Le Consulat

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94aT3ci8LIOnBMSuM7gfh_T0H9is96ZsJdUea01MbF4bui0jNnjwBXju2drBK7RTCla_HOeMvMa_yoySeNbX0xSN8YDWuQjri1BPZR84Y1VifM3vDsJpRdI81YwLTyab-QAmvHZ-Wsjo/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+118+DSC_7630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94aT3ci8LIOnBMSuM7gfh_T0H9is96ZsJdUea01MbF4bui0jNnjwBXju2drBK7RTCla_HOeMvMa_yoySeNbX0xSN8YDWuQjri1BPZR84Y1VifM3vDsJpRdI81YwLTyab-QAmvHZ-Wsjo/s640/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+118+DSC_7630.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;">Restaurant - le Consulat</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This bistro is adorned in deep red and housed in a building </div><div style="text-align: center;">which has likely been in place on <i>Butte Montmartre</i> for nearly 400 years.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Beside the tourists of Montmartre there is much beauty, </div><div style="text-align: center;">history, and architecture to be enjoyed.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Enjoy the views and wander the back streets.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></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>Le Consulat</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>18, rue Norvins</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>75018, Paris</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Montmartre</i></div>

Le Consulat

Restaurant - le Consulat This bistro is adorned in deep red and housed in a building  which has likely been in place on Butte Montmartre fo...

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Passage Jouffroy

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOt92UNFLNKRNS0sbyVSUzfDydslWLL1U1wIJcrMEFJNN89X8lfEttbsHJuu9HnVHi7bVyADdLzBRmhyphenhyphenpAcCODeCO2ye_yLFXdOeXm8RYTtjE2xzkjK5sts5QaeB2clWKD7WwC1wtbFO4/s1600/2011+April+18+DSC_0351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOt92UNFLNKRNS0sbyVSUzfDydslWLL1U1wIJcrMEFJNN89X8lfEttbsHJuu9HnVHi7bVyADdLzBRmhyphenhyphenpAcCODeCO2ye_yLFXdOeXm8RYTtjE2xzkjK5sts5QaeB2clWKD7WwC1wtbFO4/s640/2011+April+18+DSC_0351.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Passage Jouffroy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How much would you love to have</div><div style="text-align: center;">a light fixture <i>comme ça</i>?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was not for sale and</div><div style="text-align: center;">would not have fit in my carry-on.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tant pis pour moi!</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-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Passage Jouffroy</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Boulevard Montmartre</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75009, Paris</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Passage Jouffroy

Passage Jouffroy How much would you love to have a light fixture comme ça ? It was not for sale and would not have fit in my carry-on. Tant ...

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Jardinières avec des fleurs rouges

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpf_yQKgbYSwD1dAJgvN_Dgx96qeO5Dx0roBvFQ4VXaVOJAXzQ431NfdAHItoYA-LUzOUlvWzmJhuqozldbmEXXYaRlRh7KO03mL9Pd4Fc3GMNgmB-IEWImfvuKB2FNgHzu9oeUlJNaXk/s1600/2010+June+18+DSC_0620color.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpf_yQKgbYSwD1dAJgvN_Dgx96qeO5Dx0roBvFQ4VXaVOJAXzQ431NfdAHItoYA-LUzOUlvWzmJhuqozldbmEXXYaRlRh7KO03mL9Pd4Fc3GMNgmB-IEWImfvuKB2FNgHzu9oeUlJNaXk/s1600/2010+June+18+DSC_0620color.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Window boxes </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On the second floor of this building in the Marais</div><div style="text-align: center;">the bleeding heart flowers and masses of red blooms</div><div style="text-align: center;">first caught my eye.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The giant thermometer which could be read </div><div style="text-align: center;">from the street was a fascination.</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;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><i><br /></i><i>46, rue de Poitou</i><br /><i>75003, Paris</i>

Jardinières avec des fleurs rouges

Window boxes  On the second floor of this building in the Marais the bleeding heart flowers and masses of red blooms first caught my eye. Th...

