Boulevard Raspail - une femme et son vélo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXK5uhS1_VnIb8hNXaiCJaP80kpHsHatqmgvJ8rKzA41dQ2MP5BQyJ1N-K0rMT5gpHYWurbGI3tW8ZA1pAfR8IR9LSu5AFV7sXUudHsbAT8kNjcDmCISjlNNNFpT9Lg09TmqcEyuIh5FQ/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+006+DSC_8672.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXK5uhS1_VnIb8hNXaiCJaP80kpHsHatqmgvJ8rKzA41dQ2MP5BQyJ1N-K0rMT5gpHYWurbGI3tW8ZA1pAfR8IR9LSu5AFV7sXUudHsbAT8kNjcDmCISjlNNNFpT9Lg09TmqcEyuIh5FQ/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+006+DSC_8672.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 woman and her bicycle</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was more than just a light rain, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but she was dressed for the ride.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Her basket contained a briefcase and a black pinwheel, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and there was another wicker basket to the side of the back wheel.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">This was no pleasure ride,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but a well-orchestrated, </div><div style="text-align: center;">any-kind-of-weather daily commute.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chic, stylish, adventurous...</div><div style="text-align: center;">must be a French Girl.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard Raspail et Rue de Sèvres</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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">  </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Boulevard Raspail - une femme et son vélo

A woman and her bicycle It was more than just a light rain,  but she was dressed for the ride. Her basket contained a briefcase and a black ...

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Des Vélibs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOcF_zgrpNhDXzdmFNj_4s_8oNhgNIgIKneR3lXCJXLz6dajY7eq12SldKVp0HcC5IK9CzcFtP8B5-bG019S1bcPpexSXHFwdMIzZg6B4-L2ZSIaNcEEls-ja8In2oXQ3MKJ6JA3QVs8/s1600/2013+May+23+0523+Thurs_23DSC_6237.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOcF_zgrpNhDXzdmFNj_4s_8oNhgNIgIKneR3lXCJXLz6dajY7eq12SldKVp0HcC5IK9CzcFtP8B5-bG019S1bcPpexSXHFwdMIzZg6B4-L2ZSIaNcEEls-ja8In2oXQ3MKJ6JA3QVs8/s1600/2013+May+23+0523+Thurs_23DSC_6237.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Vélib bikes</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lined up and ready for riding...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is an easy way to get around Paris and much faster than walking.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">However, you need to have a good knowledge of the streets,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and I would not recommend taking photos while riding (bien sûr!)</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;">Vélib station</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;">Place André Malraux</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>

Des Vélibs

Vélib bikes Lined up and ready for riding... It is an easy way to get around Paris and much faster than walking.   However, you need to have...

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Rue du Trésor - le vélo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaz2FnGeU5HYY5-WrO3t0qCqAvDr0qutrF8o_TFBEy2zEWNZRHeqLwZs5jT_ystCwE6uvv4uMbBuYR-qu_vW5wV_OOGhaB5gXpYiO7jo2l_t4T-5RgjhyEOmqG5S7cIYgUh0I3wgUsc4/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_490DSC_6101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaz2FnGeU5HYY5-WrO3t0qCqAvDr0qutrF8o_TFBEy2zEWNZRHeqLwZs5jT_ystCwE6uvv4uMbBuYR-qu_vW5wV_OOGhaB5gXpYiO7jo2l_t4T-5RgjhyEOmqG5S7cIYgUh0I3wgUsc4/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_490DSC_6101.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rue du Trésor</div><div style="text-align: center;">the bicycle</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This short pedestrian street </div><div style="text-align: center;">has a border of green on both sides </div><div style="text-align: center;">with a variety of cafés and bistrots.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The flash of rain just prior to my photo </div><div style="text-align: center;">gives an extra boost of green to the new spring growth.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">It is not too difficult to dodge the showers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue du Trésor</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue du Trésor - le vélo

Rue du Trésor the bicycle This short pedestrian street  has a border of green on both sides  with a variety of cafés and bistrots.   The fla...

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un petit garçon et son vélo

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

un petit garçon et son vélo

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

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École de Filles

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

École de Filles

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

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Palais Royal - un vélo très cher

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

Palais Royal - un vélo très cher

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

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Une fille française?

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

Une fille française?

