La Seine et des Bateaux

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihNGfF1_iQp5N5UTIDgBYWSGDjbdwcKi9jJVUaOERaWHBBIYq1EiBS9unW51nnbw8MchszQ5kPFtwTuAHmg5Y1uf4epmsCUU1hTGg-DpqB4fbGlDVRhx2GQV06iU-JyuBp-jHsGgtMTz0/s1600/2014+Sept+15+Mon++++_20140915+128+DSC_7172.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="780" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihNGfF1_iQp5N5UTIDgBYWSGDjbdwcKi9jJVUaOERaWHBBIYq1EiBS9unW51nnbw8MchszQ5kPFtwTuAHmg5Y1uf4epmsCUU1hTGg-DpqB4fbGlDVRhx2GQV06iU-JyuBp-jHsGgtMTz0/s640/2014+Sept+15+Mon++++_20140915+128+DSC_7172.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Seine and Boats</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In warm, sunny weather living on a boat</div><div style="text-align: center;"> moored on the Seine seems like paradise.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I will have to remember to check out</div><div style="text-align: center;"> this scene in winter as well</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;">La Seine et Pont de Sully</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;">.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

La Seine et des Bateaux

The Seine and Boats In warm, sunny weather living on a boat  moored on the Seine seems like paradise. I will have to remember to check out  ...

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Pont Alexandre III

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8QdVyN4-zxMUitwOQoR9QGWnAEKWGQBUhrWQR6jrfgvWt_QV8JQ8iQu9eqjvBOrwJI2D5-RVh2XXCArVrxZf4UpTPZO3NecVFW3wrZdkU0SVrjumsLst6QrD1sv9I9WJpLuRONrAbTA/s1600/2014+Sept+17+Wed++b-w++_20140917+260+DSC_8389.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8QdVyN4-zxMUitwOQoR9QGWnAEKWGQBUhrWQR6jrfgvWt_QV8JQ8iQu9eqjvBOrwJI2D5-RVh2XXCArVrxZf4UpTPZO3NecVFW3wrZdkU0SVrjumsLst6QrD1sv9I9WJpLuRONrAbTA/s1600/2014+Sept+17+Wed++b-w++_20140917+260+DSC_8389.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pont Alexandre III</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Adorned with gilt, ironwork, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and more details than can be seen in a single photograph, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Pont Alexandre III is a great spot for photographs.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">At night you can enjoy the lights </div><div style="text-align: center;">of La Tour Eiffel with reflections on the Seine.</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 Alexandre III</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Connecting 8è and 7è</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: left;"><br /></div>

Pont Alexandre III

Pont Alexandre III Adorned with gilt, ironwork,  and more details than can be seen in a single photograph,  Pont Alexandre III is a great sp...

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Pont des Arts - As-tu un clé?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKaO6Q9B-Olq7K5zVMKIQrrh8CRT8gltPsQrLabe5ImnH9tqPfvndtI4wS8iPOg3Bq8oDqJZ2-IRZA6o3DUVcJ-3eUta8Q0hX_mmqn46Mt203IF6Ic6LyYDWgtXGJ5H2JQb0C0dtp8lw/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_232DSC_4915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKaO6Q9B-Olq7K5zVMKIQrrh8CRT8gltPsQrLabe5ImnH9tqPfvndtI4wS8iPOg3Bq8oDqJZ2-IRZA6o3DUVcJ-3eUta8Q0hX_mmqn46Mt203IF6Ic6LyYDWgtXGJ5H2JQb0C0dtp8lw/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_232DSC_4915.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pont des Arts</div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you have a key?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This pedestrian bridge is in the news this week.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The bridge was closed for a period of time </div><div style="text-align: center;">as the weight of the "love locks" was so heavy </div><div style="text-align: center;">that it tore a portion of the railing away from the bridge.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The city (or the mysterious lock-remover) </div><div style="text-align: center;">has periodically pruned locks from this bridge</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and Pont de l'Archevêché, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but they re-appear almost as quickly as they are removed.  </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;">Pont des Arts</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><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Pont des Arts - As-tu un clé?

