wEsZWLC8rZKa0f_GmZGnZmqJbKQ2GGn5hAwQR_aI2-SEfptLyhVtEsBB-WRLGBpvtg1V5FomuA/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0218.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Quai de Jemmapes</div><div style="text-align: center;">Canal Saint Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">May you dangle your legs over the edge<br />and enjoy wonderful weather in the company of your best friend<br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Quai de Jemmapes</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;">75010, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>

Canal Saint Martin - le weekend

Quai de Jemmapes Canal Saint Martin May you dangle your legs over the edge and enjoy wonderful weather in the company of your best friend bo...

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Hôtel du Nord - Qui est cet homme?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie88Pt99GBdZEuA15A9UI1KPxfBmoH0hyphenhyphen8mckcnyIV5re6X1BKjphCptz2_iPdPdgG58SdqoOQSoBmilXvNvUrDjhRWSR_CmyIl_slJXJaliYpBVdJcLLLEsYx5JqtPbAwAtQ88sj-RYk/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie88Pt99GBdZEuA15A9UI1KPxfBmoH0hyphenhyphen8mckcnyIV5re6X1BKjphCptz2_iPdPdgG58SdqoOQSoBmilXvNvUrDjhRWSR_CmyIl_slJXJaliYpBVdJcLLLEsYx5JqtPbAwAtQ88sj-RYk/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hôtel du Nord</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I took this photo three years ago, a photo of a photo.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was perched on a ledge behind my table at Hôtel du Nord on Canal St. Martin.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Often, when I look through my Paris photos </div><div style="text-align: center;">I run across this one and wonder just who this man might be.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Is he a movie star, <i>un chanteur</i>, a friend of the restaurant, who?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I almost posted this in black and white, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but could <u>you</u> do that to those aquamarine eyes?</div><div style="text-align: center;">really!</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;">Qui est ce beau gosse?</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Hôtel du Nord</em></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>102 Quai de Jemmapes</em></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>75010, Paris</em></span></i></span></div>

Hôtel du Nord - Qui est cet homme?

Hôtel du Nord I took this photo three years ago, a photo of a photo. It was perched on a ledge behind my table at Hôtel du Nord on Canal St....

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Une petite fille

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFFto2lCac95ZToHvJM5EzhRzf2iFy5gTP1scShMUAIPMyFLa_1uyhz8uYTnl7k7Vv-1aulzgjqFF7df-1d8abityNYJTZo_AJyXsZ9GeGAG7p7VqW67Uv5M701nDM94sdQ-eEJ5C_RE/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0177.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFFto2lCac95ZToHvJM5EzhRzf2iFy5gTP1scShMUAIPMyFLa_1uyhz8uYTnl7k7Vv-1aulzgjqFF7df-1d8abityNYJTZo_AJyXsZ9GeGAG7p7VqW67Uv5M701nDM94sdQ-eEJ5C_RE/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0177.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Not quite tall enough...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This petite fille is quite prepared to gain entrance to her home</div><div style="text-align: center;">using the chasse-roue as a step to reach the bell.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Must be a French girl</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Canal St. Martin</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Quai de Jemmapes</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75010, Paris</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Une petite fille

Not quite tall enough... This petite fille is quite prepared to gain entrance to her home using the chasse-roue as a step to reach the bell....

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Hôtel du Nord - V

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYz9-C8kv6-wyiAxVgixfEkYRTlEP0VJ05-Dyc1HQB7xnflvVgZlePMVVe5oXjVp-SqCWt4bhVlhRqve1H9cqs2LKD39VroXOlC_qIYiigFUpUeuB92p11NKCFrsrn4AhQltftX5YGbbo/s1600/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0196.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYz9-C8kv6-wyiAxVgixfEkYRTlEP0VJ05-Dyc1HQB7xnflvVgZlePMVVe5oXjVp-SqCWt4bhVlhRqve1H9cqs2LKD39VroXOlC_qIYiigFUpUeuB92p11NKCFrsrn4AhQltftX5YGbbo/s640/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0196.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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hôtel du Nord</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;">You can tell by the atmosphere why I am drawn back time and again.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I said a <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/07/hotel-du-nord-le-dimanche.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><strong>year ago</strong></span></a> that I could be a regular here, and now it appears to be true.</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;">  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The ambiance and mood speak of Paris in times past </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and absolutely begged for black and white.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Hôtel du Nord</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>102, quai de Jemmapes</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75010, Paris</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métros Gare de l'Est, Colonel Fabien, et</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Jacues Bensergent</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times;">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></em><br /><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I would invite you to visit a new blog written by <strong>Jacqueline Bernhardt</strong>, a college student who came for the summer and now is hopelessly in love with Paris.  Please stop by Jacqueline's </span></em><strong><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em><a href="http://parisneverleavesyou.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A Parisian Girl Trapped in an American Body</a></em></span></strong><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> and welcome her to the blog world.</span></em><br /><br /><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times;">.</span></em></div>

