La Seine - Port de la Tournelle

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZOBDwF7oCs3zSQ2D4C_8AtNBm0G5FUc2gEKwea01l38alctr_l1f8s6fxdQbvSjoggmWD_6972U8dYxRWXTC5AQ9Kw1WG3q-t16o9-7sTNS-w60wPTfLKjeTA1o7dJDADPhM5S86fXg8/s1600/2011+1108+day+5+DSC_0051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZOBDwF7oCs3zSQ2D4C_8AtNBm0G5FUc2gEKwea01l38alctr_l1f8s6fxdQbvSjoggmWD_6972U8dYxRWXTC5AQ9Kw1WG3q-t16o9-7sTNS-w60wPTfLKjeTA1o7dJDADPhM5S86fXg8/s640/2011+1108+day+5+DSC_0051.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;">Port de la Tournelle</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;">From Pont d'Archevêché one can monitor the activity along 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;">Take a walk below the street levels, alongside the boats of the Seine.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is quiet with few tourists.</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><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Port de la Tournelle</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>75005, Paris</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Métro Maubert-Mutualité, Cité</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

La Seine - Port de la Tournelle

Port de la Tournelle From Pont d'Archevêché one can monitor the activity along the Seine.   Take a walk below the street levels, alongsi...

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Un bateau et la Seine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINDZUwinp-tGUBuOUQBuSLsUQR4SWYChyphenhyphenL-pt95NBc209dV1GzxrsHCm0zL4_PDZ5-rpXKlvQ_CVLYR18DHRSr8htSk4k89NAGHRUhydPm9M8uDlZJg6oFlRUVw8N6_jh8h9MQtELPEA/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_298DSC_9632.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINDZUwinp-tGUBuOUQBuSLsUQR4SWYChyphenhyphenL-pt95NBc209dV1GzxrsHCm0zL4_PDZ5-rpXKlvQ_CVLYR18DHRSr8htSk4k89NAGHRUhydPm9M8uDlZJg6oFlRUVw8N6_jh8h9MQtELPEA/s640/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_298DSC_9632.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;">A boat and 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;">We see here the captain at the bow of the boat </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(driving while talking on the phone) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and perhaps two lovers at the stern.  </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;">Since this photo was taken from the quai, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">there was not an opportunity to ask questions or to discover the story</span></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;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"><span class="hps">C'est un mystère!</span></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-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"><span class="hps">La Seine</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"><span class="hps">Quai de la Mégisserie</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"><span class="hps">75001, Paris</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Un bateau et la Seine

A boat and the Seine We see here the captain at the bow of the boat  (driving while talking on the phone)  and perhaps two lovers at the ste...

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Canal Saint-Martin - les passerelles piétonnes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUTPgGwgEeLinjk7lfXtak86deIE6hbqiJtlg6uyudmcqWwHEOLLlOFIl3atBWuxZP-owUnthdutxbQQ-SjXT3umlN7SZniWwDW5zljTQoHmiYUEGbJFJjSCtOW606floGWSn2hJ5aCQ/s1600/2011+April+day+6+DSC_0214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hea="true" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUTPgGwgEeLinjk7lfXtak86deIE6hbqiJtlg6uyudmcqWwHEOLLlOFIl3atBWuxZP-owUnthdutxbQQ-SjXT3umlN7SZniWwDW5zljTQoHmiYUEGbJFJjSCtOW606floGWSn2hJ5aCQ/s640/2011+April+day+6+DSC_0214.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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Canal Saint-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;">Along the canal you find many pedestrian walkways, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">arched high over the canal to allow for passing boats.  </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;">Although I have never taken the trip, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">many report that a leisurely excursion on Canal St. Martin </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">gives a different view along the quais.  My friend Marie and I watched this boat pass through the locks on a bright Sunday afternoon.  On canal Saint-Martin alone there are seven bridges, the majority of which are passerelles piétonnes (footbridges).</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;">They all have names and I will have to search to put the proper name and location on this one.  It is very close to Hotel du Nord on Quai de Jemmapes. </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>Passerelle piétonne, Canal Saint-Martin</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Near Rue de la Grange</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>

Canal Saint-Martin - les passerelles piétonnes

Canal Saint-Martin Along the canal you find many pedestrian walkways, arched high over the canal to allow for passing boats.  Although I hav...

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Un bateau sur la Seine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgf8FtwcA74_BHQaomrrqEmR2eKpg_v4bwfXb2fG-4thwoOfOrsNHj8FusqV7Jm0P-BLE6DUwQdHVXHxFwVSHRxpb4JwDroMyRsjf_X-HuQzzKNiMNLImblL5gYfFd9O1FFm8I7BdsolA/s1600/2011+nov+day+1+nov+5++DSC_0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dba="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgf8FtwcA74_BHQaomrrqEmR2eKpg_v4bwfXb2fG-4thwoOfOrsNHj8FusqV7Jm0P-BLE6DUwQdHVXHxFwVSHRxpb4JwDroMyRsjf_X-HuQzzKNiMNLImblL5gYfFd9O1FFm8I7BdsolA/s640/2011+nov+day+1+nov+5++DSC_0004.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;">Do your weekend plans involve a boat?</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 would like to be in this boat, on this river, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">in the good weather promised this weekend...</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;">Ah, Paris!</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 Saint-Michel</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75005, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Un bateau sur la Seine

Do your weekend plans involve a boat? I would like to be in this boat, on this river, in the good weather promised this weekend... Ah, Paris...

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