La cour de Petit Palais

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

La cour de Petit Palais

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

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la Seine

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la Seine

The Seine All is quiet on the Seine at midnight... a great time to take photos La Seine 75006, Paris

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Palais Royal - les ombres

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRe5XuQy3SXAnMyTQLyIcWxQlTubhnV5n_ZrD1_bZljHJo0t1E2xdhqYhIHQ02lciodArb49dHB702R2OX3-yq1hGBS0W1JbzcLgBu2wGfxJqzM6gULL3RLD75xiQQ1RXzwtSm0SjZZmM/s1600/2014+Sept+18+Thur++++_20140918+018+DSC_8692.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRe5XuQy3SXAnMyTQLyIcWxQlTubhnV5n_ZrD1_bZljHJo0t1E2xdhqYhIHQ02lciodArb49dHB702R2OX3-yq1hGBS0W1JbzcLgBu2wGfxJqzM6gULL3RLD75xiQQ1RXzwtSm0SjZZmM/s1600/2014+Sept+18+Thur++++_20140918+018+DSC_8692.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Galerie de Montpensier</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The gold of the wrought iron fencing and the lamps </div><div style="text-align: center;">are easy clues to the location of this photo</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of my favorite spots for photographing...</div><div style="text-align: center;">the architecture, the seasons, the light and shadows, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the fountains, the allée of trees, the flaneurs, the people.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is also a great spot to find a quiet place to read </div><div style="text-align: center;">or to watch people.</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;">Jardin du Palais Royal</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Galerie de Montpensier</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>

Palais Royal - les ombres

Galerie de Montpensier The gold of the wrought iron fencing and the lamps  are easy clues to the location of this photo One of my favorite s...

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Jardin du Palais Royal - la fountaine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwluUAq3p2vUsgl6zHEz4KNLFzW3P-Kh2RvBu2QBsEcgMxIzJXggVCiBtJ9fo5UlF2D5iMan7PQawtVT-B6JbCephf3x9qs7eNA616nRTh7ZHxHolwTwMRt3t02cQZ3UwzBFfOAl7Ifs/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_55DSC_3924.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwluUAq3p2vUsgl6zHEz4KNLFzW3P-Kh2RvBu2QBsEcgMxIzJXggVCiBtJ9fo5UlF2D5iMan7PQawtVT-B6JbCephf3x9qs7eNA616nRTh7ZHxHolwTwMRt3t02cQZ3UwzBFfOAl7Ifs/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_55DSC_3924.jpg" width="616" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jardin du Palais Royal</div><div style="text-align: center;">the fountain</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This cloistered garden with its mesmerizing fountain</div><div style="text-align: center;">provides a place of solitude and quiet</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">...one of my favorite quiet places in Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">joyeux anniversaire, Maman</span></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;">Jardin du Palais Royal</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div>

Jardin du Palais Royal - la fountaine

Jardin du Palais Royal the fountain This cloistered garden with its mesmerizing fountain provides a place of solitude and quiet ...one of my...

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C'est un mystère

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpC23RI4Z3F6n0mUaDaOayB5pET8_JwdWo9V3JH7EsmpgMB9e7yJQ77O8V4VTsmCMJicjsgR37l4RQP-8Evl5v4NU79XcTXydTsQOh3yzdj1LKMQ26lFH_-oRdhjzON9g5lAf5edcM_k/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_135DSC_5745.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpC23RI4Z3F6n0mUaDaOayB5pET8_JwdWo9V3JH7EsmpgMB9e7yJQ77O8V4VTsmCMJicjsgR37l4RQP-8Evl5v4NU79XcTXydTsQOh3yzdj1LKMQ26lFH_-oRdhjzON9g5lAf5edcM_k/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_135DSC_5745.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">At the end of this narrow walled passage,</div><div align="center">the enigmatic figure slipped from view</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">...and, perhaps was never seen again</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>(just kidding)</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="center"><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="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>Rue Berton</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>75016, Paris</em></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"></div>

C'est un mystère

  At the end of this narrow walled passage, the enigmatic figure slipped from view       ...and, perhaps was never seen again     (just kidd...