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Les Portes de Parc Monceau

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYFbkS5EtWqgJWjATUBf4w_DTY8y_U3l2SwjgsCETNNjTm_grih0ViIB6wRfqOKunrT_Tx42tOYtIxs9g0PGYlqEOWRxW_YgF-MflJrtuL9MbihpCR48SOjZHb90c5mI_grA-eqI17NE/s1600/2012+Mar+30+Paris_094DSC_5042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYFbkS5EtWqgJWjATUBf4w_DTY8y_U3l2SwjgsCETNNjTm_grih0ViIB6wRfqOKunrT_Tx42tOYtIxs9g0PGYlqEOWRxW_YgF-MflJrtuL9MbihpCR48SOjZHb90c5mI_grA-eqI17NE/s1600/2012+Mar+30+Paris_094DSC_5042.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Gates of Parc Monceau</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Gabriel Davioud (1824-1881) was given the job </div><div style="text-align: center;">of creating the monumental entrances for this quiet park on boulevard de Courcelles</div><div style="text-align: center;">with the imposing gilded wrought iron gates.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The details have been meticulously maintained, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and reflect the afternoon sun.</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Parc de Monceau</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">35, boulevard de Courcelles</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Les Portes de Parc Monceau

The Gates of Parc Monceau Gabriel Davioud (1824-1881) was given the job  of creating the monumental entrances for this quiet park on bouleva...

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le Génie de la Liberté

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamoiY8CAbhopdgTpy23wgcX9ALWiPEwlOYU2uRVLK0N89ecoTdgzWNz4mTmoCyq8Vz6KoPjb2AVAQLW5HXPzmztRnLDv0vdYs6UnDKCPmdA99qh4DxErJWwotJ00D5K5kEjXA5wbbXyQ/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamoiY8CAbhopdgTpy23wgcX9ALWiPEwlOYU2uRVLK0N89ecoTdgzWNz4mTmoCyq8Vz6KoPjb2AVAQLW5HXPzmztRnLDv0vdYs6UnDKCPmdA99qh4DxErJWwotJ00D5K5kEjXA5wbbXyQ/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0206.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Colonne de Juillet</div><div style="text-align: center;">(July Column)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Seen from the street below, the gilded "spirit of freedom"</div><div style="text-align: center;">appears ready to take flight into the blue sky</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This towering Corinthian-styled column is topped with </div><div style="text-align: center;">Auguste Dumont's "Génie de la Liberté" </div><div style="text-align: center;">built between 1835 and 1840 to commemorate </div><div style="text-align: center;">the 1830 revolution</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;">Colonne de Juillet</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place de la Bastille</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;"><br /></div>

le Génie de la Liberté

Colonne de Juillet (July Column) Seen from the street below, the gilded "spirit of freedom" appears ready to take flight into the ...

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Église de la Sainte-Trinité

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfRnGKPNtDabiM9bfs_2Gnw8Sigeitu1oZzTHzglOxSUi-kyvtVx7F7aQktX5tGQeBbeB8esfv8MIw5ot3I7s7ja3K8cLG8LMZRFuukqIXRvIR80bLbAj6ryCCPkfahRs-Gid1IwJGeg/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0374.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfRnGKPNtDabiM9bfs_2Gnw8Sigeitu1oZzTHzglOxSUi-kyvtVx7F7aQktX5tGQeBbeB8esfv8MIw5ot3I7s7ja3K8cLG8LMZRFuukqIXRvIR80bLbAj6ryCCPkfahRs-Gid1IwJGeg/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0374.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Église de la Sainte-Trinité</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">"La Trinité" features architecture of the Second Empire period, </div><div align="center">and it was built between 1861 and 1867 at a cost of almost 5 million francs.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">The exterior is impressive,</div><div align="center"> filling the Paris skyline with its 63 meter tall bell tower </div><div align="center">and topped with a dome.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Times;"></span></em> </div><div align="left"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">Église de la Sainte-Trinité</span></em></div><div align="left"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">Place d'Estienne d'Orvez</span></em></div><div align="left"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">75009, Paris</span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Église de la Sainte-Trinité

      Église de la Sainte-Trinité       "La Trinité" features architecture of the Second Empire period, and it was built between 1...

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Rue Raynouard - Passy

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_rAkDeyhkjVwXVAuNbyuG3VlwPSKuuYXvYU2Pmx6AqFbs3rvpnbWmSk0T5WN4-3N6fK55G2FSbF-GaskSSto9PpSmNV_Tw1yqK4oNEU30l_rtpM2OsZDBYpk4Xdd6mJz3EG_b9XBhh_g/s1600/2012+Jan+14+1st_0958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_rAkDeyhkjVwXVAuNbyuG3VlwPSKuuYXvYU2Pmx6AqFbs3rvpnbWmSk0T5WN4-3N6fK55G2FSbF-GaskSSto9PpSmNV_Tw1yqK4oNEU30l_rtpM2OsZDBYpk4Xdd6mJz3EG_b9XBhh_g/s1600/2012+Jan+14+1st_0958.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just above the wall-lined street you can see</div><div style="text-align: center;">this wonderful collection of windows, roofs, balconies,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and chimneys all washed in the glow of a winter afternoon's sunliight.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The architecture and textures</div><div style="text-align: center;">have interesting details.</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 Raynouard</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Passy </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75016, Paris</span></i></div>

