Rue Saint Roch - ma rue à Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8198/8234229876_b940f2fed2_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="532" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8198/8234229876_b940f2fed2_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;">Rue Saint Roch</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">my street in Paris</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 is undoubtedly one of<i> </i>the smallest of café terraces with seating for six.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue Saint Roch runs between Rue de Rivoli </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and Avenue de l'Opéra, a single-lane, one-way street.</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 my residence of choice in Paris, I can look (hang) out of the large windows </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and watch the school children marching their way to Jardin des Tuileries, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">gaze on the large stained glass windows of Église Saint-Roch, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or, in warm weather, observe the wonderful food selections on the terrace below.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Often we can hear the music from one or more of the church's three organs.</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;">Just thinking about my street in Paris lightens my mood </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and brings a smile to my face.</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;">Restaurant de la Cordonnerie </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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">20, rue Saint Roch</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><div style="text-align: center;"><i>City Daily Photo Theme Day: My Street</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2012/11/december-my-street.html" target="_blank"><i>See all the contributions here</i></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div>

Rue Saint Roch - ma rue à Paris

Rue Saint Roch my street in Paris This is undoubtedly one of the smallest of café terraces with seating for six. Rue Saint Roch runs betwee...

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Sainte-Geneviève des Bois - le cimetière

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8202/8214584257_ae9babe6ea_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8202/8214584257_ae9babe6ea_c.jpg" /></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 Russian Orthodox Cemetery</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">at Sainte-Geneviève des Bois</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 I have only seen this cemetery in the fall,  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in any month one imagines that the setting would still appear as an artist's palette </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but in the shades of the proper season.</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;">Whether carpeted with Ginko leaves, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a rare blanket of snow, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or the petals of the spring blooms,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> it would surely be an artist's canvas.</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;">Russian Orthodox Cemetery</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sainte-Geneviève des Bois</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(Joyeux anniversaire, Renée)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Sainte-Geneviève des Bois - le cimetière

The Russian Orthodox Cemetery at Sainte-Geneviève des Bois Although I have only seen this cemetery in the fall,  in any month one imagines t...

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Pain et Chocolat - sous la table

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8483/8227984435_1059bdbfc9_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8483/8227984435_1059bdbfc9_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;">Pain et Chocolat</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">salon de thé </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 authentic salon de thé has captured my taste buds.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The menu is varied and excellent...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The desserts will transport you to heaven in a spoon  </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;">Pain et Chocolat</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">16, avenue la Motte Picquet</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro École Militaire</span></i></div>

Pain et Chocolat - sous la table

Pain et Chocolat salon de thé This authentic salon de thé has captured my taste buds. The menu is varied and excellent... The desserts will ...

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Le Relais Odéon - une grande brasserie

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8225173341_e23fde9116_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8225173341_e23fde9116_c.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le Relais Odéon</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue du Jardinet</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 famous Paris brasserie has an address on Boulevard Saint-Germain</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but there is back entrance on Rue du Jardinet as seen here.</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 weather worsened as the day progressed, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but the rain made for moody photos on the rain-soaked, cobbled streets.</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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Relais Odéon</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard Saint-Germain et</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue du Jardinet</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 Odéon</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Relais Odéon - une grande brasserie

Le Relais Odéon Rue du Jardinet This famous Paris brasserie has an address on Boulevard Saint-Germain but there is back entrance on Rue du J...

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Printemps - Noël

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8481/8223220368_e1e99e6c97_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8481/8223220368_e1e99e6c97_b.jpg" width="480" /></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;">Printemps</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Noël, Rêves d'Evasion</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;">Last year <a href="http://vrenisviennadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Vreni</a> (of Vienna Daily Photo) and I spent an evening early in the Christmas season</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">snapping every window on Boulevard Haussmann.</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 one of my favorites.</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;">She will be there soon,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> and I will miss being there with her to see</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> and photograph the beautiful windows.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Printemps</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">64, boulevard Haussmann</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75009 Paris</span></i></div>

Printemps - Noël

Printemps  Noël, Rêves d'Evasion Last year Vreni (of Vienna Daily Photo) and I spent an evening early in the Christmas season snapping ...

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Marché d'Aligre - XIV

<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8202/8215551056_4b73256258.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="546" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8202/8215551056_4b73256258.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;">Marché d'Aligre</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;">Early Sunday morning at Marché d'Aligre</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is my favorite for taking photographs and watching the day come alive.</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;">As with all the street markets of Paris, there is a collegial neighborhood atmosphere as shoppers greet their favorite vendors.  You see children playing and families shopping together on the weekend mornings.  Quite often they finish the morning in the nearby Square Trousseau with the children playing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Marché d'Aligre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place d'Aligre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">  </span></i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am linking to Paulita's </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://paulita-ponderings.blogspot.com/2012/11/dreaming-of-france-chocolat.html" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Dreaming of France</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Marché d'Aligre - XIV

Marché d'Aligre Early Sunday morning at Marché d'Aligre is my favorite for taking photographs and watching the day come alive. As wi...

