l'apartement

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYiKSkqDtPfRerIi4nt1YN4yg6Z8j9om29tzlRYQ8NIOKB5T_srqDn2z6XTUdswpJtgzwK1shxN6DyhX4dH2viRx3lCyCuJlWpUccOFk57q3pvtuv32ukxw_-swl_39uQpHbLfB31LS6Y/s1600/All+of+trip+--+071404+through+072604+071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYiKSkqDtPfRerIi4nt1YN4yg6Z8j9om29tzlRYQ8NIOKB5T_srqDn2z6XTUdswpJtgzwK1shxN6DyhX4dH2viRx3lCyCuJlWpUccOFk57q3pvtuv32ukxw_-swl_39uQpHbLfB31LS6Y/s640/All+of+trip+--+071404+through+072604+071.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With a grand piano,</div><div style="text-align: center;">art, a wall of books in French,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and fabulous views,</div><div style="text-align: center;">even the laundry looked better </div><div style="text-align: center;">from this 6th floor window</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 du Faubourg Saint-Antoine</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>

l'apartement

With a grand piano, art, a wall of books in French, and fabulous views, even the laundry looked better  from this 6th floor window Rue du Fa...

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l'escalier

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJcUGZQAxRrs1Q9InA13G0eUFKYI0827HnGefB8yH6zJaHE7wfTqtQ-AJERod_HG_RCRdeKcxUDeSIRdqnGyl2V3m-lL8WYGltPnOTm0eduL97mDPGUI7hh6AWArlDGqf1bOjjCNrgf8/s1600/2004+All+of+trip+--+071404+through+072604+010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJcUGZQAxRrs1Q9InA13G0eUFKYI0827HnGefB8yH6zJaHE7wfTqtQ-AJERod_HG_RCRdeKcxUDeSIRdqnGyl2V3m-lL8WYGltPnOTm0eduL97mDPGUI7hh6AWArlDGqf1bOjjCNrgf8/s1600/2004+All+of+trip+--+071404+through+072604+010.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">L'escalier</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When you rent an apartment on the 5th floor (6th from the street level), </div><div style="text-align: center;">count on getting your exercise  unless there is a petite elevator.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Assuredly, you only forget an item once on your way out </div><div style="text-align: center;">as it is a breathless return to the apartment!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This eighteenth century apartment was definitely worth the climb</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and made it possible to eat baguettes and macarons with reckless abandon.</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 Faubourg Saint Antoine</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;">75011, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

l'escalier

L'escalier When you rent an apartment on the 5th floor (6th from the street level),  count on getting your exercise  unless there is a p...

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Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine - une cour

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9707695632/" title="2009 0929 2004 0715 072 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2009 0929 2004 0715 072" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5536/9707695632_ca515a6946_c.jpg" width="600" /></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;">A courtyard</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;">Locked away from the peering eyes on the street is this charming courtyard.  We stayed for two weeks with a view of the rooftops.  Our spacious apartment was on the fifth and sixth floors, beautifully furnished with a delightful cross-breeze in the heat of the summer.  We did not gain an ounce or a gram with the daily climbing of steps.</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;">We even enjoyed the pleasure of a delightful resident cat who took the stairs more easily than we did and who had full run of the courtyard with another friend.</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;"><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;">Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine</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;">75011, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine - une cour

A courtyard Locked away from the peering eyes on the street is this charming courtyard.  We stayed for two weeks with a view of the rooftops...

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Une grande porte

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6P5sIC4TvdtpnMDJgX8MZtnJ0Y9iAyh2JXuLxDUK5e_LI1sYrxPAib8OJhUFU8jYlMFv9-MoEb0HSlG0-Hb3h73741Hq3nVrwaxjkqQzXRxHo_Rf1kGJ7r_qm3xHi6GFrB-_MSvO3RnU/s1600/2011+nov+3+DSC_0511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6P5sIC4TvdtpnMDJgX8MZtnJ0Y9iAyh2JXuLxDUK5e_LI1sYrxPAib8OJhUFU8jYlMFv9-MoEb0HSlG0-Hb3h73741Hq3nVrwaxjkqQzXRxHo_Rf1kGJ7r_qm3xHi6GFrB-_MSvO3RnU/s640/2011+nov+3+DSC_0511.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;">It is good to see the fine wood grains of an elegant door that has been well-cared for.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There are many showing signs of neglect and abuse.  </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;">Now, I want to walk into the courtyard that is surely beautiful, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">maintained as well as the door.</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;">----------------</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>I am on my way to Paris with daughter Holly and will be joined by Virginia (Paris Through My Lens) and Mary.  I will be checking in daily and making comments here as possible.  If I stayed long enough to check everything off my list, it would be mid-summer before my return!</strong></span>  </div><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75012, Paris</em></span>

Une grande porte

It is good to see the fine wood grains of an elegant door that has been well-cared for.  There are many showing signs of neglect and abuse. ...

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