Pont des Arts Do you have a key? This pedestrian bridge is in the news this week.   The bridge was closed for a period of time  as the weigh...

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Pont d'Arcole - la nuit

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwBcSuQD062uF3WvqnpbFjfBSo797XaMMjcWCUPBeUhyUOnw9AoA0beVI31cG1znQYqOFD873BwahZq5nmqD46AtcIwfCeDJjBhhUP_lvkdexzltsr2e7Boopg6Com6PqXVgM1CWAQ0UE/s1600/2013+0521+Tues_183DSC_5602.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwBcSuQD062uF3WvqnpbFjfBSo797XaMMjcWCUPBeUhyUOnw9AoA0beVI31cG1znQYqOFD873BwahZq5nmqD46AtcIwfCeDJjBhhUP_lvkdexzltsr2e7Boopg6Com6PqXVgM1CWAQ0UE/s1600/2013+0521+Tues_183DSC_5602.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 d'Arcole</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;">Walking in Paris at night </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">after most of the crowds are gone is a favorite of mine.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Each of the 37 bridges over the Seine </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is different and I am sad to report that </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I could probably name less than half of them.</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;">One advantage of the winter months </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is that the night starts much earlier.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pont d'Arcole</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>

Pont d'Arcole - la nuit

Pont d'Arcole Walking in Paris at night  after most of the crowds are gone is a favorite of mine.   Each of the 37 bridges over the Sein...

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Monsieur?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsaiQq5YQuxHpzkWsJDxyAdLv6L4c5VPoZgP4bDz79r7OLaFKQaJlj2_u77o8tNUh9j0izy66LWq1jrSXGdL9DLhaCIVRPbCMPjsfYWDiuPFVfynEn3BI2AR7dWyEkr2scoqqahnxkvM/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+165+DSC_8831.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsaiQq5YQuxHpzkWsJDxyAdLv6L4c5VPoZgP4bDz79r7OLaFKQaJlj2_u77o8tNUh9j0izy66LWq1jrSXGdL9DLhaCIVRPbCMPjsfYWDiuPFVfynEn3BI2AR7dWyEkr2scoqqahnxkvM/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+165+DSC_8831.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pont d'Arcole</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;"><strike>Man</strike> on the bridge with an umbrella, uh...</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;">Charming man on the bridge in the rain with an umbrella...</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;">...nothing more to say</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;">Pont d'Arcole</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: center;"><br /></div>

Monsieur?

Pont d'Arcole Man on the bridge with an umbrella, uh... Charming man on the bridge in the rain with an umbrella... ...nothing more to s...

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La Seine en hiver

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMZyTZU2uGND-n2RlVHFUvmwCkpk9zJViiwEQ3e4zhsRgu_IafnmdW2q4Nad-cb5lP6OfTrZSgjvkS7EqizvXXlTgTQcoF1X5aw2DJpVhRWqDqnnDLUoFA9_7HU4XjYDNT7JT0BV6Osc/s1600/2010+Dec+H+IMG_3545.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMZyTZU2uGND-n2RlVHFUvmwCkpk9zJViiwEQ3e4zhsRgu_IafnmdW2q4Nad-cb5lP6OfTrZSgjvkS7EqizvXXlTgTQcoF1X5aw2DJpVhRWqDqnnDLUoFA9_7HU4XjYDNT7JT0BV6Osc/s1600/2010+Dec+H+IMG_3545.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;">The Seine in Winter</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;">Taken from almost the same spot on Pont des Arts as my header </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the starkness of winter stands in contrast to the lush, colorful shot of summer.</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 find a still, almost silvery beauty </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of the river in winter.</span></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: 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;">view of Pont Neuf </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;">from Pont des Arts</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><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

La Seine en hiver

The Seine in Winter Taken from almost the same spot on Pont des Arts as my header  the starkness of winter stands in contrast to the lush, c...