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Église Saint-Louis en l'Île - les cierges

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Gd0kyGSzYrqp603_YUaT7I7M-dGEUm7fjAQdlO9Hzq3nIT2N8u4lDFhFWetUcb_XXQ84UNut-AnKEnlHYudUbtbK-DKHJ94V5Npp-EqU6YMhmyn2m3LO_y8cKisCW1PbXPQ3unMMg90/s1600/2012+jan+12++1st_0381.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Gd0kyGSzYrqp603_YUaT7I7M-dGEUm7fjAQdlO9Hzq3nIT2N8u4lDFhFWetUcb_XXQ84UNut-AnKEnlHYudUbtbK-DKHJ94V5Npp-EqU6YMhmyn2m3LO_y8cKisCW1PbXPQ3unMMg90/s640/2012+jan+12++1st_0381.jpg" width="424" 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;">Église Saint-Louis en l'Île</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;">Far from the bustling crowd on this well-traversed island in the Seine</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is Église Saint-Louis en l'Île, full of art and soft light.</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;">Construction started in 1642 at the direction of Louis XIV </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">using the plans of François Le Vau who was also designing Versailles.</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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></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>Église Saint-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Saint-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Saint-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">  </span></div>

Église Saint-Louis en l'Île - les cierges

  Église Saint-Louis en l'Île Far from the bustling crowd on this well-traversed island in the Seine is Église Saint-Louis en l'Île,...

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Rue de Courcelles - un lion

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLl9ocQ4Le-OPcIiaZC5I1sl9syspDI2NBOVrNTYF7ASPtxKRGQzlA_MQKoREdowRX-dMUAFDAs36ftN_ObCVNxfJTaN9JJ6Ektj9Ysphv6U5a0fVD0hnUeMrz61bS1K4gjrpPKGvctcI/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLl9ocQ4Le-OPcIiaZC5I1sl9syspDI2NBOVrNTYF7ASPtxKRGQzlA_MQKoREdowRX-dMUAFDAs36ftN_ObCVNxfJTaN9JJ6Ektj9Ysphv6U5a0fVD0hnUeMrz61bS1K4gjrpPKGvctcI/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0149.jpg" width="425" /></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;">Rue de Courcelles</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you are walking in Paris and feel that there are eyes watching you,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">just look up and you may meet the gaze of a lion,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or a giant, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or a horse, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or a nymph,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or a gargoyle!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They are everywhere you look.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you are with children, make a game of finding animals, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">characters, and faces in the architecture with a prize at the end of the day.</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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue de Courcelles</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue de Courcelles - un lion

Rue de Courcelles If you are walking in Paris and feel that there are eyes watching you, just look up and you may meet the gaze of a lion, o...

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Marché Maubert - des noix

<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClQrJbWWS-XJwZ0L3A059u2Lt3lTq8dlcdOuItXakr-omJH0D9lasg2oME1U4YVawvzxcMmCB_K6XMNpU1Yo_KguyjqUks2RfR9ZRz7cMxO-5vvB-X5ed18CD7LW47gUEXyyvi_Z3NA8/s1600/2011+april+5+DSC_0013.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640897845782003122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClQrJbWWS-XJwZ0L3A059u2Lt3lTq8dlcdOuItXakr-omJH0D9lasg2oME1U4YVawvzxcMmCB_K6XMNpU1Yo_KguyjqUks2RfR9ZRz7cMxO-5vvB-X5ed18CD7LW47gUEXyyvi_Z3NA8/s640/2011+april+5+DSC_0013.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pistache, amande, noix du Brésil, noix de cajou, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">noix de macadamia, cacahuète, noisette, pignon</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 bins are full in the street market of Marché Maubert.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Can you think of any other nuts?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(comme cinglé?)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Marché Maubert</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">le mardi, le jeudi, et le samedi</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Maubert</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Maubert Mutualité</span></i><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>

Marché Maubert - des noix

Pistache, amande, noix du Brésil, noix de cajou, noix de macadamia, cacahuète, noisette, pignon The bins are full in the street market of Ma...

