Château de Chambord - une grande façade!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIiQQ6DPx_fqGBSz5aXLQq2k6UsXC6ckeJpQ-Azo3NtAtufB36BdOhbT73Y4oHwVdJ5U7EBVFbv1jfyLyFLMGdYYfkEZZrBvVUu9H7oj5CCc22Pv_6Mps5UEm6OMQF0_GBDikmsCglqI/s1600/2010+0617+Paris+DSC_0462.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIiQQ6DPx_fqGBSz5aXLQq2k6UsXC6ckeJpQ-Azo3NtAtufB36BdOhbT73Y4oHwVdJ5U7EBVFbv1jfyLyFLMGdYYfkEZZrBvVUu9H7oj5CCc22Pv_6Mps5UEm6OMQF0_GBDikmsCglqI/s640/2010+0617+Paris+DSC_0462.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;">Chambord</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a very grand façade</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;">Constructed for King François I in the early years of the Sixteenth Century, this chateau features 440 rooms, 282 fireplaces, and 84 staircases.  In the center hall is a grand double-helix open staircase spanning three floors.  The château also features 128 meters of façade, more than 800 sculpted columns and an elaborately decorated roof. When François I<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_I" title="François I"></a> commissioned the construction of Chambord, he wanted it to look like the skyline of Constantinople.  </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;">In 1939, shortly before the outbreak of World War II, the art collections of the Louvre and Compiègne museums were stored at the Château de Chambord.<br /> </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;">This is my contribution to the City Daily Photo Theme Day - façade</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2013/06/july-theme-day-facade.html" target="_blank">Click here</a> to see all the others from around the world.</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;">Château de Chambord</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chambord, France</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(an easy day trip out of Paris to the Loire Valley)</span></i></div>

Château de Chambord - une grande façade!

Chambord a very grand façade Constructed for King François I in the early years of the Sixteenth Century, this chateau features 440 rooms, 2...

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Église Saint-Pierre de Montrouge

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9169872889/" title="2012 Oct 7 Sun am_40DSC_8878 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 7 Sun am_40DSC_8878" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5513/9169872889_e1a74061b9_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Pierre de Montrouge</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 Nineteenth Century Paris church was the work of architect Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer between 1865 and 1870 during Haussmann's redesign of the city.  The elegant Neo-Romanesque and Byzantine influences can be seen in the architectural design.  Vaudremer was inspired by the Roman basilicas and churches, winning the </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>lauréat du premier grand</i> of the Prix de Rome in 1854.  He resided at the French Academy in Rome at the Villa Medici between 1855 and 1858.</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;">It would appear that the church has recently undergone cleaning and perhaps renovation.  The "fresh-scrubbed" look takes out the surface contrast giving the structure a flat, two-dimensional appearance.  I did not go in, but have it on my list for a future trip.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Saint-Pierre de Montrouge <br />82, avenue du Général Leclerc <br />75014, Paris<br />Métro : Alésia </span></i></span></div>

Église Saint-Pierre de Montrouge

Église Saint-Pierre de Montrouge This Nineteenth Century Paris church was the work of architect Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer between 1865 ...

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Le Tour de France 100

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

Le Tour de France 100

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

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Le Café Hortense

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfB-jpVrNRAdJ3A_D3KbkuwNEyqrAzgh3xjwVE6VQpELTC3fiN-zbfhRmoTkW4-GUVN3A-p-xuDt4tfQfDOu3dLszJiqgCAeZWcUkcRisLkpHYwbdLuWqB658lq_MRt4afokFdSI6bV4/s1600/2011+April+Day+7+DSC_0127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfB-jpVrNRAdJ3A_D3KbkuwNEyqrAzgh3xjwVE6VQpELTC3fiN-zbfhRmoTkW4-GUVN3A-p-xuDt4tfQfDOu3dLszJiqgCAeZWcUkcRisLkpHYwbdLuWqB658lq_MRt4afokFdSI6bV4/s640/2011+April+Day+7+DSC_0127.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cafehortense.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le Café Hortense</span></a></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 website for this colorful-terrace is based in the same bright magenta, purple, red that you see here.  There were few patrons enjoying this sunny morning, but I would imagine a full terrace for déjeuner would be expected.  It sits at the corner of Rue Paul Cezanne, and is only a stone's throw from Avenue Myron Herrick.  </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;">Herrick (1854-1929) was the Governor of Ohio and subsequently the American Ambassador to France.  It is interesting that he is the only American Ambassador to have a street named after him in Paris.  Herrick was the ambassador who hosted Charles Lindbergh in Paris after his successful New York to Paris Atlantic crossing in 1927.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(A little historical tidbit for the week)</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 weekend</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Café Hortense</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">5, rue Paul Cezanne</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Le Café Hortense

Le Café Hortense The website for this colorful-terrace is based in the same bright magenta, purple, red that you see here.  There were few p...