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Pont Notre Dame - l'automne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj54Kvz0YStp0R5S4qDKMg3iHGXAxtItUsARbA_kNe5EBr2zIH2JgWT-Yh-ZyBopyCbbwZfCRdG7zRESC90R29pdhuqufWJX9YDvFpPSkzViNAvbsPFZBJ27Kyj-zuQKeLL3Vt7yeS9KTk/s1600/2013+Nov13+Paris+_20131113+075+DSC_8614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj54Kvz0YStp0R5S4qDKMg3iHGXAxtItUsARbA_kNe5EBr2zIH2JgWT-Yh-ZyBopyCbbwZfCRdG7zRESC90R29pdhuqufWJX9YDvFpPSkzViNAvbsPFZBJ27Kyj-zuQKeLL3Vt7yeS9KTk/s640/2013+Nov13+Paris+_20131113+075+DSC_8614.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 Notre Dame</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;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The late afternoon sun drenched the trees </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">along the Quai de Gesvres giving them a golden orange glow.  </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;">If you look under the arch of the bridge, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you can see their reflections in 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;"><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: 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;">Pont Notre Dame</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>

Pont Notre Dame - l'automne

Pont Notre Dame The late afternoon sun drenched the trees  along the Quai de Gesvres giving them a golden orange glow.   If you look under t...

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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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Pont de l'Archevêché

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1oXfQgnD_Pt4ywRh5pAI-d2mHrrLKKCYBEKeVTzsgp5yvozoqE9NKTo9Mq0Zb2Bsb6owObqIcsXPaRADB0ZLf85G7l6_DY5bno0HnWlY0vQbqdOWlEiTSAtyPQO6J1QOw_TUlIKHrtM/s1600/2011+1108+day+5+DSC_0047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1oXfQgnD_Pt4ywRh5pAI-d2mHrrLKKCYBEKeVTzsgp5yvozoqE9NKTo9Mq0Zb2Bsb6owObqIcsXPaRADB0ZLf85G7l6_DY5bno0HnWlY0vQbqdOWlEiTSAtyPQO6J1QOw_TUlIKHrtM/s640/2011+1108+day+5+DSC_0047.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pont de l'Archevêché</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;"><br />Based on the hefty weight of </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> many locks in the foreground, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the larger ones have likely been removed or </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"pruned" </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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">One does hope that </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Edith and Hernando are doing well...</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Pont de l'Archevêché</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>behind Notre Dame</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>75005, Paris</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Pont de l'Archevêché

Pont de l'Archevêché Based on the hefty weight of   many locks in the foreground,  the larger ones have likely been removed or  "pr...

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Fête de la Musique - solstice d'été

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfyJ8_8dDWDLsC-s8jA051ZvOrpYDb8td6Wyysb-uGXKsRXbKyLCSFzyTtQWIyqpfs8h3x7cTPiFBCT3oCbBRN_u4Z1bdx9722_UZLccG_Zy-a15Cbcu95CoYx2FSbl4WU8KQU3n5ajM/s1600/2010+June+21+00116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfyJ8_8dDWDLsC-s8jA051ZvOrpYDb8td6Wyysb-uGXKsRXbKyLCSFzyTtQWIyqpfs8h3x7cTPiFBCT3oCbBRN_u4Z1bdx9722_UZLccG_Zy-a15Cbcu95CoYx2FSbl4WU8KQU3n5ajM/s640/2010+June+21+00116.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;">Summer Solstice</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;">So what does the <i>solstice d'été</i> have to do with music?  In Paris and many parts of France the summer solstice is accompanied by a grand celebration of music, with all genres and forms.  You can visit the churches for special concerts, listen to street musicians in the squares and gardens.  The cafés have jazz quartets and pop music and everything in between.  The music begins early and extends to the wee hours of the morning. </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;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"The musicians are asked to perform for free, and all the concerts are free for the public. It’s the reason why they are used to play in open air areas as streets and parks or in public buildings like museums, train stations, castles… Furthermore, the Fête de la Musique is a way to encourage the major music institutions (orchestra, operas, choirs, etc.) to perform outside their usual locations." (<a href="http://fetedelamusique.culture.fr/fr/edition-2013/presentation/" target="_blank">official site here</a>)</span></span></i></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 was taken of the "piano man" on June 21, 2010, Fête de la Musique, a wonderful day spent with friends soaking up beautiful weather and a variety of music.  </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;">Wish I was there today.</span></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 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;"><br /></div>

Fête de la Musique - solstice d'été

Summer Solstice So what does the solstice d'été have to do with music?  In Paris and many parts of France the summer solstice is accomp...