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Café - Les Halles

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhApE2bYwa839_DVObycKFpUdhVg4jEJchmo6DtRpoupdOHD0o3Up92nfUYP_tTtIMKUjZ9FzMrqujCWxWL-VIjU4NLz2PcTAip5jKZgO_7INr64Gx60q_0TpJpAsg2oHYd6ZeJlzLzftM/s1600/2011+april+1+DSC_0044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhApE2bYwa839_DVObycKFpUdhVg4jEJchmo6DtRpoupdOHD0o3Up92nfUYP_tTtIMKUjZ9FzMrqujCWxWL-VIjU4NLz2PcTAip5jKZgO_7INr64Gx60q_0TpJpAsg2oHYd6ZeJlzLzftM/s640/2011+april+1+DSC_0044.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;">It looks a bit lonely here.</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;">The bustling business is not until a bit later in the day. </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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you are in the USA</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Happy Thanksgiving</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Café - Les Halles</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Berger</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></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;"><br /></div>

Café - Les Halles

It looks a bit lonely here. The bustling business is not until a bit later in the day. If you are in the USA Happy Thanksgiving Café - Les H...

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Crêpe - Barbe à Papa - Glace?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_9QKlMm7j2iKQJwTDVR80iyg7CfQzccs9RmgKa1mWmi3Om6aKucJEifgAwX-JcTenqvb512XO0tt84Q3uvNupnqULB92qNR8tXdLWY6gZUOwzBkQPnJ9n9kNrL1l9smk-esR0q32aB8/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_280DSC_8372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_9QKlMm7j2iKQJwTDVR80iyg7CfQzccs9RmgKa1mWmi3Om6aKucJEifgAwX-JcTenqvb512XO0tt84Q3uvNupnqULB92qNR8tXdLWY6gZUOwzBkQPnJ9n9kNrL1l9smk-esR0q32aB8/s640/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_280DSC_8372.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;">Crêpe? Cotton Candy? Ice cream?</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;">On most every trip to Paris </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have a banana, Nutella, ice cream crêpe from a street vendor like this...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for a friend </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, somebody has to do it</span></i><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ice cream vendor</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place de la Bastille</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>

Crêpe - Barbe à Papa - Glace?

Crêpe? Cotton Candy? Ice cream? On most every trip to Paris  I have a banana, Nutella, ice cream crêpe from a street vendor like this... for...

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Haut les mains!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCNF3eso9TsNQSdYxtq3AnO5Ue4yjdEvs5QjAyX6jYQNKwIqF4MijJ7EepqhMSSa9vp-zGGYsAj8BXTNby7oyVyclMl0AhCA9rHX7Mmh6Tk9cmAfRpWpAhGVmr1loDV1svSjAu_XNWE0/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_170DSC_8262.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCNF3eso9TsNQSdYxtq3AnO5Ue4yjdEvs5QjAyX6jYQNKwIqF4MijJ7EepqhMSSa9vp-zGGYsAj8BXTNby7oyVyclMl0AhCA9rHX7Mmh6Tk9cmAfRpWpAhGVmr1loDV1svSjAu_XNWE0/s640/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_170DSC_8262.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Victoria Antiquités</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><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;">These hands appear to be touching the blue skies of Paris</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They were over a corner shop, Victoria Antiquités, </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which displayed a wealth of treasures in the store windows.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Victoria Antiquités</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">80, rue de Charonne</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(at the corner of Rue St Bernard)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75011, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>

Haut les mains!

Victoria Antiquités These hands appear to be touching the blue skies of Paris They were over a corner shop, Victoria Antiquités,  which disp...

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Rue de la Roquette - café et bar

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Mkz-gqFV-XG4v7XnPoNvl2aqCPk8Ks-lxJetH9T6qROBIfOu_VEy17bnJv-Q9uhS7baE5E30cR3DW5gHRm1VB2JXTpO9dPxhp7ykVEu7IIfPnWn9V2-TuTXlHzHO_IRccKm2SHsGKCs/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_239DSC_8331.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Mkz-gqFV-XG4v7XnPoNvl2aqCPk8Ks-lxJetH9T6qROBIfOu_VEy17bnJv-Q9uhS7baE5E30cR3DW5gHRm1VB2JXTpO9dPxhp7ykVEu7IIfPnWn9V2-TuTXlHzHO_IRccKm2SHsGKCs/s640/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_239DSC_8331.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;">Rue de la Roquette</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 is much to observe in this photo but when shooting I saw none of it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It just looked like a warm, sunny afternoon in October on a sidewalk terrace.</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: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bar/Café</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue de la Roquette</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75011, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue de la Roquette - café et bar

Rue de la Roquette There is much to observe in this photo but when shooting I saw none of it. It just looked like a warm, sunny afternoon in...