Rue Raynouard - Passy

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La porte et les fleurs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRa3VNq2OkZVqhww2sT7nOlZjosvk-FRT0PWyM8p9PyJBLhBEeoolGit12WguRFYUl2lk8vEMno-8tKut9cW_vQuUpQU0Sg-fsvqELQ3gfsNpUT2Auj3VIhvb8N2496FMXHnHpl-Jxts/s1600/2014+Sept+15+Mon++++_20140915+105+DSC_7149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRa3VNq2OkZVqhww2sT7nOlZjosvk-FRT0PWyM8p9PyJBLhBEeoolGit12WguRFYUl2lk8vEMno-8tKut9cW_vQuUpQU0Sg-fsvqELQ3gfsNpUT2Auj3VIhvb8N2496FMXHnHpl-Jxts/s1600/2014+Sept+15+Mon++++_20140915+105+DSC_7149.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The window boxes in Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;">bloom most of the year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The shadows and reflection add a softness </div><div style="text-align: center;">to the many details of this one doorway, </div><div style="text-align: center;">one among thousands.</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">38, boulevard Saint Germain</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;"><br /></div>

La porte et les fleurs

The window boxes in Paris bloom most of the year. The shadows and reflection add a softness  to the many details of this one doorway,  one a...

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Passage du Caire - Restaurant le Champollion

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi59z2drdvnZqtaKHQKPoxhZHbaABHHiaU8DxAvGTwm_cGE1zBoSMtkkWkWjmoI3iwW6ewmHAF9uLEWPoEuLU-14zYJ68unzaxTBejXuYV0q7DGXMHfY7lJbTVc9TB68uB7UzE-oeKJBc/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+044+DSC_1729.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi59z2drdvnZqtaKHQKPoxhZHbaABHHiaU8DxAvGTwm_cGE1zBoSMtkkWkWjmoI3iwW6ewmHAF9uLEWPoEuLU-14zYJ68unzaxTBejXuYV0q7DGXMHfY7lJbTVc9TB68uB7UzE-oeKJBc/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+044+DSC_1729.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Champollion</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Not quite the lunch hour, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but the tables and chairs are ready</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The heaters under the awning keep it a moderate temperature </div><div style="text-align: center;">on all but the most frigid days.</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;">(Do not forget to look-up</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">at the head sculptures on the building)</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;">Le Champollion</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place du Caire </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">109, rue du Caire</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Passage du Caire - Restaurant le Champollion

Le Champollion Not quite the lunch hour,  but the tables and chairs are ready The heaters under the awning keep it a moderate temperature  o...

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Rue des Petits Pères

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQJ_0RaEGY3tTVnuSMZIbKXs8T2ERx5kkFOWOr8vYRcXZ750FarTeSMXa3Cd4kHq_lt5VW2uz3enugAR6Ch-PxaabQlxVK1_E6dqx6Flc2FhpfNCi-OgbfIwTQFaJKYcJvSkVGV8K7Uw/s1600/2012+Jan+16+2nd_0624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQJ_0RaEGY3tTVnuSMZIbKXs8T2ERx5kkFOWOr8vYRcXZ750FarTeSMXa3Cd4kHq_lt5VW2uz3enugAR6Ch-PxaabQlxVK1_E6dqx6Flc2FhpfNCi-OgbfIwTQFaJKYcJvSkVGV8K7Uw/s1600/2012+Jan+16+2nd_0624.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rue des Petits Pères</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just opposite the Basilique Notre Dame des Victoires </div><div style="text-align: center;">this morning view is filled with the winter blue skies of January </div><div style="text-align: center;">as light and shadows bounce around the buildings.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This building on the "pie-slice corner" is the other side of the building </div><div style="text-align: center;">on Rue de Feuillade posted last week. </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;">2, rue des Petits Pères</div><div style="text-align: left;">75002, Paris</div>

Rue des Petits Pères

Rue des Petits Pères Just opposite the Basilique Notre Dame des Victoires  this morning view is filled with the winter blue skies of January...