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Pont des Arts - sous la neige

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KRvRuSVfErj26m7_49rrvCB5jy2xXb9vUci9VBdf1xLQcPOMqIEdisN3FctJwffwQI_NVc1rjv-kVONQ7LEEGO3PbYzZ_8hY25XDljCCtxzIbQfbAPSOkzHiyXFClERe9ynFzMg9-mM/s1600/2010+Dec+6+IMG_3547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KRvRuSVfErj26m7_49rrvCB5jy2xXb9vUci9VBdf1xLQcPOMqIEdisN3FctJwffwQI_NVc1rjv-kVONQ7LEEGO3PbYzZ_8hY25XDljCCtxzIbQfbAPSOkzHiyXFClERe9ynFzMg9-mM/s640/2010+Dec+6+IMG_3547.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;">Pont des Arts</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;">Taken a few years ago during a dusting of snow,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the bridge is seen after a pruning of locks </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-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;">bon weekend</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;">Pont des Arts</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Pont des Arts - sous la neige

Pont des Arts Taken a few years ago during a dusting of snow, the bridge is seen after a pruning of locks bon weekend Pont des Arts 75001, P...

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Pont des Arts - love locks

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitki4CPetVA7THpOtElZCSQYrwldwtnC5NCeghXSQUuJOgtsKHlAFl2Oisv679xGJfdf-1646Z5Fhr0RxFPVT0qM4is3LHO3idN1snPFHSDPaK781yqMbveOqW6An27sEvU6jyvW0tVzA/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_242DSC_4925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitki4CPetVA7THpOtElZCSQYrwldwtnC5NCeghXSQUuJOgtsKHlAFl2Oisv679xGJfdf-1646Z5Fhr0RxFPVT0qM4is3LHO3idN1snPFHSDPaK781yqMbveOqW6An27sEvU6jyvW0tVzA/s640/2012+Mar+29+Paris_242DSC_4925.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;">Love locks</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pont des Arts</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 photographed the "love locks" for years on the Pont des Arts and always said that if my sweetheart came with me to Paris that we would put one here on the Pont des Arts.</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;">He did come with me last March and after attaching our lock threw away a red key (which was superfluous for a combination lock).  It was at the moment of sunset, and we were in good company with others on that March evening.  In October I went back to check on our lock and it was most assuredly missing.  The fact is that all of these lovers' locks weigh down the bridge and it appears that the locks are periodically "pruned."  In May of 2010, they all disappeared overnight but the city of Paris claimed innocence.</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;">We will return and affix another lock, a tiny discrete one, which should not cause any attention (or pruning).</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-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(Happy Valentine's Day, D)</span></i></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 des Arts</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">   </span></i></div>

Pont des Arts - love locks

Love locks Pont des Arts I have photographed the "love locks" for years on the Pont des Arts and always said that if my sweetheart...

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La Seine en automne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE0PGNCoUlPPe3qlPhEeBDHGWHFZJZoGiyCHwW-QYWDlHcyG1WkuwinxeoNjgfhGp0J7y_ymJlA6CMLHUoW5YlI-LUgueBQsF10KYhZ9Xpx6cyNLBG506VRYitKaBf20uBEeILpwW7Djg/s1600/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0662.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE0PGNCoUlPPe3qlPhEeBDHGWHFZJZoGiyCHwW-QYWDlHcyG1WkuwinxeoNjgfhGp0J7y_ymJlA6CMLHUoW5YlI-LUgueBQsF10KYhZ9Xpx6cyNLBG506VRYitKaBf20uBEeILpwW7Djg/s640/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0662.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;">La 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;">The magnetic appeal of the Seine is present </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">even on a dreary autumn day</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><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Seine </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">from Pont au Double</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 Seine en automne

La Seine The magnetic appeal of the Seine is present  even on a dreary autumn day bon weekend La Seine  from Pont au Double 75005, Paris