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Église Saint Germain des Prés en novembre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVLvmCczxO9hQ85nZAKHboq9dl7hFrqRkVMaQzNTUp7WebQy-7YZnXEaU3cOEILb_VlFCTRmiKfeKZITJn6bhgUN35wHEiGdB4pDwI-q7vCvfdDMTWQ9lyxhP0VcAjg-nnmgC8LWM2FdU/s1600/2011+nov+day+8+P1010404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVLvmCczxO9hQ85nZAKHboq9dl7hFrqRkVMaQzNTUp7WebQy-7YZnXEaU3cOEILb_VlFCTRmiKfeKZITJn6bhgUN35wHEiGdB4pDwI-q7vCvfdDMTWQ9lyxhP0VcAjg-nnmgC8LWM2FdU/s1600/2011+nov+day+8+P1010404.jpg" /></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;">Église Saint Germain des Prés</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Porch Tower</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 6th century church has seen more than its share of unrest, wars, and destruction.  It was originally the keystone of an important abbey complex founded by King Childebert in the 540s.  He created the Abbaye Saint-Croix-Saint-Vincent (as it was called then) to house two important relics he had brought back from an expedition in Spain.  By the mid-eighth century the abbey had taken on the local saint's name (Germain), with the suffix "des prés" indicating that it was out in the meadows beyond the city limits.  </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;">Although nothing remains of the early 6th century church, this heavily-buttressed porch-tower was built around 1000.  The centuries of architecture and stories could keep a researcher busy for years.</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;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint Germain des Prés</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">3, place Saint Germain des Prés</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><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;"></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Église Saint Germain des Prés en novembre

Église Saint Germain des Prés The Porch Tower This 6th century church has seen more than its share of unrest, wars, and destruction.  It was...

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Le dernier train

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSd4OQZwdlhqGuiPe0J-RdpjFFLR3HLjlDPGWDMP_Cbu82-QjLja8S6N9J_igeskKdOAeSpvXZPoHr9i2XCX6hy9jqbG9ETiaQxcDZq0ya5Do_dmxCLUEcyz6iAjbP4jQnBwPg-KA8iKA/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_327DSC_4682.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSd4OQZwdlhqGuiPe0J-RdpjFFLR3HLjlDPGWDMP_Cbu82-QjLja8S6N9J_igeskKdOAeSpvXZPoHr9i2XCX6hy9jqbG9ETiaQxcDZq0ya5Do_dmxCLUEcyz6iAjbP4jQnBwPg-KA8iKA/s640/2012+Mar+28+Paris_327DSC_4682.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 last train</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Garches, France</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;">It sounds so distant to say we went to Garches, France, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but it is only outside the Peripherique by two stops,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and you can use a Paris Visit, Zones 1-3</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, if you miss the last train back into Paris,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">it would seem distant indeed.</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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Garches, France</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Two stops beyond La Défense</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le dernier train

The last train Garches, France It sounds so distant to say we went to Garches, France,  but it is only outside the Peripherique by two stops...

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Jardin des Tuileries - les cinq mères

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjw6R3lv9AdzVlklEPAnfGV7Cc8houNYmr5tI_5AL1cZF-jN59fAJaB6wrIx5ohLrPvKdM9ie7OztJqtAK3IkTXMeVVkiXJXijleOer_YEBnUjCCzxfOtMLIihfRsNK_WLMMt28jQhTc/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_30DSC_8986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjw6R3lv9AdzVlklEPAnfGV7Cc8houNYmr5tI_5AL1cZF-jN59fAJaB6wrIx5ohLrPvKdM9ie7OztJqtAK3IkTXMeVVkiXJXijleOer_YEBnUjCCzxfOtMLIihfRsNK_WLMMt28jQhTc/s640/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_30DSC_8986.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;">Jardin des Tuileries</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;">While the children played not far from view</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the five mothers enjoyed a respite with friends.</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 of the boys spent an hour playing in the water puddles </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with hardly a glance given by his maman.</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;">Jardin des Tuileries</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Jardin des Tuileries - les cinq mères

Jardin des Tuileries While the children played not far from view the five mothers enjoyed a respite with friends. One of the boys spent an h...