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Les toits de Chartres

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJ-K1FT34_w1hbVQ-2cRM7v4K8904NT__j_CCq48UImQKm3XbD_EGrKzRWWq-tASZnz4PI-8Ps63SlAIue5Xuj-FU1o4lrStJCmlqGmeWuojk4ZMj6q5c8PdB5X1CWEH7BPELeL_yArM/s1600/2011+April+Day+4+DSC_0153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJ-K1FT34_w1hbVQ-2cRM7v4K8904NT__j_CCq48UImQKm3XbD_EGrKzRWWq-tASZnz4PI-8Ps63SlAIue5Xuj-FU1o4lrStJCmlqGmeWuojk4ZMj6q5c8PdB5X1CWEH7BPELeL_yArM/s640/2011+April+Day+4+DSC_0153.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">from the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On the ascent to the top of the Bell 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;">A variety of architecture, rooftops, and layout of the city</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">can be seen from our ascent at the half-way point to the top of the Bell Tower.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The steps were worn smooth and a tight spiral shared by those going up and those going down.  We only encountered a few in either direction.  It is a bit dizzying.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If I had shown this photo in black and white you would have missed the fields of rape seed (canola) in the far horizon.  As we made the quick trip on the train, the bright yellow provided blocks of color as we zipped along.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chartres, France</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">96 km southwest of Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">an easy day-trip by train</span></i></div>

Les toits de Chartres

from the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres On the ascent to the top of the Bell Tower A variety of architecture, rooftops, and layout of the...

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Les Vélibs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RY_5CDVwbofAhMllCiE4lTNgBXmk5XBZafZFsXyBDK5fIeSD94n0dMFRllsJzxU0Jx2oXMfuDDsn-c63jl79par0GWBY5K70GlvhlMBgnVk0B3r7X6zU2fddRJml6-CO_bBB0FjpObI/s1600/2012+Oct+5+Friday_68DSC_8550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RY_5CDVwbofAhMllCiE4lTNgBXmk5XBZafZFsXyBDK5fIeSD94n0dMFRllsJzxU0Jx2oXMfuDDsn-c63jl79par0GWBY5K70GlvhlMBgnVk0B3r7X6zU2fddRJml6-CO_bBB0FjpObI/s640/2012+Oct+5+Friday_68DSC_8550.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Try it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Well, Holly has a big smile because we were having so much fun riding around Paris on the Vélibs.  The cost can be a little as $2.20 to ride for the day.  If you return your bike to one of the 1,800 stations within 30 minutes, there is no additional charge.  We rode for two days all over Paris, mixing it up with the traffic.  On my recent trip, I spent one day riding alone, crossing the Seine bridges and riding as far as Jardin des Plantes from the 2ème. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are 20,000 bikes ready to ride, waiting on you.  Check out <a href="http://en.velib.paris.fr/" target="_blank">the site here</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you are hesitant, start away from congested traffic areas (Place Charles de Gaule for sure!) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On our first 30-minute ride we bumped across the cobblestones of Champs Elysées, passed between Grand Palais and Petit Palais, and then crossed Pont Alexandre III.  What a rush!  </span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(Learn the words - It will make you feel so cool - </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>do not forget to ring the little bell as you sing, too)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Je m' baladais sur l' avenue<br />Le coeur ouvert à l' inconnu<br />J' avais envie de dire bonjour<br />A n' importe qui<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">N' importe qui et ce fut toi<br />Je t' ai dit n' importe quoi<br />Il suffisait de te parler<br />Pour t' apprivoiser<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aux Champs-Elysées<br />Aux Champs-Elysées<br />Au soleil, sous la pluie<br />A midi ou à minuit<br />Il y a tout c' que vous voulez<br />Aux Champs-Elysées!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Les rues du 15ième</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>75015, Paris</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Les Vélibs

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

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Le Printemps, Palais Garnier, et les toits de Paris

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9132284412/" title="2012 Oct 6 Saturday_66DSC_8660 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 6 Saturday_66DSC_8660" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2883/9132284412_a32467f2a3_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Taken from the rooftop of Printemps, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">one can see the two towers of Printemps, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the magnificence of Palais Garnier, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and many familiar outlines of Paris buildings.  </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;">Oh, you will always see many cranes obliterating the skyline.</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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></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>

Le Printemps, Palais Garnier, et les toits de Paris

Taken from the rooftop of Printemps,  one can see the two towers of Printemps,  the magnificence of Palais Garnier,  and many familiar outli...