Hôtel du Nord - V

Hôtel du Nord You can tell by the atmosphere why I am drawn back time and again. I said a year ago that I could be a regular here, and now ...

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Hôtel du Nord - IV

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzyBRwPt33PZ4Au0TZ-YjoWSJskOjh4zxs4bQscKqAuskUimbC20-rkSYOXDZO7tRtCHUvulYMLfC3w0QEYLH1bq3sLJxRenQxfc1qDkuRvyJtbkOUJfbgmGcTEfHSmsGxRAJsVKeFqUI/s1600/2012+april+1+5713DSC_5869.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzyBRwPt33PZ4Au0TZ-YjoWSJskOjh4zxs4bQscKqAuskUimbC20-rkSYOXDZO7tRtCHUvulYMLfC3w0QEYLH1bq3sLJxRenQxfc1qDkuRvyJtbkOUJfbgmGcTEfHSmsGxRAJsVKeFqUI/s640/2012+april+1+5713DSC_5869.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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hôtel du Nord is one of my favorite restaurants </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">with a neighborhood setting along Canal St. Martin.</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;">On our last night in Paris this April, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">my husband and I enjoyed the company of dear friend Janeen </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and our Paris friend Isabelle.  </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;">Leaving Paris is bittersweet, but always holds the promise of trips to come.</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;"><br /></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Hôtel du Nord</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>102 Quai de Jemmapes</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75010, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Hôtel du Nord - IV

Hôtel du Nord is one of my favorite restaurants with a neighborhood setting along Canal St. Martin. On our last night in Paris this April, m...

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Les deux fashionistas

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6aNZRdDM5zNSM4fv2OgSvaCYZCFpyTeStOx6GYLBcUKn35faJOrA68Tulqt_GyBM1rpMvW8ENA9rHgJKQp1_Elp2f7cdAESa8TJJ2wmJGDsuVWoyoDaTBr7D_UeWmlcJIAv3CBBLCx8/s1600/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0183.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6aNZRdDM5zNSM4fv2OgSvaCYZCFpyTeStOx6GYLBcUKn35faJOrA68Tulqt_GyBM1rpMvW8ENA9rHgJKQp1_Elp2f7cdAESa8TJJ2wmJGDsuVWoyoDaTBr7D_UeWmlcJIAv3CBBLCx8/s640/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0183.jpg" width="526" /></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;">Les deux fashionistas...</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; font-size: x-small;"><em>(not exactly French bien sûr)</em></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;">just out for a Sunday afternoon stroll along Canal St. Martin</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You can certainly understand how a sense of </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">style and fashion is passed down from mother to daughter</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Canal St. Martin</em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75010, Paris</em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Les deux fashionistas

Les deux fashionistas... (not exactly French bien sûr) just out for a Sunday afternoon stroll along Canal St. Martin You can certainly under...

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Quai de Jemmapes - la petite fille

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvlGQpL8P8YCoX3l8G0MU1O51p_Ls6dw9kgnUfoneNFipw9w90AYhCYC-9gcy3mXSDhq8S1XZ-WSdWz3Zgy0cn5ebywUZh21LsxapqIVttyVPjTSkSs0JAq0B7yv0XE4dH5y2Ukm6-to/s1600/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0176.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvlGQpL8P8YCoX3l8G0MU1O51p_Ls6dw9kgnUfoneNFipw9w90AYhCYC-9gcy3mXSDhq8S1XZ-WSdWz3Zgy0cn5ebywUZh21LsxapqIVttyVPjTSkSs0JAq0B7yv0XE4dH5y2Ukm6-to/s640/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0176.jpg" width="424" /></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;">I caught her running along Canal Saint-Martin, full of energy and light on her feet...</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;">I am running with her spirit into a delightfully long holiday weekend!  Join me!</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;">bon weekend!</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><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Quai de Jemmapes</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Canal Saint-Martin</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75010, Paris</em></span>

Quai de Jemmapes - la petite fille

I caught her running along Canal Saint-Martin, full of energy and light on her feet... I am running with her spirit into a delightfully long...