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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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Deux par deux

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKs93lPULfKsx9-vttZiYZqeyKQB2fzBC3Fpd6w4Wb1Y-wCVaiCijSm2ZoSkvBI-6RTMoAWecHXrOXFy-AOaLvHr06FfAJQrspF9pTklv1Qz8mWHx-kRbgE2cd14JfKaYDYgqLMFRuck/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_32DSC_9364+bw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGDNFpNv6AfO1Pl4-DljDlFM-9cRr9r6GrmS7gqWbSqbhwPigyDTtW_SS0VsBRiCYrExZubj_TvlIOgcBkiAn7WmSOWlV24kZ0hADpWb1W5wuONMnTh8RuN3OqXM-Hd584LKVFdOFktA/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_32DSC_9364+bw2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGDNFpNv6AfO1Pl4-DljDlFM-9cRr9r6GrmS7gqWbSqbhwPigyDTtW_SS0VsBRiCYrExZubj_TvlIOgcBkiAn7WmSOWlV24kZ0hADpWb1W5wuONMnTh8RuN3OqXM-Hd584LKVFdOFktA/s640/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_32DSC_9364+bw2.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;">"Two by 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;">"In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Lived twelve little girls in two straight lines</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In two straight lines they broke their bread</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And brushed their teeth and went to bed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They left the house at half past nine</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In two straight lines in rain or shine-</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The smallest one was Madeline"</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;">-Ludwig Bemelmans, <i>Madeline</i>, 1939</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;">Jardin du Palais Royal</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><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Deux par deux

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Pain et Chocolat - la terrasse

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFMm7NMGNo0B3jW7OPphn0jJ_4gVjWXVh9VNLrLtmhp8SVcmrJ6nCYvSeXniIRUwGHFsZhazRtXtNwnNZBpeneWboFFxm8wXA1wJkW-qHjYyG-EjjyVW7Wk8TrYl4TOHV-TE-Qy5uXcw/s1600/2012+Oct+5+Friday_43DSC_8525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFMm7NMGNo0B3jW7OPphn0jJ_4gVjWXVh9VNLrLtmhp8SVcmrJ6nCYvSeXniIRUwGHFsZhazRtXtNwnNZBpeneWboFFxm8wXA1wJkW-qHjYyG-EjjyVW7Wk8TrYl4TOHV-TE-Qy5uXcw/s640/2012+Oct+5+Friday_43DSC_8525.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;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pain et Chocolat</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Salon de thé</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 perhaps the best seat on the terrace</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;">(definitely a French girl)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pain et Chocolat</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">16, avenue la Motte Picquet</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro École Militaire</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Pain et Chocolat - la terrasse

Pain et Chocolat Salon de thé This is perhaps the best seat on the terrace (definitely a French girl) Pain et Chocolat 16, avenue la Motte P...

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Henri Sabatier - architecte

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8b-58xgUp1N0lsRGRPLWCTGiRbkeuGjQrg7U8uT6TLMhI5AtLdBYsOLnu3ZWl2j4Bh-s6tpyUVeN3OgW-vc-_4ebRHtZUnVaCgkePNQFwGtQe5bxwD4v6RrEXKM6dkCkS9RSsXjawBk/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_4DSC_9336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8b-58xgUp1N0lsRGRPLWCTGiRbkeuGjQrg7U8uT6TLMhI5AtLdBYsOLnu3ZWl2j4Bh-s6tpyUVeN3OgW-vc-_4ebRHtZUnVaCgkePNQFwGtQe5bxwD4v6RrEXKM6dkCkS9RSsXjawBk/s640/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_4DSC_9336.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;">280 Rue Saint-Honoré</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 walk past this building many times daily when I am in Paris.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What caused me to look up and see the sweet face of a cherub this time?</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 was not a date on the building that I could see, and on the other end of this transom was another cherub with his back turned to the street and the notation of the engineering company, "Canal et Schuhl"</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>(l'anniversaire d'Auguste Rodin)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">280 Rue Saint-Honoré</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;">Métro Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre ou</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Pyramides</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Today I join Pauita's <u>Dreaming of France</u> meme right <a href="http://paulita-ponderings.blogspot.com/2012/11/dreaming-of-france-mont-st-michel.html" target="_blank">here</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

Henri Sabatier - architecte

280 Rue Saint-Honoré I walk past this building many times daily when I am in Paris. What caused me to look up and see the sweet face of a ch...

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Église Saint-Laurent II

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0P7WpOX46oN0t6NWJf05lJ892LPTiSSeMMfm20IqjU5_mITsdnT8CwfFZjAJ4pBe2Vscc_OUOe5p8vqNvuHeTKWuCpW4loZJA9r4JJH7KgB2nj3ot9Q6zwXY8x_naMcR75DXBsDq0pK4/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_122DSC_9454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0P7WpOX46oN0t6NWJf05lJ892LPTiSSeMMfm20IqjU5_mITsdnT8CwfFZjAJ4pBe2Vscc_OUOe5p8vqNvuHeTKWuCpW4loZJA9r4JJH7KgB2nj3ot9Q6zwXY8x_naMcR75DXBsDq0pK4/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_122DSC_9454.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Laurent</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;">Last Sunday I featured the exterior of this church with its first construction in the 6th century.  The existing building dates from 1621 with addition of these Gothic vaults in 1667.  The carved keystones in the apex of the arches are of the Mannerist style, dropped slightly from the ceiling and carved to relate a religious scene.</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;">  Based on the church's website and the activity seen in October, the church with foundations in the first century is active and vibrant, serving the parishioners of the 10ème arrondissement. </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;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: 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;">Église Saint-Laurent</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">68, boulevard de Magenta</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75010, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Gare de l'Est</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Laurent II