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Le Baron Rouge - un bar à vin

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9120954521/" title="2012 April 1_5580DSC_5603 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 April 1_5580DSC_5603" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3737/9120954521_6a8186306a_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le Baron Rouge</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 suspended rack of wine glasses gives the illusion of a chandelier.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In addition to oysters, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you can bring your own container </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and buy wine right from the barrel.</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;">Put Le Baron Rouge on your list.  </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;"></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;">Le Baron Rouge, wine bar</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">1, rue Théophile Roussel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i></div>

Le Baron Rouge - un bar à vin

Le Baron Rouge This suspended rack of wine glasses gives the illusion of a chandelier.   In addition to oysters,  you can bring your own con...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9114047016/" title="2010 June 21 00121 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2010 June 21 00121" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2852/9114047016_15615aedfd_c.jpg" width="532" /></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;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</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's post of Notre Dame was a night view</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> of the east side of this great cathedral.  </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 thought that you might like to see </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the same perspective under blue skies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris Last Sunday's post of Notre Dame was a night view  of the east side of this great cathedral.   I thought ...

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Fête de la Musique - Place de Furstenberg

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9103443649/" title="2010 June 20 DSC_0029 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2010 June 20 DSC_0029" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7415/9103443649_1be11875ba_c.jpg" width="532" /></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;">Fête de la Musique 2010</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The guitarist</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;">Perhaps one of thousands of musicians, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the solo guitarist performed in the late afternoon in Place de Furstenberg, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">only steps from Eugène Delacroix' apartment (1857).  </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;">Virginia, Marie and I encountered this guitarist in the quiet street </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and gave him our full attention.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He willingly agreed to our photo shoot.</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;">Place de Furstenberg</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 Mabillon</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;"><br /></div>

Fête de la Musique - Place de Furstenberg

Fête de la Musique 2010 The guitarist Perhaps one of thousands of musicians,  the solo guitarist performed in the late afternoon in Place de...

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Fête de la Musique - solstice d'été

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfyJ8_8dDWDLsC-s8jA051ZvOrpYDb8td6Wyysb-uGXKsRXbKyLCSFzyTtQWIyqpfs8h3x7cTPiFBCT3oCbBRN_u4Z1bdx9722_UZLccG_Zy-a15Cbcu95CoYx2FSbl4WU8KQU3n5ajM/s1600/2010+June+21+00116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfyJ8_8dDWDLsC-s8jA051ZvOrpYDb8td6Wyysb-uGXKsRXbKyLCSFzyTtQWIyqpfs8h3x7cTPiFBCT3oCbBRN_u4Z1bdx9722_UZLccG_Zy-a15Cbcu95CoYx2FSbl4WU8KQU3n5ajM/s640/2010+June+21+00116.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Summer Solstice</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So what does the <i>solstice d'été</i> have to do with music?  In Paris and many parts of France the summer solstice is accompanied by a grand celebration of music, with all genres and forms.  You can visit the churches for special concerts, listen to street musicians in the squares and gardens.  The cafés have jazz quartets and pop music and everything in between.  The music begins early and extends to the wee hours of the morning. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"The musicians are asked to perform for free, and all the concerts are free for the public. It’s the reason why they are used to play in open air areas as streets and parks or in public buildings like museums, train stations, castles… Furthermore, the Fête de la Musique is a way to encourage the major music institutions (orchestra, operas, choirs, etc.) to perform outside their usual locations." (<a href="http://fetedelamusique.culture.fr/fr/edition-2013/presentation/" target="_blank">official site here</a>)</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This photo was taken of the "piano man" on June 21, 2010, Fête de la Musique, a wonderful day spent with friends soaking up beautiful weather and a variety of music.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Wish I was there today.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pont Saint-Louis</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Fête de la Musique - solstice d'été