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

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un vélo bleu - 'forever'

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11245870486/" title="2013 Nov18 Paris _20131118 214 DSC_0320 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov18 Paris _20131118 214 DSC_0320" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3698/11245870486_7b2bb35d94_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a bike</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have wanted one "forever" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and hope that I will get a red one for Christmas...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with a bell, bien sûr. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Are you listening, Santa?</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(Why should I have to go to Paris to ride a bike?)</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">In front of Shakespeare and Company</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">37, rue de la Bucherie</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Joyeux anniversaire, Cherie! </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

un vélo bleu - 'forever'

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

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Pont Louis-Philippe - Île Saint-Louis

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10619314324/" title="2013 0522 Wed_461DSC_6072 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 0522 Wed_461DSC_6072" height="488" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7430/10619314324_236028e308_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pont Louis-Philippe</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yes, the rain was relentless, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but Paris keeps moving without regard to the weather.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This stone arch-bridge connects the Quai de Bourbon </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">on the Île Saint-Louis with the Saint-Gervais neighborhood on the right bank.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is decorated with stone laurel wreaths </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">surrounding metallic rosettes which are best seen from the Seine.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pont Louis-Philippe</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Île Saint-Louis</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div>

Pont Louis-Philippe - Île Saint-Louis

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

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Le Marais - un tandem

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10485791945/" title="2013 0518 Sat_288DSC_4157 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 0518 Sat_288DSC_4157" height="532" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7318/10485791945_2ab03c0b1d_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bicycle for two!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are many bicycles on the streets of Paris and in the parks.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Even the smallest of children are riding bicycles.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">However, I do not think that I have seen a bicycle for two.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hope that you have time</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>for a ride this weekend</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard Beaumarchais</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Marais - un tandem

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

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Parc de Monceau - XXXIII

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTeWxKfC-KbvTxr_JAM9DjIrlCr8Jz50pixa7pcq1ZsDnx-hfFioBU1SedlU6uFF9FlPLoBuJmnyUsUebfCzxTB1nkIhhweyfF20u-jsqYjC7a6CcxZgfevRjGAdebodotRWkhyYp2mc/s1600/2012+Mar+30+Paris_092DSC_5040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTeWxKfC-KbvTxr_JAM9DjIrlCr8Jz50pixa7pcq1ZsDnx-hfFioBU1SedlU6uFF9FlPLoBuJmnyUsUebfCzxTB1nkIhhweyfF20u-jsqYjC7a6CcxZgfevRjGAdebodotRWkhyYp2mc/s640/2012+Mar+30+Paris_092DSC_5040.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;">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;">Although you may not be able to tell the season from this photo, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you can see Parisians enjoying the good weather </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and note that the lawn is "awake."  </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;">There is no "<i>pelouse interdite</i>" sign nor my favorite, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"<i>pelouse au repose hivernal</i>," </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which means that the lawn is hibernating </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(like a bear)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Parc de Monceau</em></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-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: x-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: x-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: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Métro Monceau</em></span></span></div>

Parc de Monceau - XXXIII

Parc de Monceau Although you may not be able to tell the season from this photo,  you can see Parisians enjoying the good weather  and note ...

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Le Tour de France 100

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUpAX_i-tSUXN_80uopQSaZXjkRqbYzM8CST3IlXFD-WqniWSzJzCCBF9qlkRzfDy3KXOsDX5JC5Q0B8br1JQEio3ugGV90a83RulcyC4-wKPRgdIxeY1Vp-LZeBLn1CfRNCGct6fs4k/s1600/2012+Oct+3+Wednesday_200DSC_8076.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUpAX_i-tSUXN_80uopQSaZXjkRqbYzM8CST3IlXFD-WqniWSzJzCCBF9qlkRzfDy3KXOsDX5JC5Q0B8br1JQEio3ugGV90a83RulcyC4-wKPRgdIxeY1Vp-LZeBLn1CfRNCGct6fs4k/s640/2012+Oct+3+Wednesday_200DSC_8076.jpg" width="616" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">100 Years</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le Tour</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;">Le Tour de France begins today and looks back to the first Tour in 1903.  Three grueling weeks of mountains and time trials, 2,000 miles, 23 stages, all culminating with a finish on the Champs-Elysées.</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 Tour de France has visited every region of Metropolitan France except Corsica, but the opening stages this year begin on Corsica as part of the celebrations for the 100th edition of the race.</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 have no interest in the sport, you would surely love the countryside, the little villages, the chateaus, the mountain ridges, the coastlines.  Take a look at the towns and villages of the 2013 Tour.  There is much to be seen... and, it lasts for three weeks! </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: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Tour de France</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">2013, June 29 - July 21</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Corsica and France</span></i></span></div>

Le Tour de France 100

100 Years Le Tour Le Tour de France begins today and looks back to the first Tour in 1903.  Three grueling weeks of mountains and time trial...

