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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un petit garçon et son vélo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuYGMB-a-yDnkXAHqvx6q2Nj_J9qUGIAMZfxu8SyY44gmAAyY-w9qYISVaRImbtW5YBm5cdGQUsKAVyMiHdoMJ6T5ddjmtyzhmqmM1hdn-cr6Lty3aE6l5fpSI_uqCgEeZG5d4WLkk1o/s1600/2013+Nov17+Paris+_20131117+080+DSC_9726.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuYGMB-a-yDnkXAHqvx6q2Nj_J9qUGIAMZfxu8SyY44gmAAyY-w9qYISVaRImbtW5YBm5cdGQUsKAVyMiHdoMJ6T5ddjmtyzhmqmM1hdn-cr6Lty3aE6l5fpSI_uqCgEeZG5d4WLkk1o/s1600/2013+Nov17+Paris+_20131117+080+DSC_9726.jpg" width="475" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">little boy and his bicycle</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">riding uphill on the uneven cobblestones of Rue Mouffetard... </div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a challenging venue for learning how to ride a two-wheeled bike.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On this Sunday afternoon, </div><div style="text-align: center;">it was likely that they were headed to Luxembourg Garden </div><div style="text-align: center;">with the soft chalky-dirt paths, </div><div style="text-align: center;">perfect for a little one to practice the art of "balance."</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;">Rue Mouffetard</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;">75005, Paris</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">  </span></i></span></div>

un petit garçon et son vélo

little boy and his bicycle riding uphill on the uneven cobblestones of Rue Mouffetard... This is a challenging venue for learning how to rid...

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École de Filles

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFXkbdxMea1SylmB_Azr5WtO3ruvSIXHzNYKOKpyRj1zEwK-rfpw1AifD5OKhqCIX4lseRlU5L-ZVNq-jUatbUoN8Emr1vDzXNrqt6j_W7YxcN2aApcCBNaOrM5vbqwywJrp97ja86nU/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+100+DSC_1785.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFXkbdxMea1SylmB_Azr5WtO3ruvSIXHzNYKOKpyRj1zEwK-rfpw1AifD5OKhqCIX4lseRlU5L-ZVNq-jUatbUoN8Emr1vDzXNrqt6j_W7YxcN2aApcCBNaOrM5vbqwywJrp97ja86nU/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+100+DSC_1785.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">École de Filles</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;">Beautiful architecture and a serene setting belies the sign indicating that between 1942 and 1944 there were 140 school age children from the 2ième arrondissement who were murdered at Auschwitz.  </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;">"Never forget"</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">École de Filles</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;">44, rue Dussoubs</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;">75002, 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><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

École de Filles

École de Filles Beautiful architecture and a serene setting belies the sign indicating that between 1942 and 1944 there were 140 school age ...

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Palais Royal - un vélo très cher

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Ua__i89H2NGXiJgneSI04k2KzCDs67qXwLfxLi1UIq5dAbc1nk39zZI46Fu2Rub4fPDcfy4Yy9RLL9K6QHRF-i5M0cg2H5ieKi-KYVPtFTLnh-GaTlURb-3kBwbpxr_8KKhzt-8NtyY/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+113+DSC_1338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Ua__i89H2NGXiJgneSI04k2KzCDs67qXwLfxLi1UIq5dAbc1nk39zZI46Fu2Rub4fPDcfy4Yy9RLL9K6QHRF-i5M0cg2H5ieKi-KYVPtFTLnh-GaTlURb-3kBwbpxr_8KKhzt-8NtyY/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+113+DSC_1338.jpg" width="650" /></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;">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;">If you could read the mark on this bicycle </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you would have an idea of its price.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Seen in the upscale shop at Palais Royal </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">it was gleaming in beautiful reflective silver as if to taunt me.</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;">...still pouting because Santa did not leave me a bike this year...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">again!</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;"><i>I am joining in <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/2014/01/windows-in-windows-weekend-reflections.html" target="_blank">James' Weekend Reflections</a> today.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Take a look at other reflections from around the world.</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;">Marc Jacobs</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;">Palais Royal</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;">34, rue de Montpensier</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;">75001, Paris</span></span></i></div>

Palais Royal - un vélo très cher

Palais Royal If you could read the mark on this bicycle  you would have an idea of its price.   Seen in the upscale shop at Palais Royal  it...