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Square Jean XXIII - dans un cadre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIM7EynoLyNj97oYuFKiiXnC3GXWyoD_jpWiTXLDKJNmWbDEW9Cgg3eXKmxxHWN8NUJvCYA6GE2d8NUQerN7qlI4TPW3g3FWB-hjp0UYnkFfsTK4EoEDUvBJ9nT7wGMFd2N_0zjYP3Dq0/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_68DSC_4316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIM7EynoLyNj97oYuFKiiXnC3GXWyoD_jpWiTXLDKJNmWbDEW9Cgg3eXKmxxHWN8NUJvCYA6GE2d8NUQerN7qlI4TPW3g3FWB-hjp0UYnkFfsTK4EoEDUvBJ9nT7wGMFd2N_0zjYP3Dq0/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_68DSC_4316.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Square Jean XXIII</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The elm trees above and the line of shrubbery below</div><div style="text-align: center;">make this lovely square into a vignette.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you know this quiet, </div><div style="text-align: center;">shady spot on the east side of Notre Dame?</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;">Square Jean XXIII</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;">l'Île de la Cité</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;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Square Jean XXIII - dans un cadre

Square Jean XXIII The elm trees above and the line of shrubbery below make this lovely square into a vignette.   Do you know this quiet,  sh...

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Petit Palais - la cour

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

Petit Palais - la cour

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

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Cimetière du Père Lachaise

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41HuNtlk3BtauYXo2YGg82ddhFcx5DYye7KoriQi9oFX91bPHRBZuyLJwFHp5ZXBtUJYk9OWpe9rzdeLZKWY_LFYTzCEPaLxohx2DqsioojEEPSxzAa37XVEb-HmJe7O34ImE-HS394Y/s1600/2010+June+20+DSC_0875.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41HuNtlk3BtauYXo2YGg82ddhFcx5DYye7KoriQi9oFX91bPHRBZuyLJwFHp5ZXBtUJYk9OWpe9rzdeLZKWY_LFYTzCEPaLxohx2DqsioojEEPSxzAa37XVEb-HmJe7O34ImE-HS394Y/s1600/2010+June+20+DSC_0875.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Père Lachaise Cemetery</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Quiet walks, a few cats,</div><div style="text-align: center;">voices from the past,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and a cool spring breeze...</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;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cimetière du Père Lachaise</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;"><span>16, rue de Repos</span></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></i></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span>75020, Paris</span></span></i></span></div>

Cimetière du Père Lachaise

Père Lachaise Cemetery Quiet walks, a few cats, voices from the past, and a cool spring breeze... Cimetière du Père Lachaise 16, rue de Repo...

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Rue du Trésor - le vélo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaz2FnGeU5HYY5-WrO3t0qCqAvDr0qutrF8o_TFBEy2zEWNZRHeqLwZs5jT_ystCwE6uvv4uMbBuYR-qu_vW5wV_OOGhaB5gXpYiO7jo2l_t4T-5RgjhyEOmqG5S7cIYgUh0I3wgUsc4/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_490DSC_6101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaz2FnGeU5HYY5-WrO3t0qCqAvDr0qutrF8o_TFBEy2zEWNZRHeqLwZs5jT_ystCwE6uvv4uMbBuYR-qu_vW5wV_OOGhaB5gXpYiO7jo2l_t4T-5RgjhyEOmqG5S7cIYgUh0I3wgUsc4/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_490DSC_6101.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rue du Trésor</div><div style="text-align: center;">the bicycle</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This short pedestrian street </div><div style="text-align: center;">has a border of green on both sides </div><div style="text-align: center;">with a variety of cafés and bistrots.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The flash of rain just prior to my photo </div><div style="text-align: center;">gives an extra boost of green to the new spring growth.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">It is not too difficult to dodge the showers.</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;">Rue du Trésor</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;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue du Trésor - le vélo

Rue du Trésor the bicycle This short pedestrian street  has a border of green on both sides  with a variety of cafés and bistrots.   The fla...