Église Saint-Laurent Last Sunday I featured the exterior of this church with its first construction in the 6th century.  The existing buildi...

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Manteau rouge

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikL6Wps-x6LKbhrjVG5-JJxhDYL6bUhMeN0wczMhXRK05b1_z7pj1ZjZ_3M_UujYX7TLt_nvU0Z8iZja-7uILklBQQh230xEavTap40qeF-btSR7QqJQc57TkNUx7VD2div6cBiJ4jjZ0/s1600/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0191.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikL6Wps-x6LKbhrjVG5-JJxhDYL6bUhMeN0wczMhXRK05b1_z7pj1ZjZ_3M_UujYX7TLt_nvU0Z8iZja-7uILklBQQh230xEavTap40qeF-btSR7QqJQc57TkNUx7VD2div6cBiJ4jjZ0/s1600/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0191.jpg" /></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;">Red Coat</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 young girl watches over her little brother </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">on the park playground</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">...must be a French girl!</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;">Square Trousseau</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Ledru Rolin</span></i></div>

Manteau rouge

Red Coat This young girl watches over her little brother  on the park playground ...must be a French girl! Square Trousseau 75012, Paris Mét...

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Manège du Parc - Parc de Monceau

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxE_KxTyCfhLJ0Aat9HlPbfk-oVyyiEy1hdkkjtRsqMBR0NO_XBbScs66b2nIV2Pz4aH5kw4D56NecWangaIxf93PJaQZjMF646S_1d_P6yRFqCVXMmlH93T-IUI1vTXi3Qjatyrf6Sp8/s1600/2011+Nov+day+4+DSC_0842.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxE_KxTyCfhLJ0Aat9HlPbfk-oVyyiEy1hdkkjtRsqMBR0NO_XBbScs66b2nIV2Pz4aH5kw4D56NecWangaIxf93PJaQZjMF646S_1d_P6yRFqCVXMmlH93T-IUI1vTXi3Qjatyrf6Sp8/s1600/2011+Nov+day+4+DSC_0842.jpg" /></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;">Manège du Parc</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 fascinating carousel in Parc de Monceau seems a bit lonely</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> in the fading light of a gray autumn day</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Parc de Monceau</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard de Courcelles</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Monceau</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Manège du Parc - Parc de Monceau

Manège du Parc This fascinating carousel in Parc de Monceau seems a bit lonely  in the fading light of a gray autumn day Parc de Monceau Bou...

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Jardin des Tuileries - les enfants

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisw7zK9H-Xd40f5FHSlXmBJfxO5hyphenhyphenMRGtweFtpxI1u3Pjfb0BydPcuqgOLEXotLyuOjZkEzMxSedxyzoQ4JQBsPty8vjw6q3KPyOy7xn57-TnC61z4z9PaQa2sgcH_RyowKzInhlIPR6c/s1600/2011+Nov+day+4+DSC_0801.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisw7zK9H-Xd40f5FHSlXmBJfxO5hyphenhyphenMRGtweFtpxI1u3Pjfb0BydPcuqgOLEXotLyuOjZkEzMxSedxyzoQ4JQBsPty8vjw6q3KPyOy7xn57-TnC61z4z9PaQa2sgcH_RyowKzInhlIPR6c/s640/2011+Nov+day+4+DSC_0801.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;">Jardin des Tuileries</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 merry-go-round spins with a tilt and </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the little <i>fille</i> with chic boots on the left is trying to spin them all asunder</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;">Squeals of laughter sound the same in any language</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;">Jardin des Tuileries</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;">Métro Tuileries</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Jardin des Tuileries - les enfants

Jardin des Tuileries This merry-go-round spins with a tilt and  the little fille with chic boots on the left is trying to spin them all asu...