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Les Vélibs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RY_5CDVwbofAhMllCiE4lTNgBXmk5XBZafZFsXyBDK5fIeSD94n0dMFRllsJzxU0Jx2oXMfuDDsn-c63jl79par0GWBY5K70GlvhlMBgnVk0B3r7X6zU2fddRJml6-CO_bBB0FjpObI/s1600/2012+Oct+5+Friday_68DSC_8550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RY_5CDVwbofAhMllCiE4lTNgBXmk5XBZafZFsXyBDK5fIeSD94n0dMFRllsJzxU0Jx2oXMfuDDsn-c63jl79par0GWBY5K70GlvhlMBgnVk0B3r7X6zU2fddRJml6-CO_bBB0FjpObI/s640/2012+Oct+5+Friday_68DSC_8550.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;">Try it!</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;">Well, Holly has a big smile because we were having so much fun riding around Paris on the Vélibs.  The cost can be a little as $2.20 to ride for the day.  If you return your bike to one of the 1,800 stations within 30 minutes, there is no additional charge.  We rode for two days all over Paris, mixing it up with the traffic.  On my recent trip, I spent one day riding alone, crossing the Seine bridges and riding as far as Jardin des Plantes from the 2ème. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are 20,000 bikes ready to ride, waiting on you.  Check out <a href="http://en.velib.paris.fr/" target="_blank">the site here</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you are hesitant, start away from congested traffic areas (Place Charles de Gaule for sure!) </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;">On our first 30-minute ride we bumped across the cobblestones of Champs Elysées, passed between Grand Palais and Petit Palais, and then crossed Pont Alexandre III.  What a rush!  </span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(Learn the words - It will make you feel so cool - </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>do not forget to ring the little bell as you sing, too)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Je m' baladais sur l' avenue<br />Le coeur ouvert à l' inconnu<br />J' avais envie de dire bonjour<br />A n' importe qui<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">N' importe qui et ce fut toi<br />Je t' ai dit n' importe quoi<br />Il suffisait de te parler<br />Pour t' apprivoiser<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aux Champs-Elysées<br />Aux Champs-Elysées<br />Au soleil, sous la pluie<br />A midi ou à minuit<br />Il y a tout c' que vous voulez<br />Aux Champs-Elysées!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Les rues du 15ième</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>75015, Paris</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Les Vélibs

Try it! Well, Holly has a big smile because we were having so much fun riding around Paris on the Vélibs.  The cost can be a little as $2.20...

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L'homme et le Vélib

<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8443697186/" title="2012 Oct 8 Monday_181DSC_9293-b by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 8 Monday_181DSC_9293-b" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8195/8443697186_ae8aa492c0_c.jpg" width="530" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">zoom-zoom</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 streets of Paris are full of bicycle commuters, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and one sees many of the rental bikes (Vélibs) utilized.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They come equipped with a lock, an ample basket, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">easily adjustable seat, three gears, hand brakes, and... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a bell.</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;">With a Navigo pass, a simple swipe of the card and you are good to go.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For a tourist, there are a few more steps, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but still easy and inexpensive when you understand how it is charged.</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;">How do I know?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">brrrring, brrrrring!  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Vélib on 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>

L'homme et le Vélib

zoom-zoom The streets of Paris are full of bicycle commuters,  and one sees many of the rental bikes (Vélibs) utilized.   They come equippe...

