Parc de Monceau - zoom-zoom

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgczizN8gozry1BVWb-gMVDkzY4TG_hMiB_PsfShO2L3e6t5qtSmD5u8DeHxA3l5emI0hO_lD3PqlzMtU5vK8MC5hW8hNKZ2FnXO5WNu-OZ_IG0zZWPU2GcFJDkOsWxKsmstLdIWUOn0Jg/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_61DSC_9017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgczizN8gozry1BVWb-gMVDkzY4TG_hMiB_PsfShO2L3e6t5qtSmD5u8DeHxA3l5emI0hO_lD3PqlzMtU5vK8MC5hW8hNKZ2FnXO5WNu-OZ_IG0zZWPU2GcFJDkOsWxKsmstLdIWUOn0Jg/s640/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_61DSC_9017.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;">Parc de Monceau</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This large, family-friendly park has an elongated track </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for scooters, skates, bikes, and unicycles.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yes, I saw one.  </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;">The pace is fast and furious.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Parents linger along the outside rails </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">enjoying a warm autumn Sunday afternoon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">zoom-zoom</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Parc de Monceau</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Boulevard des Courcelles</em></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>(five entrances around the park)</em></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>75008, Paris</em></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Métro Monceau</em></span></span></div>

Parc de Monceau - zoom-zoom

Parc de Monceau This large, family-friendly park has an elongated track  for scooters, skates, bikes, and unicycles.   Yes, I saw one.   The...

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Rue de Vaugirard - la porte

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIupQzzta_EsgAt7nGcjSQR00b05OGnaVxQrPyS8EyVzMnhQZ16KPFPw7iL6W_BNusbyjRRo75VZGV6GQn4Qtbw2MbIszxTFyiLBcicRdpd_H542FYdk0L4Him7K_IFUKz7wjsbJwmUkw/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_182DSC_9294.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIupQzzta_EsgAt7nGcjSQR00b05OGnaVxQrPyS8EyVzMnhQZ16KPFPw7iL6W_BNusbyjRRo75VZGV6GQn4Qtbw2MbIszxTFyiLBcicRdpd_H542FYdk0L4Him7K_IFUKz7wjsbJwmUkw/s640/2012+Oct+8+Monday_182DSC_9294.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue de Vaugirard</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is not your typical blue door in Paris, but a deep azure taken from the Mediterranean palette.  The architectural design is crisp with fine detail but I do not know the architect.</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 red scooter was a bonus.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">zoom-zoom!</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;">77, rue de Vaugirard</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><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Rue de Vaugirard - la porte

Rue de Vaugirard This is not your typical blue door in Paris, but a deep azure taken from the Mediterranean palette.  The architectural desi...

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The commute

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuZnwmCHYhf3KTDFGgy8n1ER0wSc-OK_ljzIfZAMkzAqb7Minmf9mhc2hMUyKfBY7KvRAEKmWdYN1jiyn3KSMzmKqVa2cnYt-cu0wv8HDg0s0G8B16SD-QlRtM_U0idWJaVYSJ6fhS35E/s1600/2012+jan+11+1st_0360+b-w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="640px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuZnwmCHYhf3KTDFGgy8n1ER0wSc-OK_ljzIfZAMkzAqb7Minmf9mhc2hMUyKfBY7KvRAEKmWdYN1jiyn3KSMzmKqVa2cnYt-cu0wv8HDg0s0G8B16SD-QlRtM_U0idWJaVYSJ6fhS35E/s640/2012+jan+11+1st_0360+b-w.jpg" width="424px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When I saw him coming in my direction, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I knew that I would only get one shot... He was FLYING!</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;">So, would a Parisian say this is a scooter, a trottinette, or something else?</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Il va travailler <span class="hps" closure_uid_1ji8ci="637" kc="null">à trottinette?</span></em></span></div><br /><span class="hps" closure_uid_1ji8ci="637" kc="null"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Saint Louis en l'Ile</em></span></span><br /><span class="hps" closure_uid_1ji8ci="637" kc="null"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Ile Saint Louis</em></span></span><br /><span class="hps" closure_uid_1ji8ci="637" kc="null"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris</em></span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

The commute

When I saw him coming in my direction, I knew that I would only get one shot... He was FLYING! So, would a Parisian say this is a scooter, a...

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Zoom-Zoom V

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49mwu2Hn9Dqhu7KUIzo5gi58Ht8OWUXJhNEXzBguGEj7GTNoPMVG25xWXoIiET4oXJBZzvm-InlRz1xq6rkh0Hrq8icSKlExnoSGxOO3r78Iczmp5jQsdA0LIF_Rfc-RxyUGMsPbkj5Q/s1600/2011+april+3+DSC_0220.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601200765300616754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49mwu2Hn9Dqhu7KUIzo5gi58Ht8OWUXJhNEXzBguGEj7GTNoPMVG25xWXoIiET4oXJBZzvm-InlRz1xq6rkh0Hrq8icSKlExnoSGxOO3r78Iczmp5jQsdA0LIF_Rfc-RxyUGMsPbkj5Q/s640/2011+april+3+DSC_0220.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><span style="font-family:arial;">My fascination with les motocyclettes in Paris has become more focused on the details. This scooter has many accessories: windshield, wipers, roof and semi-enclosed cab, a trunk for storage, headrest. The leather guards for feet and hands seem quite necessary for a gentleman professionally dressed such as this. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">What a Beemer!</span>

Zoom-Zoom V

My fascination with les motocyclettes in Paris has become more focused on the details. This scooter has many accessories: windshield, wipers...