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

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Rue Auber - le serveur

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9074890593/" title="2012 Oct 6 Saturday_8DSC_8602 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 6 Saturday_8DSC_8602" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7318/9074890593_d87bf6c84f_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A cafe on Rue Auber</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;">A classic street scene in any part of Paris.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This cafe is just around the corner from Cafe de la Paix </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and probably not as expensive.  </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You still get a great view of Palais Garnier </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">from this sidewalk terrace.</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Auber at Palais Garnier</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>

Rue Auber - le serveur

A cafe on Rue Auber A classic street scene in any part of Paris.   This cafe is just around the corner from Cafe de la Paix  and probably no...

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Jardin des Tuileries - les enfants dans le parc

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpbCc2AwxQ3ynnXtc63DReIcWqP6BGd8JjuzRjnEktsTwI0BU3WuIxYAolfHZaGV6X-XJwZTq0-e9lSDpAHRy-WGJOCsIufF-n5_oZAAR84Up6g3CHlrrK9XJL-UR9aWkcdNMJnNdVPI/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_14DSC_8970.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpbCc2AwxQ3ynnXtc63DReIcWqP6BGd8JjuzRjnEktsTwI0BU3WuIxYAolfHZaGV6X-XJwZTq0-e9lSDpAHRy-WGJOCsIufF-n5_oZAAR84Up6g3CHlrrK9XJL-UR9aWkcdNMJnNdVPI/s640/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_14DSC_8970.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;">Jardin des Tuileries</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;">A Sunday afternoon finds many children in the parks of Paris.  These two were part of a group of five or six who played a game of soccer with imaginary boundaries.  They were not daunted by the scattering of puddles left by the recent rain.</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;">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;"><br /></div></div>

Jardin des Tuileries - les enfants dans le parc

Jardin des Tuileries A Sunday afternoon finds many children in the parks of Paris.  These two were part of a group of five or six who played...

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Jardin du Palais Royal - des étirements

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRKhCr5p51qS4yNhSNeyt_TXz6qWzSJn-F77t2d_XfkDLO8RbGxAYRd1No_KG6VRE1aLKFvmDwLov7cZRyDxDYjl_uA67NA2n9GcXw-oJ-J9FkwkWSyaQ9-trVr9M641Um7IuN_UNxC8/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_52DSC_3921.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRKhCr5p51qS4yNhSNeyt_TXz6qWzSJn-F77t2d_XfkDLO8RbGxAYRd1No_KG6VRE1aLKFvmDwLov7cZRyDxDYjl_uA67NA2n9GcXw-oJ-J9FkwkWSyaQ9-trVr9M641Um7IuN_UNxC8/s640/2013+0518+Sat_52DSC_3921.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;">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;">Some stretches before a run.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">How did she ever tear herself away </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">from the mesmerizing view of that incredible fountain?</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;"><br /></span></i></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>

Jardin du Palais Royal - des étirements

Jardin du Palais Royal Some stretches before a run.   How did she ever tear herself away  from the mesmerizing view of that incredible fount...

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Le Valentin - salon de thé

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2NNZO1LjhgXc5Ub5vJDN-YFsbhpty9wne5-BqZdAN_dzT8kbsAJlMcJGEjmZMF8a5cn8k8SercwSinirAgEq-UBwjOqBXHAeTBgfDeQBY0jcGZrgrbNsneSKuxmauW_CQ_1s7V_aEay4/s1600/DSC_0045+(2)+-+for+blog+post+0f+2013+0617.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2NNZO1LjhgXc5Ub5vJDN-YFsbhpty9wne5-BqZdAN_dzT8kbsAJlMcJGEjmZMF8a5cn8k8SercwSinirAgEq-UBwjOqBXHAeTBgfDeQBY0jcGZrgrbNsneSKuxmauW_CQ_1s7V_aEay4/s640/DSC_0045+(2)+-+for+blog+post+0f+2013+0617.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;">Le Valentin - salon<span class="st"> de thé</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="st"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The heat of the teapots was surpassed by the warmth of friendship.  </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="st"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">How wonderful to meet two friends face to face.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Valentin</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">30, Passage Jouffroy</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i><br /><span class="st"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="st"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span> </span></div>