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Église Saint Germain des Prés

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEqlcHB2UV-yBcftkeNhmaDOgiFHIqx7WTxCStKexVBmgJgTgpQTK_0qMZhmtZJIQYItOWEEdXwxDrhO6HwoadzOvJcKv6_AxpsPTWnfV72ECgay9qgRjxMSKfMwww-U64Z1HLNFEDWU/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+012+DSC_1237.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEqlcHB2UV-yBcftkeNhmaDOgiFHIqx7WTxCStKexVBmgJgTgpQTK_0qMZhmtZJIQYItOWEEdXwxDrhO6HwoadzOvJcKv6_AxpsPTWnfV72ECgay9qgRjxMSKfMwww-U64Z1HLNFEDWU/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+012+DSC_1237.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Saint Germain des Prés</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The 1,000 year old tower </div><div style="text-align: center;">reigns over the remainder of the church.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The recent renovations make the tower appear </div><div style="text-align: center;">almost white against the bright blue skies.</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;">bon dimanche</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;">Église Saint Germain des Prés</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">3, place Saint Germain des Prés</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: left;"><br /></div>

Église Saint Germain des Prés

Église Saint Germain des Prés The 1,000 year old tower  reigns over the remainder of the church. The recent renovations make the tower appea...

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Les toits de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8GU11c89VKRBp12PoHooaTACSbI7BjcqL-tKq0GdPEC9SxXV6ikMU2J4ePpocMCH_Y70dn80z_FfcndPLC1gNTecuKPyyonIX73bEiZk_jvgy2ZvARl6r5YR-4yMN-LjZAjk2p2p_pAY/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+009+DSC_1234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8GU11c89VKRBp12PoHooaTACSbI7BjcqL-tKq0GdPEC9SxXV6ikMU2J4ePpocMCH_Y70dn80z_FfcndPLC1gNTecuKPyyonIX73bEiZk_jvgy2ZvARl6r5YR-4yMN-LjZAjk2p2p_pAY/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+009+DSC_1234.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The roofs of Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The clay chimney pots and roofs </div><div style="text-align: center;">offset the winter blue skies.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Surely there are as many layers of history </div><div style="text-align: center;">as there are angles of these buildings</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">a convergence of streets</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: left;"><br /></div>

Les toits de Paris

The roofs of Paris The clay chimney pots and roofs  offset the winter blue skies.   Surely there are as many layers of history  as there are...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsc5yksd1gTvwtnBWDK09e4CnAPCHPWXmY5Tr9gYynLF_AZ5i6nsFAAvQHPupJ0HenIb8cJvdnMTv0t4LIhKExG4GfjiH2-FoGITjrl7ScgQmaJMR83-CD0PTsA6RPwbHil_IDRpFttk/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_112DSC_4467.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsc5yksd1gTvwtnBWDK09e4CnAPCHPWXmY5Tr9gYynLF_AZ5i6nsFAAvQHPupJ0HenIb8cJvdnMTv0t4LIhKExG4GfjiH2-FoGITjrl7ScgQmaJMR83-CD0PTsA6RPwbHil_IDRpFttk/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_112DSC_4467.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Notre Dame</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you go to this well-known landmark very early in the morning </div><div style="text-align: center;">when the doors are first opened </div><div style="text-align: center;">(and it is not in the months of March through October), </div><div style="text-align: center;">you can take your time photographing the amazing architecture </div><div style="text-align: center;">and details absent the crowds.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The Cathedral is open every day at 8am </div><div style="text-align: center;">and on Saturdays and Sundays at 7:15am.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Since I did not take my own advice on this particular visit, </div><div style="text-align: center;">you will notice that my photo (and all of the others I took) </div><div style="text-align: center;">are aimed away from the tourists.</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;">bon dimanche</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;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</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>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

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Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts - l'horloge

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRVil5NUj_T-77AEolaNJF-KKFdeGrr0d0hD1x4qPlaranGS4o2mu7RXOyyxA1pZYBj_zzlr7OLu19XepCKmWa_aAO-HhBxO_gusd0CA7VYwScD4bEv1P2omKyGFPrPonZ5y4kk7mMGQ/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+068+DSC_9179.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRVil5NUj_T-77AEolaNJF-KKFdeGrr0d0hD1x4qPlaranGS4o2mu7RXOyyxA1pZYBj_zzlr7OLu19XepCKmWa_aAO-HhBxO_gusd0CA7VYwScD4bEv1P2omKyGFPrPonZ5y4kk7mMGQ/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+068+DSC_9179.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Built in 1902, the Neo-Gothic style with light-colored brick (and a working clock!) belie the lovely interior with its Cavaille-Coll organ.  Based on several stops here and a visit to the church's website, it has an active congregation.</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;">bon dimanche</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;">Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">57, rue Traversière</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts - l'horloge

Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts Built in 1902, the Neo-Gothic style with light-colored brick (and a working clock!) belie the lovely ...