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Métropolitain, la fenêtre, et le Vélib

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg099hgut6qLPZwubicZJDqThOvJLzycp44feufU7NwQu1B1A8Ji5mZdWkPFJePgNYP424uuU9UiFWpodvDrjSL5AysT5v1361cdVk7QQPNOzaVGfqDQEN0KIEGk1rAJeHTDb8bJ1_SXvA/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sun+am_65DSC_8903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg099hgut6qLPZwubicZJDqThOvJLzycp44feufU7NwQu1B1A8Ji5mZdWkPFJePgNYP424uuU9UiFWpodvDrjSL5AysT5v1361cdVk7QQPNOzaVGfqDQEN0KIEGk1rAJeHTDb8bJ1_SXvA/s640/2012+Oct+7+Sun+am_65DSC_8903.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;">Rouge times two</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Safety in the streets of Paris suggests that one ring the little bell </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and then pull over to the curb.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One can take photos while riding a Vélib, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but coming to a complete stop is best. </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;">...and I did</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There is more to this story, bien sûr</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">brrring, brrring!</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;">112, boulevard Raspail</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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Notre-Dame des Champs</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: center;">Le Beaujolais nouveau arrive!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9585v1vrZtnLGbrWrf-gjq7U1ZT29WsQXXw0vuxulJaXZxI00zWfo_FTObW77Y1PXHu7gr4lTe0mUnYmJBbVUzZ3DzybQBx-Wwhp3aljyuV7Snhv5Coqm4njnoLTPFwkzmcbPO_VETU/s1600/2012+Shell+Metro+Velib+Fenetre.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9585v1vrZtnLGbrWrf-gjq7U1ZT29WsQXXw0vuxulJaXZxI00zWfo_FTObW77Y1PXHu7gr4lTe0mUnYmJBbVUzZ3DzybQBx-Wwhp3aljyuV7Snhv5Coqm4njnoLTPFwkzmcbPO_VETU/s200/2012+Shell+Metro+Velib+Fenetre.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Just look at this lovely ink and watercolor<br />by dear friend Shell Sherree <b><a href="http://www.shellsherree.com/2012/11/francophile-friday-take-vantage-of-le.html?showComment=1353077468231#c3874069222842602570" target="_blank">here</a></b>!<br /><br /></div>

Métropolitain, la fenêtre, et le Vélib

Rouge times two Safety in the streets of Paris suggests that one ring the little bell  and then pull over to the curb.   One can take photos...

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Le cycliste

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvs4XDkKitZQq52LKMkXQWMg7q-IzEdnKdtNbpmKWWVacONor_zytY0j5dNyGZe0Z1csrDpNKzUx_bHYG6gCbYX1UY2Kklk1EJiGrQKxQ4m8C_7SE-5Kby4kH-AdB_b-fDWYZ9RaTpric/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_229DSC_4584.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvs4XDkKitZQq52LKMkXQWMg7q-IzEdnKdtNbpmKWWVacONor_zytY0j5dNyGZe0Z1csrDpNKzUx_bHYG6gCbYX1UY2Kklk1EJiGrQKxQ4m8C_7SE-5Kby4kH-AdB_b-fDWYZ9RaTpric/s640/2012+Mar+28+Paris_229DSC_4584.jpg" width="434" /></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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ready to ride</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;">She came whizzing by,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> and it was all I could do to get my camera up for a shot.</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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">Plaid must be quite the style now.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">My friend Bibi at <span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><a href="http://yankee-in-belgrade.blogspot.com/2012/09/check-that-plaid.html" target="_blank">A Yankee-in-Belgrade</a></b></span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">spotted a fellow clad in plaid from head to toe.   </span></span></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Rue du Cardinal Lemoine</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>75005, Paris</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Métro Cardinal Lemoine</i></span>

Le cycliste

Ready to ride She came whizzing by,  and it was all I could do to get my camera up for a shot. Plaid must be quite the style now.   My frien...

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Le Petit Châtelet et le velo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPO6Nes7FzBHXR6CwKEOD50B_0p06feSHcqaQvVWazoBIlbDe8PsqE4Gx0ANHsh7GvpVABVgceHYBp7MJNC7SDCDjDQ4mqn5RLz-O_URiM1WZTJ3HZ2hY6O_XeYOdTPzo7c7p0rAU-itw/s1600/2011+Nov+day+1+DSC_0006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hea="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPO6Nes7FzBHXR6CwKEOD50B_0p06feSHcqaQvVWazoBIlbDe8PsqE4Gx0ANHsh7GvpVABVgceHYBp7MJNC7SDCDjDQ4mqn5RLz-O_URiM1WZTJ3HZ2hY6O_XeYOdTPzo7c7p0rAU-itw/s640/2011+Nov+day+1+DSC_0006.jpg" width="416" /></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: Verdana, sans-serif;">Le Petit Châtelet</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">et le velo</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;">Although I have never stopped here, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">it is conveniently located just adjacent to Shakespeare & Co.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Have a browse through the famous bookstore, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">meet friends afterwards on the terrace at Le Petit Château... </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;">sounds like a full agenda to me.</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;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Le Petit Châtelet</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>39, rue de la Bûcherie</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75005, Paris</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métros Saint-Michel ou Maubert-Mutualité</em></span>

Le Petit Châtelet et le velo

Le Petit Châtelet et le velo Although I have never stopped here, it is conveniently located just adjacent to Shakespeare & Co.  Have a b...