Le Valentin - salon de thé

Le Valentin - salon de thé The heat of the teapots was surpassed by the warmth of friendship.   How wonderful to meet two friends face to f...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmNiGnzYaQsYbPqmWb6-SDWarEpCRGBOskmj9WN45VCYUsmCVEQPyj349jgUNMYrUttGSO_Y9pbQu1SCljViW1Lm83aCxaQDvjU4HAu9pQN1OOEh-9SI8sY5F4cAhlDkASoI9phGmv3E/s1600/2010+dec+paris+6+DSC_0046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmNiGnzYaQsYbPqmWb6-SDWarEpCRGBOskmj9WN45VCYUsmCVEQPyj349jgUNMYrUttGSO_Y9pbQu1SCljViW1Lm83aCxaQDvjU4HAu9pQN1OOEh-9SI8sY5F4cAhlDkASoI9phGmv3E/s640/2010+dec+paris+6+DSC_0046.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;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><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;">Perhaps more recognizable from the other side, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the majestic details of this view are my favorite.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In the summer months you might even find it deserted </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">very early in the day or very late at night.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is worth losing an hour's sleep to have this scene to yourself. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris Perhaps more recognizable from the other side,  the majestic details of this view are my favorite.   In the s...

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Palais Garnier - The Grand Foyer

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9032783377/" title="2012 Mar 31 Paris_070DSC_5306 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 31 Paris_070DSC_5306" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7338/9032783377_bf250bdc64_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Grand Foyer</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;">When I see the Grand Foyer, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">my eyes mist over with a scene of ballgowns </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the sounds of the orchestra.  </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;">Perhaps tonight the phantom will appear.</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;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Palais Garnier</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place de l'Opéra</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009, Paris</em></span><br /></div>

Palais Garnier - The Grand Foyer

The Grand Foyer When I see the Grand Foyer,  my eyes mist over with a scene of ballgowns  and the sounds of the orchestra.   Perhaps tonight...

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Passy - art et les ombres

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9032684933/" title="2013 0522 Wed_99DSC_5709 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 0522 Wed_99DSC_5709" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5491/9032684933_b9fb57a519_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Art and the shadows</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 seemed that the sun appeared at just the right moment </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to capture this shot.</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 weekend</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: 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;">Rue Paul Doumer</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75016, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Passy - art et les ombres

Art and the shadows It seemed that the sun appeared at just the right moment  to capture this shot. bon weekend Rue Paul Doumer 75016, Paris

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Rue de Birague - Marais

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKM42iffO0fqIxebV2e7AHC2-LPmwDEGxJQMmx2pEfEQWro5f9EgrNZcsQQTyBdrW9ZSwTVFlabWtAJluJTBeI_Dmko0Swug4WdixshuRnlgE3tptz5V9RbzBkf-c5duZdaQpeBrgC58/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_294DSC_8386.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKM42iffO0fqIxebV2e7AHC2-LPmwDEGxJQMmx2pEfEQWro5f9EgrNZcsQQTyBdrW9ZSwTVFlabWtAJluJTBeI_Dmko0Swug4WdixshuRnlgE3tptz5V9RbzBkf-c5duZdaQpeBrgC58/s640/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_294DSC_8386.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;">Rue de Birague</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One of the entry streets to Place des Vosges</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;">Peering in the window to get a look beyond the street view, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">one finds a collection of old and new, natural and fabricated... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">eclectically pleasing to the eye.</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;">Rue de Birague</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>

Rue de Birague - Marais

Rue de Birague One of the entry streets to Place des Vosges Peering in the window to get a look beyond the street view,  one finds a collect...

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Bercy Village - Cour St. Émilion

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9020319383/" title="2012 Mar 27 Paris_035DSC_4149 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 27 Paris_035DSC_4149" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5446/9020319383_3f9c9362b6_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cour Saint-Émilion</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;">Bercy Village consists largely of small wine warehouses from the late 19th century.  The tracks seen in the paved courtyard above were originally used to transport barrels of wine in and out of the warehouses.  For more than a century and up until 1960, the Bercy neighborhood was a vast wine market.</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 some may complain that this has become a tourist attraction with its shops, bars, and restaurants, the architecture has been preserved (along with the rail tracks), and it has the feel of a historic village.  It is at the southeast end of Le Parc de Bercy and is easily accessed by Line 14, Métro Cour St. Émilion.</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;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cour Saint-Émilion</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bercy Village</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Bercy Village - Cour St. Émilion

Cour Saint-Émilion Bercy Village consists largely of small wine warehouses from the late 19th century.  The tracks seen in the paved courtya...