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Rudolph Nureyev

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMt8v1TulaTGdquH5R2czwIbwBF_3tGs5I3jbPtFutiPi_wT7Pm2FR3qppjBPGH8_BOyE-ACYi1KeYKSw3PgCt8R8IDN9JNwlpYPbhTAKsi2ME22oxrniousWpm81e6OF6r7oGezDvdFI/s1600/2011+nov+day+7+DSC_0311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMt8v1TulaTGdquH5R2czwIbwBF_3tGs5I3jbPtFutiPi_wT7Pm2FR3qppjBPGH8_BOyE-ACYi1KeYKSw3PgCt8R8IDN9JNwlpYPbhTAKsi2ME22oxrniousWpm81e6OF6r7oGezDvdFI/s640/2011+nov+day+7+DSC_0311.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;">Russian Orthodox Cemetery</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois</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 final resting place of the famed dancer and choreographer resembles a "traveling trunk" draped with a fringed kilim rug.  The rug is actually crafted with bronze fringe and small glass mosaics, an homage to Nureyev's Bashkir heritage.  Click here to see the close-up <i><span style="color: yellow;"><b><a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/11/pilgrimage-to-saint-genevieve-des-bois.html" target="_blank">details of the rug's artistry</a></b></span></i> in my previous post.</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;">It is worth the short train ride to the southern suburbs (only 14.6 miles from the center of Paris) to see this lovely and unusual cemetery.</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;">Rudolph Nureyev (1938-1993)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Russian Orthodox Cemetery</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois</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;">I am joining Julie's Taphophile Tragics.<br /><span style="color: orange;"><i><b><a href="http://taphophile-tuesday.blogspot.com/2012/11/taphophile-tragics-46.html" target="_blank">Click here</a></b></i></span> to see the other cemetery posts<br /><br /></div>

Rudolph Nureyev

Russian Orthodox Cemetery Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois The final resting place of the famed dancer and choreographer resembles a "travelin...

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Combien de cheminées?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhD7WhdeppOtFqHQOb43rzpMQLczPKzTb32SonoZIstefMzXYrARptceDin8K3jvflgb3QLXlGZSoVUK1UahbD_mhPAhI-tUsj87ywl6uc15e5z0Md3cMoLQ60tdesHHwgM6udsWgqlM/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_40DSC_8634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhD7WhdeppOtFqHQOb43rzpMQLczPKzTb32SonoZIstefMzXYrARptceDin8K3jvflgb3QLXlGZSoVUK1UahbD_mhPAhI-tUsj87ywl6uc15e5z0Md3cMoLQ60tdesHHwgM6udsWgqlM/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_40DSC_8634.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;">How many chimneys?</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;">...too many to count!</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;">Seen from the rooftop of Printemps</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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Printemps</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">64, boulevard Haussmann</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">My blog "disappeared" for two days and my email was "gone" as well - </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Don't forget to back up your blog!  </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Combien de cheminées?

How many chimneys? ...too many to count! Seen from the rooftop of Printemps Printemps 64, boulevard Haussmann 75009, Paris My blog "dis...

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Les Fines Gueules - Hôtel Portalis

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL05A69XKfQ1Oj8jYJhtyxXwfxu94FTyh6unk7Fq14vpwYHDGg38XXmSDmXpJ2XmoIFFmmXGREgRzvDKcugZhtMVi5ueJww0BqwqvPxT85rx8XyCLsxmwGnK6VFEhFsN9TbKk_FGsGjqA/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_62DSC_9394.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL05A69XKfQ1Oj8jYJhtyxXwfxu94FTyh6unk7Fq14vpwYHDGg38XXmSDmXpJ2XmoIFFmmXGREgRzvDKcugZhtMVi5ueJww0BqwqvPxT85rx8XyCLsxmwGnK6VFEhFsN9TbKk_FGsGjqA/s640/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_62DSC_9394.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;">Les Fines Gueules</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Paris restaurant - wine bar - bistrot</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 was attracted by the architecture and stone construction of this building </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">on a narrow street just off Place des Victoires.  Located at the corner of rue Croix des Petits Champs and rue de la Vrillière, this curious mansion (Hôtel Portalis) was built by the architect Ledais in 1750. Its uniqueness lies in its two turrets mounted on curved carve-outs from the base.  This strange form was intended to save ground floor space and also to soften the corner between the two streets.  I will bring you back here to see more of the building soon.  </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;">Under the turrets at street level, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the terrace looks like a pleasant place to stop for a glass of wine.</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;">Les Fines Gueules </div><div style="text-align: left;">43, rue Croix des Petits Champs</div><div style="text-align: left;">75001, Paris</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les Fines Gueules - Hôtel Portalis

Les Fines Gueules Paris restaurant - wine bar - bistrot I was attracted by the architecture and stone construction of this building  on a na...