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Parc des Buttes Chaumont

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJT3u2zrP9KvnR-FKndYb8ob4gy4DbC_Y3hDQMBvVP1rUmEEX_LyfLely2uzkOHJcWNOv01eZVjhJ1fmO4j8z7mOtn7a0X4y4snqw0ZXtopYmQJsey6rTeDusslBONnFE2cqq9W1Cgp08/s1600/2011+april+day+6DSC_0298.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hea="true" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJT3u2zrP9KvnR-FKndYb8ob4gy4DbC_Y3hDQMBvVP1rUmEEX_LyfLely2uzkOHJcWNOv01eZVjhJ1fmO4j8z7mOtn7a0X4y4snqw0ZXtopYmQJsey6rTeDusslBONnFE2cqq9W1Cgp08/s640/2011+april+day+6DSC_0298.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; text-align: center;">Parc des Buttes Chaumont</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; text-align: center;">Suspension bridge</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; text-align: center;">This suspension bridge leads to a large rocky cliff with a 32 meter waterfall.  The nature of the bridge construction means that there is a sway as these people walk to and fro.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; text-align: center;">If you are afraid of heights this might be one to avoid. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;"><i>Parc des Buttes Chaumont</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;"><i>Rue Botzaris</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;"><i>75019, Paris</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Metro Botzaris, Metro Buttes Chaumont </span></i></div>

Parc des Buttes Chaumont

    Parc des Buttes Chaumont Suspension bridge This suspension bridge leads to a large rocky cliff with a 32 meter waterfall.  The nature of...

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La Seine et Square du Vert Galant

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkst8_ysY4Jxofj0I_s2P0itdrmpNyc0JxorjQ8-e2QUMiJmfmMb86jUnkQlXGnvl25CtsixBlq2VAap2U-kezXadjC8KxhHYlRJCMdXW0TBOHd8mLY7gYruzSMfWhhpEmuIxHIxn-a0/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_231DSC_4914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkst8_ysY4Jxofj0I_s2P0itdrmpNyc0JxorjQ8-e2QUMiJmfmMb86jUnkQlXGnvl25CtsixBlq2VAap2U-kezXadjC8KxhHYlRJCMdXW0TBOHd8mLY7gYruzSMfWhhpEmuIxHIxn-a0/s640/2012+Mar+29+Paris_231DSC_4914.jpg" width="640" yda="true" /></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;">Square du Vert Galant</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">as seen from Pont des Arts</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;">An early evening in April we strolled to Pont des Arts, hand in hand.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So romantic, we were alone...  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">with about a hundred of our fellow romantics, picknickers, and flaneurs on the bridge.  </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;">We watched the sun set into Seine </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and tossed our key into the water below.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yes, the key was red.</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>(joyeaux anniversaire, D)</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Pont des Arts</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div>

La Seine et Square du Vert Galant

Square du Vert Galant as seen from Pont des Arts An early evening in April we strolled to Pont des Arts, hand in hand.  So romantic, we were...

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Pont des Arts - l'amour

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbNYfjEVRk1m5yO-19rUzPsP3ftlfDE6VTaR_80wEktbFZ1gUpoucNueFk_AJm1S0MpjydTM2pbPsirCpHsA7ho3AKlrnhA_4aQZKeLg_hRfEDOoQQx68fGdmfW7PY_rkLdD4X-PxvYY/s1600/2012+Mar+29_4979DSC_5235.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbNYfjEVRk1m5yO-19rUzPsP3ftlfDE6VTaR_80wEktbFZ1gUpoucNueFk_AJm1S0MpjydTM2pbPsirCpHsA7ho3AKlrnhA_4aQZKeLg_hRfEDOoQQx68fGdmfW7PY_rkLdD4X-PxvYY/s640/2012+Mar+29_4979DSC_5235.jpg" width="428" /></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;">Pont des Arts, a moonlit night, padlocks on the bridge, and ...</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;">Paris in love</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;">It is just not the same anywhere else</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 des Arts</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div>

Pont des Arts - l'amour

Pont des Arts, a moonlit night, padlocks on the bridge, and ... Paris in love It is just not the same anywhere else Pont des Arts 75001, Par...