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Place des Pyramides - Rue de Rivoli

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9013189996/" title="2012 Mar 29 Paris_012DSC_4695 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 29 Paris_012DSC_4695" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7444/9013189996_20bbbf2232_c.jpg" width="513" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue de Rivoli</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 tourists making their way to the Louvre, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the delivery truck workers, Parisians walking to work... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">all the activity of this busy street </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">does not distract the couple enjoying a morning café.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If this were a quiz, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you would surely be able to spot so many details: </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;">different lanterns, the Hotel Regina signs, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">reflections in the windows, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Joan of Arc statue (<span class="st">sculpture by Emmanuel Frémiet), </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="st">flags of different sorts, and the list goes on.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="st"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="st"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="st">Place des Pyramides</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="st">Rue de Rivoli</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="st"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></span></div>

Place des Pyramides - Rue de Rivoli

Rue de Rivoli The tourists making their way to the Louvre,  the delivery truck workers, Parisians walking to work...  all the activity of th...

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Square Gabriel-Pierné - un banc

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixwWRKgm_dPMBiWKnwnEap-Psr5wIFDECehRZzhNTU2MeI4pKMJnvjssvxsiEWeBfigQUq9soeI7UMsdnwLFkf6IzQJTOMJ2-4LBgg4adEEldyJkucLR7Czc2_hLyrTs3Mb2DzX8z6WMQ/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_172DSC_8767.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixwWRKgm_dPMBiWKnwnEap-Psr5wIFDECehRZzhNTU2MeI4pKMJnvjssvxsiEWeBfigQUq9soeI7UMsdnwLFkf6IzQJTOMJ2-4LBgg4adEEldyJkucLR7Czc2_hLyrTs3Mb2DzX8z6WMQ/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_172DSC_8767.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;">Square Gabriel-Pierné</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A bench of books</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 little pocket of a park just behind Institut de France </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">was named for Henri Gabriel-Pierné, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a French composer, conductor, and organist who died in 1937.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are some interesting features of this park </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the bench made of books is my favorite.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">How clever a sculpture for public use </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and I do not even know the artist's name.</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>(a bench for Malyss)</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 Gavriel-Pierné</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Square Gabriel-Pierné - un banc

Square Gabriel-Pierné A bench of books This little pocket of a park just behind Institut de France  was named for Henri Gabriel-Pierné,  a F...

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Église Saint-Merri

<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8990713967/" title="2013 0523 Thurs_35DSC_6249 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 0523 Thurs_35DSC_6249" height="585" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7318/8990713967_bbcca5d4de_c.jpg" width="680" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Merri</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 church was constructed between 1500 and 1550 </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in a style called "Gothic flamboyant."  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Surviving the French Revolution is the oldest bell in Paris, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">cast in 1331.  (That is not a typo... 1331!!)</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 church was reported as a site of the 1832 barricades </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">fighting in a republican uprising against the July Monarchy.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I will be going back to my unabridged Les Miserables to look for clues.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint-Merri </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;">76, rue de la Verrerie</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div>

Église Saint-Merri

Église Saint-Merri This church was constructed between 1500 and 1550  in a style called "Gothic flamboyant."   Surviving the Frenc...

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Palais Garnier - caryatids

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8982435025/" title="2011 Nov 7 day 4 DSC_0705 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 Nov 7 day 4 DSC_0705" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5329/8982435025_50989d873d_c.jpg" width="552" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Les caryatids</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 rear entrances to Palais Garnier,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a rather ornate back door, oui?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Palais Garnier</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Scribe</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>

Palais Garnier - caryatids

Les caryatids One of the rear entrances to Palais Garnier, a rather ornate back door, oui? bon weekend Palais Garnier Rue Scribe 75009, Pari...

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Joséphine Vannier - une guitare au chocolat

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="2013 0523 Thurs_129DSC_6345 (3)" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7347/8962926164_93ef8bdc6b_c.jpg" width="530" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="st">Chocolaterie Joséphine Vannier</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A chocolate guitar?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yes, what a birthday gift that would be...</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 only looked in from the street </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but the reports on this chocolate shop indicate </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">that the displays are eye-catching and clever, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but the star performers are the delicious individually-dipped chocolates.</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;">Now on the other side of the ocean from this chocolaterie, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am yearning for just one.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Tant pis pour moi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="st"><i>Joséphine</i> <em>Vannier</em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="st"><em>4, rue du Pas de la Mule</em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="st"><em>75003, Paris </em></span></div>

Joséphine Vannier - une guitare au chocolat

Chocolaterie Joséphine Vannier A chocolate guitar? Yes, what a birthday gift that would be... I only looked in from the street  but the repo...