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La Petite Rose

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8y6RxB-A_-HbQAkxNkMqddIJqNZ94U_VsX0wgpzTOmK6q5gFc6BDRZsUne8GQj69fc4EABDAW1k4aEOAGzSjExjNMJkr3exDeIX7s4JyWs1N4JxhRmasudDxuPFx8219puorTGLbeRVk/s1600/2011+Nov+day+4+DSC_0807.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8y6RxB-A_-HbQAkxNkMqddIJqNZ94U_VsX0wgpzTOmK6q5gFc6BDRZsUne8GQj69fc4EABDAW1k4aEOAGzSjExjNMJkr3exDeIX7s4JyWs1N4JxhRmasudDxuPFx8219puorTGLbeRVk/s1600/2011+Nov+day+4+DSC_0807.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">La Petite Rose</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">La Petite Rose is perhaps one of my favorite quiet places for lunch with seating for about 8 people.  With a choice of two salads and a quiche, you will be delighted with the fresh selections.  On previous posts you have seen a sampling of their beautifully crafted pastries (<a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2013/07/la-petite-rose-salon-de-the.html" target="_blank">here</a>)  The chef is Miyuki Watanabe, a Japanese woman who was trained in Tokyo, came to Paris to work for Gérard Mulot, and then opened her own shop.  <i>(merci Clotilde Dusoulier)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, and the chocolates are divine!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Valentine's Day is Friday) </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;">La Petite Rose</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;">11, boulevard de Courcelles</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;">75008, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>

La Petite Rose

La Petite Rose La Petite Rose is perhaps one of my favorite quiet places for lunch with seating for about 8 people.  With a choice of two sa...

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Jardin du Luxembourg - un moment de calme

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10683400915/" title="2012 0401 April 1_5821DSC_5786 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 0401 April 1_5821DSC_5786" height="517" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3779/10683400915_3960ed43fb_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;">Jardin du Luxembourg</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">-a quiet moment-</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;">A warm Sunday afternoon on a (mostly) green park bench...</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;">Tuning out the rest of 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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jardin du Luxembourg</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;">75006, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Jardin du Luxembourg - un moment de calme

Jardin du Luxembourg -a quiet moment- A warm Sunday afternoon on a (mostly) green park bench... Tuning out the rest of the world Jardin du L...

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Un jardin secret

<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10393424663/" title="2012 Oct 4 Thursday_225DSC_8317 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 4 Thursday_225DSC_8317" height="529" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5522/10393424663_bfb8a1e175_c.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><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;">A secret garden</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;">Just off rue de la Roquette behind a closed gate is a hidden artists' atelier, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">filled with the sounds of wood planers and the scent of paint.</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 paved courtyard provides light into the glassed workshops </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and serves as a quiet spot amid the work</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue de la Roquette</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>

Un jardin secret

A secret garden Just off rue de la Roquette behind a closed gate is a hidden artists' atelier, filled with the sounds of wood planers an...

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Jardin du Palais Royal - l'automne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28HtXbUF75Jqdhyphenhyphend4mSvE7S5bBIIAue8Xyz9Tzwb6Uij47DUfcMFa9vD_lE5vL3Xj4ljHU0ssscdNmptza_2DQnrbv87Za6iKkclc7wX9HTlx6PbdaZSNgGfzZ9syaUKC4pcvnnXc0HU/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_22DSC_9354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28HtXbUF75Jqdhyphenhyphend4mSvE7S5bBIIAue8Xyz9Tzwb6Uij47DUfcMFa9vD_lE5vL3Xj4ljHU0ssscdNmptza_2DQnrbv87Za6iKkclc7wX9HTlx6PbdaZSNgGfzZ9syaUKC4pcvnnXc0HU/s640/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_22DSC_9354.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Jardin du Palais Royal<br /><br /><br />October in Paris brings in the change of seasons,<br />seen here in the almost empty, assuredly quiet,<br />Jardin du Palais Royal.<br /><br /><br />This garden, like so many in Paris, has a different look for every season.<br /><br /><br /><br />They all are special...<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Jardin du Palais Royal</div><div align="left">75001, Paris</div> </div>

Jardin du Palais Royal - l'automne

  Jardin du Palais Royal October in Paris brings in the change of seasons, seen here in the almost empty, assuredly quiet, Jardin du Palais ...