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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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Amour à Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXrytAkByI5xe9_cwyOWRWAhdKTGTPEqxjV2Zco5Pu447-WHn9CgaQG15IsXINCV__xR8p09PSoblIN8qWYTnYu8XDbk_J7g6CdisuHGS0SXI5D1Iq4BoiEm_iSU9eD678pQR-LM_pG7g/s1600/2011+nov+day+8+P1010354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXrytAkByI5xe9_cwyOWRWAhdKTGTPEqxjV2Zco5Pu447-WHn9CgaQG15IsXINCV__xR8p09PSoblIN8qWYTnYu8XDbk_J7g6CdisuHGS0SXI5D1Iq4BoiEm_iSU9eD678pQR-LM_pG7g/s640/2011+nov+day+8+P1010354.jpg" width="428" /></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;">Love in Paris</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 wish I had a story for this photo</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">(Today is "<a href="http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/406" target="_blank"><strong>Poem in your Pocket</strong></a>" Day - put one in yours)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Ave de New York at Pont de l'Alma</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Amour à Paris

Love in Paris I wish I had a story for this photo (Today is " Poem in your Pocket " Day - put one in yours) Ave de New York at Pon...

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Canal Saint Martin

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCwu4l5Pajk8fJHCC5cRCQIBasfDCOwyinelWpO3UgBZK7ZONAaOHDoiT0IJOlCUT7rg8rO9Lb0MaAV-Rfan7b1jLrgn4xs6YX2TxH3MFrolZ5yMC1Sbow_aOrJgvadDEGbs5wuip504/s1600/2011+april+6+DSC_0163.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCwu4l5Pajk8fJHCC5cRCQIBasfDCOwyinelWpO3UgBZK7ZONAaOHDoiT0IJOlCUT7rg8rO9Lb0MaAV-Rfan7b1jLrgn4xs6YX2TxH3MFrolZ5yMC1Sbow_aOrJgvadDEGbs5wuip504/s640/2011+april+6+DSC_0163.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Although you may first think of the Seine, the banks of Canal Saint Martin provide a quiet spot to watch the boats and people.  You can watch the locks as boats pass through in this section of the canal, listen to the sounds of a guitar, enjoy a picnic in the shade of the trees, or visit an adjacent café or bistrot.  On Sundays the two streets running parallel to the canal (Quai de Jemmapes and Quai de Valmy) are reserved for pedestrians and cyclists.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There are more than 81 miles of canals and underground waterways in Paris which means for me that there is much more to explore and photograph.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Bon weekend!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For more reflections, come to </span><a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/2011/09/french-connection-weekend-reflections.html"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">James' Weekend Reflections</span></strong></a>

Canal Saint Martin

Although you may first think of the Seine, the banks of Canal Saint Martin provide a quiet spot to watch the boats and people.  You can watc...

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Piano man

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmRPBLatErYDDmiynJRdaIcKcE99noG0xyA2YMuY_0je5tsyv9csox2KGFOV01JvUXftPxZyC2tNg8v3E2v9JyCpqpTqubDZu42y2NwZXyXtvkl9U-lYIyXCPXTBs_3oaQCbhQBn9OvQ/s1600/2010+june+21+rescued+00117+b-w.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594028567765624210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmRPBLatErYDDmiynJRdaIcKcE99noG0xyA2YMuY_0je5tsyv9csox2KGFOV01JvUXftPxZyC2tNg8v3E2v9JyCpqpTqubDZu42y2NwZXyXtvkl9U-lYIyXCPXTBs_3oaQCbhQBn9OvQ/s640/2010+june+21+rescued+00117+b-w.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <br /><div></div><br /><div></div><span style="font-family:arial;">Last June (2010) we crossed from Ile Saint Louis to the back side of Notre Dame on Ile de la Cité and saw this "piano-man" singing for coins and pounding the piano keys on Pont Saint-Louis. I snapped this photo not knowing that he was a regular around Paris. I have just discovered his photo in Bill Gillham's book "Parisians' Paris." If I see him on this trip I will get his autograph in the book! </span><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span>

Piano man

Last June (2010) we crossed from Ile Saint Louis to the back side of Notre Dame on Ile de la Cité and saw this "piano-man" singin...

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