Theme Day - Nourriture à emporter!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUL_4hVKk21n-QTydhdo63mi1hCV1KL8tO8qpbDB56fWgKvIdQT20laYHXuZlUa_gi-sTUi042nP69zj6kShZYVn35wwcQQY_bgPXFuEIQeXrxEPFJBrt935C45ZmlnL-Pi4rBhzIM6Ao/s1600/2010+Dec+6+P1010119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUL_4hVKk21n-QTydhdo63mi1hCV1KL8tO8qpbDB56fWgKvIdQT20laYHXuZlUa_gi-sTUi042nP69zj6kShZYVn35wwcQQY_bgPXFuEIQeXrxEPFJBrt935C45ZmlnL-Pi4rBhzIM6Ao/s1600/2010+Dec+6+P1010119.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Carry-out!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In Paris my favorite "carry-out" is not a single café or bistrot, but the whole row of shops at Place Maubert.  One can start at the wine shop with the friendly King Charles Spaniel; move next door to the fromagerie, to the market on the corner for some fruit, the Charcuterie for saucisson sec, and finally Eric Kayser for<i> une baguette Monge</i> and a pastry for dessert.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You always stop <u>last</u> at Eric Kayser so you can stand in the fast-moving line for baguettes, still warm from the oven.  While you are there grab a little something to have with your café in the morning.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Eat one of the warm baguettes as you stand on the street outside.</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;">Now I am hungry!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Joining the City Daily Photo bloggers </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">on Theme Day, <b>Carry-Out or Take Away Store</b>  </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Click <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2014/07/august-2014-gallery-take-away-store.html" target="_blank">here</a> to see all the others from around the world.</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Maubert</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;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Maubert-Mutualité</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Theme Day - Nourriture à emporter!

Carry-out! In Paris my favorite "carry-out" is not a single café or bistrot, but the whole row of shops at Place Maubert.  One can...

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Un cycliste dans une rue

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPiS0662U11kZc6nbB9IXwj3CQbAnPF4FUJBBEEOs4HogVELOOgSAaHE_tBiz4MwwoRS16KaiAMTrprGYhPURRjfzkPS2S9aoEpmGpgOFUwiLZJtidWviagc0VonJN8jNHRWu0fhEpNps/s1600/2013+May+20+0520_77DSC_4701.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPiS0662U11kZc6nbB9IXwj3CQbAnPF4FUJBBEEOs4HogVELOOgSAaHE_tBiz4MwwoRS16KaiAMTrprGYhPURRjfzkPS2S9aoEpmGpgOFUwiLZJtidWviagc0VonJN8jNHRWu0fhEpNps/s1600/2013+May+20+0520_77DSC_4701.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A cyclist</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In a narrow street of Provins (a short train ride from Gare de L'Est) we found this cyclist, moving so slowly that it was a marvel he kept his bicycle upright.  It was mid-morning and perhaps he had delivered the contents of those empty boxes to a market, mushrooms or berries?  He was chatting with a gentlemen who was walking in the same direction, someone he knew.  With a population of about 12,000, the locals all know each other.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although it rained when we were there, </div><div style="text-align: center;">it did not dampen our enjoyment of this Medieval town.</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;">Beyond</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;">Provins, France</span></span></i></div>

Un cycliste dans une rue

A cyclist In a narrow street of Provins (a short train ride from Gare de L'Est) we found this cyclist, moving so slowly that it was a ma...

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Carrousel Jules Verne - Parc de Monceau

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyi_PoYZcjN06rb6Er_VUjyfmU6EfhyphenhyphenUbkhTHnv527YjUST7ajzW33WnxNizN3XT4ZGBMFPL0p3IVeMW_LXx2ajMYYsZIdhlmIy154yJBYB6NM-Glp9YFohGvCm6bZBLxdbK4VFjbP4vA/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_37DSC_8993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="780" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyi_PoYZcjN06rb6Er_VUjyfmU6EfhyphenhyphenUbkhTHnv527YjUST7ajzW33WnxNizN3XT4ZGBMFPL0p3IVeMW_LXx2ajMYYsZIdhlmIy154yJBYB6NM-Glp9YFohGvCm6bZBLxdbK4VFjbP4vA/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_37DSC_8993.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Carrousel Jules Verne</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This carrousel tells the story of Jules Verne in the rides, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the architecture, and the art panels.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is rather small as Paris carrousels go, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but the colors make this a focal spot in a beautiful park.</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;">Carrousel Jules Verne</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;">Parc de Monceau</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;">75008, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Carrousel Jules Verne - Parc de Monceau

Carrousel Jules Verne This carrousel tells the story of Jules Verne in the rides,  the architecture, and the art panels.   It is rather smal...

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