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Café le Nemours VI

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10042621406/" title="2012 Oct 9 Tuesday_17DSC_9349 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 9 Tuesday_17DSC_9349" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3797/10042621406_785213261e_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;">Café le Nemours</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;">I think that if I could just pick one café in Paris for people-watching </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">it would be here at Café le Nemours.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">No matter the weather </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as you can move under the cover of the building in the rain </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and there are heaters when it is cold.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The morning I took this photo, the chairs and tables were all empty... </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">save the patriot at the end of the row.</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;">Yes, give me le Nemours any day,</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a timeless classic café</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Café le Nemours</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Colette</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></div>

Café le Nemours VI

Café le Nemours I think that if I could just pick one café in Paris for people-watching  it would be here at Café le Nemours.   No matter th...

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Jardin du Palais Royal

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10012637593/" title="2012 Oct 9 Tuesday_37DSC_9369 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 9 Tuesday_37DSC_9369" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3683/10012637593_bdd5031b35_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jardin du Palais Royal</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 woman was sitting alone  </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with her thoughts</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in the Jardin du Palais Royal </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 quiet moments in this garden are shared daily </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">no matter the temperature or season.</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;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jardin du Palais Royal</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;">75001, Paris</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Jardin du Palais Royal

Jardin du Palais Royal This woman was sitting alone  with her thoughts in the Jardin du Palais Royal The quiet moments in this garden are sh...

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Jardin du Luxembourg - La Fontaine Médicis

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9846554426/" title="2010 - June 19 DSC_0780 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2010 - June 19 DSC_0780" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2806/9846554426_ddecae4938_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Medici Fountain</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jardin du Luxembourg</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 quiet space is found just east of the Sénat </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with the closest garden entrance at Place P. Claudel.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The garlands of ivy on the long sides of the pool </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">provide a respite from the otherwise crowded garden.  </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;">Even when all of these chairs are filled, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">there is a hush and reverence, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">perhaps a tacit understanding by those who come 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;">It is one of my favorite quiet places in Paris</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Medici Fountain</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;">Jardin du Luxembourg</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;">75006, 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;"> </span></span></i></div>

Jardin du Luxembourg - La Fontaine Médicis

The Medici Fountain Jardin du Luxembourg This quiet space is found just east of the Sénat  with the closest garden entrance at Place P. Clau...

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La fontaine Médicis -- A quiet place

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicS2vaBozFm23qA8h3ldJbjzh-JJYQnc5v6dLbw4m4NHTmMa5EgiA8iArNlzOSAl6U2H97AuqOhyphenhyphenQIzY9votLWYsXV9TSsrCacB_s4y0E3uB4jlW8ZI0cQznTf-PSSX58o134bbNZyK7w/s1600/DSC_0783saturated.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496950793182525730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicS2vaBozFm23qA8h3ldJbjzh-JJYQnc5v6dLbw4m4NHTmMa5EgiA8iArNlzOSAl6U2H97AuqOhyphenhyphenQIzY9votLWYsXV9TSsrCacB_s4y0E3uB4jlW8ZI0cQznTf-PSSX58o134bbNZyK7w/s640/DSC_0783saturated.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div>After<span style="color:#000000;"> <strong>Starman's</strong></span> request to feature Catherine de Médicis' fountain in Jardin du Luxembourg, I wondered if I would risk saying that it is my favorite "quiet place" in Paris. A risk, because with each trip to Paris comes the discovery of new favorites and wondering if at some point in the future I would have to toss this special place aside for un nouveau endroit. Certainly someone will remind me if/when that time comes. Hummm, a dilemma.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This is not a secret place but mostly a quiet, shaded, cool space in the enormous, multi-faceted Jardin du Luxembourg. The fountain is found just east of the Sénat with the closest entrance at Place P. Claudel. The long basin of water is shaded by a canopy of plane trees, inviting a contemplative atmosphere. The familiar green chairs line the two sides of the basin backed by a screen of draped green garlands, shielding the scene from the less serene areas of the park seen <span style="color:#ffcc00;"><a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2010/07/jardin-du-luxembourg-un-repit-petit.html">here</a></span>. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I will bring you back here again, but will leave you with this thought. <span style="font-size:180%;">This is my favorite quiet place in Paris.</span> There now-- I've said it. </div><br /><div></div>

La fontaine Médicis -- A quiet place

After Starman's request to feature Catherine de Médicis' fountain in Jardin du Luxembourg, I wondered if I would risk saying that ...

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