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Le chat et le vélo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwc9tcnzz5dHiAF7VALm4TrKW-4NvdKx3hgA5bfIcjrk97XklxS-_oHLiPSbVTNEjNciaTceIQJZAovFJMbd4BGyx9Z1xtrsWlsBuwErOsBU0S5Y8PrxYlibcw5AVYPjZq8Zmyup8eXGw/s1600/2011+nov+6+DSC_0547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="472" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwc9tcnzz5dHiAF7VALm4TrKW-4NvdKx3hgA5bfIcjrk97XklxS-_oHLiPSbVTNEjNciaTceIQJZAovFJMbd4BGyx9Z1xtrsWlsBuwErOsBU0S5Y8PrxYlibcw5AVYPjZq8Zmyup8eXGw/s640/2011+nov+6+DSC_0547.jpg" width="640" /></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;">Look what I found...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">an "Oreo" cat</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">on <u>two</u> bikes</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>Rue des Thermopyles</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75014, Paris</em></span></div>

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Look what I found... an "Oreo" cat on two bikes Rue des Thermopyles 75014, Paris

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Deux vélos

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJRGcA8dj3kLOKtFEJxAakqtHzKRQvJvOp27OS1TCjoZ-UHjmK5PTe2Uw7ywzB0uo4AMfRND35nzcX3KudPBdjTk2wmOGExomil3zBipxUCXOGhbuGj3HRms7I7MCWxuhllNqiPaLeak/s1600/2012+jan+11++1st_0081-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" lda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJRGcA8dj3kLOKtFEJxAakqtHzKRQvJvOp27OS1TCjoZ-UHjmK5PTe2Uw7ywzB0uo4AMfRND35nzcX3KudPBdjTk2wmOGExomil3zBipxUCXOGhbuGj3HRms7I7MCWxuhllNqiPaLeak/s640/2012+jan+11++1st_0081-1.jpg" width="640" /></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;">In the elegant halls of Galerie Vivienne, this pair of bikes parked just around the corner of the old <em>librarie</em> (bookstore) founded in 1826.  The large flat baskets on the front of each of these bikes appear to be the perfect transport for stacks of books.</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 love to think that I could sport around Paris on one of these, but the challenge of taking photos and riding would likely be a bad combination.  </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;">Would you ride a bike 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;">bon weekend!</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>Galerie Vivienne</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue des Petits-Champs</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75002 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">  </div>

Deux vélos

In the elegant halls of Galerie Vivienne, this pair of bikes parked just around the corner of the old librarie (bookstore) founded in 1826....

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Le coiffeur et le vélo

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuXvyZWKtsAUG4pGfjSoOhYfzwu5LKVTcC9eLDC15v3uT6kHoMd4lF80fr92CVsL5xftXjNpu9E90f7q7RvtQV6jWL-9yukU7_ODGcGcfFFahI90nWS7Qi02rue18RE-s-P1K-GOlMO48/s1600/2011+april+1+DSC_0065.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635699898170118514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuXvyZWKtsAUG4pGfjSoOhYfzwu5LKVTcC9eLDC15v3uT6kHoMd4lF80fr92CVsL5xftXjNpu9E90f7q7RvtQV6jWL-9yukU7_ODGcGcfFFahI90nWS7Qi02rue18RE-s-P1K-GOlMO48/s640/2011+april+1+DSC_0065.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">A narrow street in the 2ième arrondissement boasts this perfect blue door, </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">offset by the single vélo. </span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Please disregard the graffiti.</span><br /></div></span><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">7, rue Tiquetonne</span></div>

Le coiffeur et le vélo

A narrow street in the 2ième arrondissement boasts this perfect blue door, offset by the single vélo. Please disregard the graffiti. 7, rue ...

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