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Une fille française?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-rI42rUBSSzh8mHVE5GNC7duazv95tILxgzJKtknz6_wRiLOFFoXpid8yluoZzKvafoSWizDHmGU80PXZ7bTtBqjMoGgtUh7nxZRFGGaee2LzkTNxsQuovvz1rQqn3pEoxgeTYkBxB8/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+008+DSC_8674.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="760" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-rI42rUBSSzh8mHVE5GNC7duazv95tILxgzJKtknz6_wRiLOFFoXpid8yluoZzKvafoSWizDHmGU80PXZ7bTtBqjMoGgtUh7nxZRFGGaee2LzkTNxsQuovvz1rQqn3pEoxgeTYkBxB8/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+008+DSC_8674.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_706189335"></span><span id="goog_706189336"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_706189335"></span><span id="goog_706189336"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="goog_706189335">French girl?</span></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;"><span id="goog_706189335">Retro bicycle..</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="goog_706189335">pouring rain...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="goog_706189335">stylish lace-up boots...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="goog_706189335">black swing-coat...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="goog_706189335">wicker basket...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="goog_706189335">and, of course, a precisely wrapped scarf</span></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;"><span id="goog_706189335">Yes, she's a French girl...</span></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: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span id="goog_706189335"> </span><span id="goog_706189335">Boulevard Raspail (in front of Hôtel Lutetia)</span></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 id="goog_706189335">75006, Paris</span></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 id="goog_706189335"> </span></span></span></i></div>

Une fille française?

French girl? Retro bicycle.. pouring rain... stylish lace-up boots... black swing-coat... wicker basket... and, of course, a precisely wrapp...

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un vélo bleu - 'forever'

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11245870486/" title="2013 Nov18 Paris _20131118 214 DSC_0320 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov18 Paris _20131118 214 DSC_0320" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3698/11245870486_7b2bb35d94_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;">a bike</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;">I have wanted one "forever" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and hope that I will get a red one for Christmas...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with a bell, bien sûr. </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;">Are you listening, Santa?</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(Why should I have to go to Paris to ride a bike?)</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;">In front of Shakespeare and Company</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;">37, rue de la Bucherie</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;">75005, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Joyeux anniversaire, Cherie! </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><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

un vélo bleu - 'forever'

a bike I have wanted one "forever"  and hope that I will get a red one for Christmas... with a bell, bien sûr. Are you listening, ...

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Pont Louis-Philippe - Île Saint-Louis

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10619314324/" title="2013 0522 Wed_461DSC_6072 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 0522 Wed_461DSC_6072" height="488" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7430/10619314324_236028e308_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;">Pont Louis-Philippe</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;">Yes, the rain was relentless, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but Paris keeps moving without regard to the weather.</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 stone arch-bridge connects the Quai de Bourbon </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">on the Île Saint-Louis with the Saint-Gervais neighborhood on the right bank.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is decorated with stone laurel wreaths </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">surrounding metallic rosettes which are best seen from the Seine.</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;">Pont Louis-Philippe</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Île Saint-Louis</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div>

Pont Louis-Philippe - Île Saint-Louis

Pont Louis-Philippe Yes, the rain was relentless,  but Paris keeps moving without regard to the weather. This stone arch-bridge connects the...

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Le Marais - un tandem

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10485791945/" title="2013 0518 Sat_288DSC_4157 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 0518 Sat_288DSC_4157" height="532" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7318/10485791945_2ab03c0b1d_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;">Bicycle for two!</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;">There are many bicycles on the streets of Paris and in the parks.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Even the smallest of children are riding bicycles.</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;">However, I do not think that I have seen a bicycle for two.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hope that you have time</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>for a ride this weekend</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: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard Beaumarchais</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Marais - un tandem

Bicycle for two! There are many bicycles on the streets of Paris and in the parks.   Even the smallest of children are riding bicycles. Howe...

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