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Robert Combas - Rue des Haudriettes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbEIWgTmKVW8IcaHjdSfazQDJH5pXbtoC-uGs6WwvLdDE6fFQoPCvL4VIRKMRAIuUl3Hwf1kjTxu-OttS8_GP2a5rP1kSDtVDRwj9aBpnBotqsga99dGh9Ac9sXc7quH6tHk5eytalC8U/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+213+DSC_0912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbEIWgTmKVW8IcaHjdSfazQDJH5pXbtoC-uGs6WwvLdDE6fFQoPCvL4VIRKMRAIuUl3Hwf1kjTxu-OttS8_GP2a5rP1kSDtVDRwj9aBpnBotqsga99dGh9Ac9sXc7quH6tHk5eytalC8U/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+213+DSC_0912.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Robert Combas</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A French artist born in Lyon in 1957, he has exhibited in France and New York City.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This painting was created in 2000 and is titled,  <em> </em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>La femme lumière de l’homme</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">From a statement on <a href="http://www.combas.com/" target="_blank">his website</a>, his art is meant to... </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;"> “provoke, that is, to trigger a reaction in the spectator </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">only to ‘invite’ him, beckoning him in </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">and whispering in his ear ‘come over and talk to me, </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I want to tell you about the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupidity" title="Stupidity">stupidity</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence" title="Violence">violence</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty" title="Beauty">beauty</a>,  </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love" title="Love">love</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatred" title="Hatred">hatred</a>, seriousness and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun" title="Fun">fun</a>, the logic </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">and senselessness that pervade our day-to-day lives’ ”</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;">Robert Combas mural</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">4, rue des Haudriettes</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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Robert Combas - Rue des Haudriettes

Robert Combas A French artist born in Lyon in 1957, he has exhibited in France and New York City. This painting was created in 2000 and is t...

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Église Saint Nicholas du Chardonnet

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9_tW4wRPqiCizt0zuQpjFX6NV0MDHkohGKOFHROrMH0b2QCGoJ4xcYhch-Wv0FJTFxxSchkq8rgt9k79RkqPUTbvYvlWQbg2gkyMhuwI4yssMq5Za58lUDKu5ZU62qhPz1Ktk0wze3M/s1600/2014+Sept+15+Mon++++_20140915+046+DSC_7090.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9_tW4wRPqiCizt0zuQpjFX6NV0MDHkohGKOFHROrMH0b2QCGoJ4xcYhch-Wv0FJTFxxSchkq8rgt9k79RkqPUTbvYvlWQbg2gkyMhuwI4yssMq5Za58lUDKu5ZU62qhPz1Ktk0wze3M/s1600/2014+Sept+15+Mon++++_20140915+046+DSC_7090.jpg" width="485" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Saint Nicholas du Chardonnet</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Like many of the churches in Paris (and France and all of Europe), </div><div style="text-align: center;">this early 18th century church has a marble plaque </div><div style="text-align: center;">listing those of the church who "Morts pour la France, 1914 - 1918" </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is but one church among hundreds in the city </div><div style="text-align: center;">who lost a generation of young people to World War 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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</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;">Église Saint Nicholas du Chardonnet</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">23, rue des Bernardins</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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(joyeux anniversaire, Cherie)</span></i></div>

Église Saint Nicholas du Chardonnet

Église Saint Nicholas du Chardonnet Like many of the churches in Paris (and France and all of Europe),  this early 18th century church has a...

