Quai Saint-Michel - "layers"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT516-vZS57kG8dAgzj8WIWuvOo5KUUlDJXQESQm8vsEJAv_I6VSfXSaJDHsS6YZhQAA2P5bhe5sLrK_YgoK5GBLkUoHnCbKpd-40QBcrwM54kXg4rgYt8Vs6DRei41HMjulDBltZozmI/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_119DSC_4367.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT516-vZS57kG8dAgzj8WIWuvOo5KUUlDJXQESQm8vsEJAv_I6VSfXSaJDHsS6YZhQAA2P5bhe5sLrK_YgoK5GBLkUoHnCbKpd-40QBcrwM54kXg4rgYt8Vs6DRei41HMjulDBltZozmI/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_119DSC_4367.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Layers seen along theSeine</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Taken from the Pont Saint-Michel you can see layers from the buildings along the quai, the bouquinistes, the level under the street, the banks of the Seine, and finally the Seine herself.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How have I not noticed the walkway under the street level on this south side of the river?  What are those open spaces in the stone wall, and what lies beyond?  I am thinking of Jean-Valjean and M. Hugo.</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;"><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;">Quai Saint-Michel et Pont Saint-Michel</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;"><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;"><br /></div>

Quai Saint-Michel - "layers"

Layers seen along theSeine Taken from the Pont Saint-Michel you can see layers from the buildings along the quai, the bouquinistes, the leve...

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Les bouquinistes sous la pluie

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAaj-2Kmiie5VY_VwtK5NTYDhvYVftOngsEAYBHHsG7d_wbi1JuN4LbKAHT0qnSPQB68PzTXKph7SVsNDAkp0kegVP5-MoP9rvTiNOq-D04vMrWtW8FQEZUCGkzOuzdPxl3xuw2C99IfY/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_190DSC_8785.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAaj-2Kmiie5VY_VwtK5NTYDhvYVftOngsEAYBHHsG7d_wbi1JuN4LbKAHT0qnSPQB68PzTXKph7SVsNDAkp0kegVP5-MoP9rvTiNOq-D04vMrWtW8FQEZUCGkzOuzdPxl3xuw2C99IfY/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_190DSC_8785.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The bouquinistes were open on this rainy October day</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">selling to the tourists who braved 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;">The very old books, journals, and cards are kept in the back of the stall, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">protected from the rain.</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-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bouquinistes</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Quai de Conti</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les bouquinistes sous la pluie

The bouquinistes were open on this rainy October day selling to the tourists who braved the weather. The very old books, journals, and cards...

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Livres anciens - Librairie Paul Vulin

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5hFehY3UlVagSSY4uAuWBqAWFn_cH-9t82-2_91Rufk8uviHX7-09RQLd2e_NQjtI6-r8OkBZoBuDSAdOnABMRT0UGz5UVpg7Fqi4Ci_OYC7Jrgw9qx_-MvprNYmPq4CqrvFQCfqvrg/s1600/2011+0418+DSC_0371.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5hFehY3UlVagSSY4uAuWBqAWFn_cH-9t82-2_91Rufk8uviHX7-09RQLd2e_NQjtI6-r8OkBZoBuDSAdOnABMRT0UGz5UVpg7Fqi4Ci_OYC7Jrgw9qx_-MvprNYmPq4CqrvFQCfqvrg/s640/2011+0418+DSC_0371.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;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Old books..</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, if slightly worn, old books can be bought in many places </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">throughout Paris from the flea markets to the Passages de Paris.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If they were not so heavy, I would have a larger collection.  </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 photo reminds me </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">that I need to bring back at least one with every trip.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I no longer travel with a guide book, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">so there should be room for a single antique book in my carry-on.</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;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">livres de collection</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;">Librairie Paul Vulin</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;">Passage Jouffroy</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;">75009, Paris</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></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Livres anciens - Librairie Paul Vulin

Old books.. Beautiful, if slightly worn, old books can be bought in many places  throughout Paris from the flea markets to the Passages de P...

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Livres - Rue de Seine

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8590458259/" title="2012 Oct 6 P1010947 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 6 P1010947" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8249/8590458259_6fb1a11300_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;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bookstores in Paris are full of treasures:</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;">stacks and stacks of beautiful books, some to be read </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and some just to be enjoyed.</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 store is not much larger than you see right here, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">filled to the ceiling.</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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue de Seine</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Livres - Rue de Seine

Bookstores in Paris are full of treasures: stacks and stacks of beautiful books, some to be read  and some just to be enjoyed. This store is...

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Bécassine - the story

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqoh1vIZVGNBfm6F1kqbVmpVln_FUbnIxMzQlRv3vEfkmfJW-B7mS7_GDuxSe2xnN8e9UEKxaq8e5-pJzy984RqzZmIz4-cJH41HXuv7WZO58k4j-wj7MmBwP_Oj6T1qzkPUgvSrcS8_M/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0345b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639799371933280258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqoh1vIZVGNBfm6F1kqbVmpVln_FUbnIxMzQlRv3vEfkmfJW-B7mS7_GDuxSe2xnN8e9UEKxaq8e5-pJzy984RqzZmIz4-cJH41HXuv7WZO58k4j-wj7MmBwP_Oj6T1qzkPUgvSrcS8_M/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0345b.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9cassine"><strong>Bécassin</strong></a> is considered the first female protagonist in the history of comics. She is a young Breton housemaid created by Jacqueline Rivière and Joseph Pinchon in 1905. She is considered the birth of the modern <em>bande dessinée</em> inspiring Hergé (The Adventures of Tintin) in the 1920s.<br /><br /><br /><br />These books were seen in the window of a bookseller in Passage Jouffroy, a covered arcade in the 9ième arrondissement.<br /><br /><br /><br />I first encountered this heroine through collecting antique fêves, which is another story...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Librarie Paul Vulin<br /><br />Passage Jouffroy<br /><br />Métro Grands Boulevards<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Bécassine - the story

Bécassin is considered the first female protagonist in the history of comics. She is a young Breton housemaid created by Jacqueline Rivière...

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Les Bouquinistes

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP8lJC-tspA1ZzUbhdoeHCkoUdWyTUn5FFSvJZM-YfgqBMUNnF2Z0TjYiPSvdbGXtl-wEegIzI2X1EzwxN8DWhtNYYWNZ0OhAwaIca7ZM4-5Zik4irLULluTOHqqcQyIw_30gSaQZNAfc/s1600/2006+dec+paris+DSC_0267+cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541462092710330866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP8lJC-tspA1ZzUbhdoeHCkoUdWyTUn5FFSvJZM-YfgqBMUNnF2Z0TjYiPSvdbGXtl-wEegIzI2X1EzwxN8DWhtNYYWNZ0OhAwaIca7ZM4-5Zik4irLULluTOHqqcQyIw_30gSaQZNAfc/s640/2006+dec+paris+DSC_0267+cropped.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Les bouquinistes or used book sellers are seen all along the quais, particularly near Notre Dame. They have been an installation along the Seine since the 1500s and are now regulated by the city of Paris. It is estimated that it takes 8 years on a waiting list to be assigned one of these dark green boxes renting for about 100 Euros per year. Although there are many keychains, magnets and postcards, the city requires a balance of books and souvenirs and that the "green shop" be open at least 4 days each week.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I do love old postcards and greeting cards and the quais are great places to stroll and shop. </span>

Les Bouquinistes

Les bouquinistes or used book sellers are seen all along the quais, particularly near Notre Dame. They have been an installation along the S...

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