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Zoom-zoom - rouge

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZsHiEOO7nQM7N7mAvZgAacqyni1Idcdg28ujdpv7f4oqwe8RN_rnY8AFfI4JnxSVYlOo9kOxfm_BaVojYDD6e2hszv3n9VwRDkk9RxaURQKi7akO1UpaJIQuqxUEVWthL2HeKBlwJic/s1600/DSC_0246+%25282%2529cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567074087863979762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZsHiEOO7nQM7N7mAvZgAacqyni1Idcdg28ujdpv7f4oqwe8RN_rnY8AFfI4JnxSVYlOo9kOxfm_BaVojYDD6e2hszv3n9VwRDkk9RxaURQKi7akO1UpaJIQuqxUEVWthL2HeKBlwJic/s640/DSC_0246+%25282%2529cropped.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">This little number may be all over Europe, but this was the first time for me... BMW, rouge, sleek... It had it all</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Want to go for a spin?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><br /><em>You may remember the brightly-colored cafe cups I posted on January 15th... Well a talented painter asked to use the photo as inspiration for one of her original pieces... When I saw it all I could say is "Wow!" </em><a href="http://carolschiffstudio.blogspot.com/2011/01/parisian-cafe-8x8-oil.html"><em><strong>Carol Schiff Studio</strong> </em></a><em>has amazing paintings, many with the impressionists style that I adore. Mille mercis, Carol!</em><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqhLSlXE8LylVQd_xQ4y5-J-WbIHV9XwjuDM90U5AmJzyKB2XDvLW1TZPSil3yDG-Hvn2Sbv4aFgrlvaLOQcCqtNBHxKl-2xU5ZYICxsxLfr_k_6_e-afBLtMj98_YV_d9cbwL5c0GfI/s1600/parisiancafe.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567078732552832114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqhLSlXE8LylVQd_xQ4y5-J-WbIHV9XwjuDM90U5AmJzyKB2XDvLW1TZPSil3yDG-Hvn2Sbv4aFgrlvaLOQcCqtNBHxKl-2xU5ZYICxsxLfr_k_6_e-afBLtMj98_YV_d9cbwL5c0GfI/s200/parisiancafe.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 198px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a>

Zoom-zoom - rouge

This little number may be all over Europe, but this was the first time for me... BMW, rouge, sleek... It had it all Want to go for a spin? Y...

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Zoom-Zoom II

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIlx6TWh1el22cha6ODQaCDpUFnfGR5ukLYIMIHBza2wsx2mCPXnsix_QAmtcGmEfiQeRCY1h_2bVDJfwCf6CPIAMY28ZCmF4buOuZ1bX06Uvg0sA9pLNtBtgw2DLyjQH0R-hMaB9Tdo/s1600/2010+0621+recovered+00144sharp.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518771202575005394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIlx6TWh1el22cha6ODQaCDpUFnfGR5ukLYIMIHBza2wsx2mCPXnsix_QAmtcGmEfiQeRCY1h_2bVDJfwCf6CPIAMY28ZCmF4buOuZ1bX06Uvg0sA9pLNtBtgw2DLyjQH0R-hMaB9Tdo/s640/2010+0621+recovered+00144sharp.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><div>Bleu clair, bleu, noir, et rouge -- Alons-y!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>After walking the streets of Paris all morning and a lovely dejeuner with mes amies Virginia and Marie, it was tempting to select a color and GO!</div><div><br /></div><div><em>Tomorrow, with your approval, I will take you "<strong>Beyond</strong>" -- just for the day. Okay?</em></div>

Zoom-Zoom II

Bleu clair, bleu, noir, et rouge -- Alons-y! After walking the streets of Paris all morning and a lovely dejeuner with mes amies Virginia an...

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Orange scooter!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCChr5degCG465kncZzbRlVxCPK_V32jis4eJeGVULF2Co9l8K8CrXIVCdu2zzVJAxyKyCxI6FnGHpBY4UChPzTC1D8U6-JwEi82JMFRSgyLdfU8L2g6IY5_BrHiZOXfL2S_gdVlh0f0Y/s1600/DSC_0258crop.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504346587157220194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCChr5degCG465kncZzbRlVxCPK_V32jis4eJeGVULF2Co9l8K8CrXIVCdu2zzVJAxyKyCxI6FnGHpBY4UChPzTC1D8U6-JwEi82JMFRSgyLdfU8L2g6IY5_BrHiZOXfL2S_gdVlh0f0Y/s640/DSC_0258crop.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><div>An orange scooter? And where is it's owner?</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Quelle chance! It is Virginia's and she is ready to take off -- zoom zoom! </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Today is the beginning of my second month with Paris and Beyond -- Many thanks to <a href="http://paristhroughmylens.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Virginia</strong></span> </a>who helped birth "the baby" guiding me through the steps. Thanks also to <a href="http://mainzdailyphoto.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>JB </strong></span></a>who distracted us both from afar.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Merci, mes amis!</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0EU0Opc6FqEmHCmtLFpu4aF9R1e1r-nSxuta-DQfIm6FjawhdBauQHEKZJiPHL29Cx2IvIYCs_xY51sL4wE-fJzCMbT6o_QaHksnrmqF-JpbOXxGqaL2ABDDc4wwRPwjqEDyf-D_BxQ/s1600/DSC_0259crop.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504344088733274370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0EU0Opc6FqEmHCmtLFpu4aF9R1e1r-nSxuta-DQfIm6FjawhdBauQHEKZJiPHL29Cx2IvIYCs_xY51sL4wE-fJzCMbT6o_QaHksnrmqF-JpbOXxGqaL2ABDDc4wwRPwjqEDyf-D_BxQ/s400/DSC_0259crop.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>

Orange scooter!

An orange scooter? And where is it's owner? Quelle chance! It is Virginia's and she is ready to take off -- zoom zoom! Today is the ...

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