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Dear 4-eyes, gee!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2GE_dK4toVgSiab16mlxiHvoKFICaFkTERAx1H56Abd7Z98fDwN1LQifgVJ7EuSIHJHWYeR44xunu37OMk9aNzkoHiHGRG4dWaKkVb45DT-1r_IsuLhxXFV-SGiGsUIeDhJ3xvaq8u4/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+243+DSC_1928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2GE_dK4toVgSiab16mlxiHvoKFICaFkTERAx1H56Abd7Z98fDwN1LQifgVJ7EuSIHJHWYeR44xunu37OMk9aNzkoHiHGRG4dWaKkVb45DT-1r_IsuLhxXFV-SGiGsUIeDhJ3xvaq8u4/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+243+DSC_1928.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Passage du Grand Cerf</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Dear 4-Eyes, Gee" </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Opened in 1825 in the 2nd arrondissement,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> it is now restored and charming with many artists and several ateliers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Please forgive the silliness, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it just called out to me.</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;">Passage du Grand Cerf</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Dear 4-eyes, gee!

Passage du Grand Cerf "Dear 4-Eyes, Gee" Opened in 1825 in the 2nd arrondissement,  it is now restored and charming with many arti...

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Rue Gabrielle - 'shabby chic'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3NPePSbQTurJnXiI-MfDpK5_umTuq0uwOZsUDJa4ME-NYA9RQwbGibcJu1zqD2N-wUWKrdLUKvZsVMePyqtG_k0Sh7BEPJn_Et3V1z1-x-H9mi8WOjwWCk0KvXBxg3pnBnkfLdG6HHI/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+082+DSC_7594.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3NPePSbQTurJnXiI-MfDpK5_umTuq0uwOZsUDJa4ME-NYA9RQwbGibcJu1zqD2N-wUWKrdLUKvZsVMePyqtG_k0Sh7BEPJn_Et3V1z1-x-H9mi8WOjwWCk0KvXBxg3pnBnkfLdG6HHI/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+082+DSC_7594.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rue Gabrielle</div><div style="text-align: center;">Montmartre</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The dark reflection in the old glass panes </div><div style="text-align: center;">adds to the mystery of this <i>premier étage</i>.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The trace of last year's vines </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the slant of the frame itself are in stark contrast </div><div style="text-align: center;">with the fresh red geraniums.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I will take this "shabby chic" any day</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">33, rue Gabrielle</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75018, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Rue Gabrielle - 'shabby chic'

Rue Gabrielle Montmartre The dark reflection in the old glass panes  adds to the mystery of this premier étage .   The trace of last year...

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Un lion en automne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSkAqNDB-imp91murKvVsg12VkNgmmhmAyV-vzL-MBADC-7VX0_iKUmTcWRCQNhlBJDvtmSPGwqxn7cBZ4cyCBR-8NhiYj6q9-t59g9hHnIcuyz76pTIWOluKrV674QJy3aqz5z0f8qkQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+063+DSC_9016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSkAqNDB-imp91murKvVsg12VkNgmmhmAyV-vzL-MBADC-7VX0_iKUmTcWRCQNhlBJDvtmSPGwqxn7cBZ4cyCBR-8NhiYj6q9-t59g9hHnIcuyz76pTIWOluKrV674QJy3aqz5z0f8qkQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+063+DSC_9016.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A Lion in <strike>Winter</strike> Autumn</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking up at the sculpted balcony with its ironwork balustrade </div><div style="text-align: center;">one sees the trellis of red and graceful curtains.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do not miss the guardian of it all, </div><div style="text-align: center;">le lion.</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;">Avenue d'Ilena</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75016, Paris</span></i></div>

Un lion en automne

A Lion in Winter Autumn Looking up at the sculpted balcony with its ironwork balustrade  one sees the trellis of red and graceful curtains....

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l'architecture de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMJz-1jvhd0SlzQz0NGRHXI1nop0NKfgJmxTaet0F7NM-zkhP93WWRxUAThtlqxBq3F37XqN4R41l9KjFjSKbuATbGJqmvgBSsY6EF2ApbDRE1M0r80f-yOVP0cBtEm7GquvrxxUqKik/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_65DSC_3934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMJz-1jvhd0SlzQz0NGRHXI1nop0NKfgJmxTaet0F7NM-zkhP93WWRxUAThtlqxBq3F37XqN4R41l9KjFjSKbuATbGJqmvgBSsY6EF2ApbDRE1M0r80f-yOVP0cBtEm7GquvrxxUqKik/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_65DSC_3934.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The architecture of Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How can you be in a particular spot more than 20 times </div><div style="text-align: center;">and miss this spectacular frieze?</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;">Don't miss the details</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;">Palais Royal</div><div style="text-align: left;">75001, Paris</div>

l'architecture de Paris

The architecture of Paris How can you be in a particular spot more than 20 times  and miss this spectacular frieze? Don't miss the detai...

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