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Hotel du Nord - III

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Q2epMjp1jcX2TM9d2WtPCG5-Hu24TBv2mSvaCfplanpwNZhrYdOZ1V-BLE337oNHq72j-NmpprIEUhjtTYRwvhmrh10ZIkx6uk0S6GX1r2IsQfffw2ZAFtSGmVTtip-7s2kWXnxvm2g/s1600/2011+april+6+DSC_0192.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="570" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Q2epMjp1jcX2TM9d2WtPCG5-Hu24TBv2mSvaCfplanpwNZhrYdOZ1V-BLE337oNHq72j-NmpprIEUhjtTYRwvhmrh10ZIkx6uk0S6GX1r2IsQfffw2ZAFtSGmVTtip-7s2kWXnxvm2g/s640/2011+april+6+DSC_0192.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">May you always see your glass as half-full, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and may it always be shared with good friends.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Bon weekend</div><br />Hotel du Nord<br />102 Quai de Jemmapes<br />75010 Paris<br /><br />For more reflections come to <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/2011/09/grand-canal-at-night-weekend.html">James' Weekend Reflections</a>

Hotel du Nord - III

May you always see your glass as half-full, and may it always be shared with good friends. Bon weekend Hotel du Nord 102 Quai de Jemmapes 75...

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Hôtel du Nord - le dimanche

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTINv3GaAxcd5f2R2a9Gx5R6LmlXnEhwOFkWsEARQGv5m0Tu2I4urQS5QsbqQ2hrzQ-pxnuW5njcE8ucr3ehGuM4xZLw88XrP-gKqbP-R9tq2a2JwT2tUzDccQKi4oIiuwW6dcT2bNGOo/s1600/2011+april+6+DSC_0208.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633111691738142370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTINv3GaAxcd5f2R2a9Gx5R6LmlXnEhwOFkWsEARQGv5m0Tu2I4urQS5QsbqQ2hrzQ-pxnuW5njcE8ucr3ehGuM4xZLw88XrP-gKqbP-R9tq2a2JwT2tUzDccQKi4oIiuwW6dcT2bNGOo/s640/2011+april+6+DSC_0208.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">What an extraordinary spot for a Sunday afternoon with friends. Marie and I joined Janeen for a leisurely déjeuner in April after a busy morning in the markets. </span><a href="http://www.hoteldunord.org/french.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>Hôtel du Nord</strong> </span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">is situated on the bank of Canal St. Martin and has a history to match the ambiance with its black and white tiled floors, zinc bar, and rich wood. With its welcoming service and reasonably-priced tasty French cuisine, I could be a regular here. </span><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Hôtel du Nord<br />102 Quai de Jemmapes </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">(Be sure to click the link above above for the clever website)</span>

Hôtel du Nord - le dimanche

What an extraordinary spot for a Sunday afternoon with friends. Marie and I joined Janeen for a leisurely déjeuner in April after a busy mor...

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Il fait de l'ombre

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2lFFov_tEohNVR4ltRSov0b3TPjKJBduvs1rKvAAsjnNfBLlj995BB22nYqGTXAJNXzUh8SSRY15DQIW7J8AojRWNwdkHXh_SvCXNg8nVg7hM-zNJxLlHE7TQFLuOoMVKhcbVnkpJAYE/s1600/2011+april+6+DSC_0206.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621402980608463634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2lFFov_tEohNVR4ltRSov0b3TPjKJBduvs1rKvAAsjnNfBLlj995BB22nYqGTXAJNXzUh8SSRY15DQIW7J8AojRWNwdkHXh_SvCXNg8nVg7hM-zNJxLlHE7TQFLuOoMVKhcbVnkpJAYE/s640/2011+april+6+DSC_0206.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">A bit of mystery for lundi... who is this shadow blocking the sun?<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"></div><br />Hôtel du Nord<br />102, quai de Jemmapes</div><br /><div align="left"></div>

Il fait de l'ombre

A bit of mystery for lundi... who is this shadow blocking the sun? Hôtel du Nord 102, quai de Jemmapes

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