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Église Saint-Laurent

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVVayGXF1nPJs4e4TdyyQuJ0v3AVoHICHqk1gyfZeiFmrr7z3ajNDQsNlwNxERyKZ3hIWmIFRQ7Q-WUzGLv-NVF5EhiN1b74akwxHUvhOrYJenrpiDtsml3aZqxe6f3tAzZ_IAajcmAI/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_118DSC_9450.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVVayGXF1nPJs4e4TdyyQuJ0v3AVoHICHqk1gyfZeiFmrr7z3ajNDQsNlwNxERyKZ3hIWmIFRQ7Q-WUzGLv-NVF5EhiN1b74akwxHUvhOrYJenrpiDtsml3aZqxe6f3tAzZ_IAajcmAI/s640/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_118DSC_9450.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;">Église Saint-Laurent</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;">Built on a historical site, this church has been built and rebuilt over the centuries.  In the sixth century this site was the location of a church, monastery and gardens, and has maintained its religious focus.  The basic building seen in the photo dates from 1621 and has seen many individual architectural embellishments in the past 400 years.  Under Napoleon III, a Gothic façade was added by the architect Constant-Dufeux.</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;">I will bring you back for the exquisite details of the interior of this active church. </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><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint-Laurent</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">68, boulevard de Magenta</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75010, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Gare de l'Est </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Laurent

Église Saint-Laurent Built on a historical site, this church has been built and rebuilt over the centuries.  In the sixth century this site ...

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Jardin du Palais Royal - les pigeons

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rszmOLQY1dyi6LUJ_Mgz653shH8Ev3soG4TBOAwPR-Gz-QQ7h83v3D4DXl5ixkenkfYqmhppFsALkPCL8tLzkcRal0QjcQ-k3CJapXcEldZ7_7UYSHu_Bc33a5JRXTiHi3QuSP8Qbs0/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_39DSC_9371.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rszmOLQY1dyi6LUJ_Mgz653shH8Ev3soG4TBOAwPR-Gz-QQ7h83v3D4DXl5ixkenkfYqmhppFsALkPCL8tLzkcRal0QjcQ-k3CJapXcEldZ7_7UYSHu_Bc33a5JRXTiHi3QuSP8Qbs0/s640/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_39DSC_9371.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;">Jardin du 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;">In a fence row of about 25 feet (7.62 meters) there were </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">side-by-side pigeons who had spaced themselves almost perfectly, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">although they could not agree on the direction.</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;">Pigeons are not my preference as photographic subjects, but</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the sight of <b>42 pigeons</b> lined up on a fence was worth a click or 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: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jardin du Palais Royal</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div>

Jardin du Palais Royal - les pigeons

Jardin du Palais Royal In a fence row of about 25 feet (7.62 meters) there were  side-by-side pigeons who had spaced themselves almost perfe...

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Musée de l'Armée

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuz34R6QRzC-QC4VqKgmdqKc44ANMlzzrShnZ0bBLWgUZd-J7FQfFPGuAA9AEYOM_8cAOhEF4MqgYvL2Vg9A4QifVHr9WocaALJBRBNjlGiM8BHRzLFuYgnFn6lIkzJiA6Et8Qy4C72k/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_39DSC_9371.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZxrYRdEAaTt6_v6rUnpzzzQaK_Y-5EvMnlzRBqCuQRiTpZSIOVy37Fgjtj9a-QDR-5sWTW3xaCrS0D33rXDxyetnLZwh-sDGDwwMLMK8nJMUEvOWFthNV_Y7AR8Stxz_l9JGnw2j79M/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_142DSC_4825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZxrYRdEAaTt6_v6rUnpzzzQaK_Y-5EvMnlzRBqCuQRiTpZSIOVy37Fgjtj9a-QDR-5sWTW3xaCrS0D33rXDxyetnLZwh-sDGDwwMLMK8nJMUEvOWFthNV_Y7AR8Stxz_l9JGnw2j79M/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_142DSC_4825.jpg" /></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;">Musée de l'Armée</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;">In my trips to Paris I had prowled the grounds of Les Invalides but had never explored this national military museum of France.  It was originally built as a hospital and home for disabled soldiers by Louis XIV.  The museum holds 500,000 artifacts and includes weapons, armor, artillery, uniforms, emblems and paintings. </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 permanent collections are organized chronologically giving a historic tour from antiquity through the end of World War II.  There is considerable focus on Napoleon with less on the role of France during the last world war.</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 display of weapons and uniforms over the centuries is fascinating. </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;">Musée de l'Armée</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">129, rue de Grenelle</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métros Varenne ou École Militaire</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Musée de l'Armée

Musée de l'Armée In my trips to Paris I had prowled the grounds of Les Invalides but had never explored this national military museum of...

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