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Rue Daubenton - les fleurs et les fruits

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8963086272/" title="2013 0523 Thurs_226DSC_6442 (2) by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 0523 Thurs_226DSC_6442 (2)" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5321/8963086272_d7c3ce7067_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue Daubenton</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 grill of such interesting design and the boxes of flowers </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">might have been missed but </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the white background of window shutters </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">provided a lovely backdrop.</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 got off of my Velib to take this photo</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> as I am not steady enough </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to ride without hands while I click and shoot.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">C'est vrai!</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Daubenton</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue Daubenton - les fleurs et les fruits

Rue Daubenton The grill of such interesting design and the boxes of flowers  might have been missed but  the white background of window shut...

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Jardin du Palais Royal - un skateboard

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKnjMOKBUISx4IgCSzGTLdAJM10msiJwrpuPoGJT-CmuV0j4HYqtsoWxdqPfopdhNhsrzaS0IrnBp4fy6Y-ca9xKE82gONUOjDMr3ItiiB7GTt0TD1mEKJcYsNANYuXBiorarWsSdbUY/s1600/2013+-+0523+Thurs_8DSC_6222+(2)+-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKnjMOKBUISx4IgCSzGTLdAJM10msiJwrpuPoGJT-CmuV0j4HYqtsoWxdqPfopdhNhsrzaS0IrnBp4fy6Y-ca9xKE82gONUOjDMr3ItiiB7GTt0TD1mEKJcYsNANYuXBiorarWsSdbUY/s640/2013+-+0523+Thurs_8DSC_6222+(2)+-.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Fountain at 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;">This wide bowl of water with active fountains is not just for the retirees of Paris to prop their feet.  This twenty-something was reading, taking a moment to enjoy the quiet of the early morning.  He had the fountain to himself.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">zoom-zoom</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jardin du Palais Royal</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></span></i></div>

Jardin du Palais Royal - un skateboard

The Fountain at Palais Royal This wide bowl of water with active fountains is not just for the retirees of Paris to prop their feet.  This t...

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Le Bon Marché - le carrousel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-N-_5XTsklhqvS0NOef2NjgVhRrwRg3a_rZuAbWh1ZNmkTef67xPxqdXmMRBTY7xB_gBH5V6ykkWCwpt62jX0PAWvdstGU5csTAWUIkAcdtbHRCDLEHOQ-jV_ykSr9lVOLiyCYvcCQM/s1600/DSC_0568cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-N-_5XTsklhqvS0NOef2NjgVhRrwRg3a_rZuAbWh1ZNmkTef67xPxqdXmMRBTY7xB_gBH5V6ykkWCwpt62jX0PAWvdstGU5csTAWUIkAcdtbHRCDLEHOQ-jV_ykSr9lVOLiyCYvcCQM/s640/DSC_0568cropped.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;">Square Boucicaut</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">le carrousel</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;">Almost hidden in the shadow of Le Bon Marché, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">sits this vintage carousel.  </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;">Alas, it was too early in the morning for little passengers, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but by the afternoon it will be full.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Bon Marché</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Square Boucicaut</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">24, rue de Sèvres</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris </span></i></div>

Le Bon Marché - le carrousel

Square Boucicaut le carrousel Almost hidden in the shadow of Le Bon Marché,  sits this vintage carousel.   Alas, it was too early in the mor...

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Rue des Thermopyles - de l'autre côté

<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8931489193/" title="2011 nov day 6 1106 DSC_0545 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 nov day 6 1106 DSC_0545" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2829/8931489193_23859db999_c.jpg" width="532" /></a><br /><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;">Rue des Thermopyles</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;">After using a shot of this street for June CDP Theme Day's "decay," </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">it seemed appropriate to show you the charming side of this street.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is quiet with well-manered cats wearing collars, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">green plants and herbs, window boxes, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">bicycles parked for cat-pedestals, and no cars allowed.  </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;">This photo was taken in the fall </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and these vines should now be full of leaves and blooms.</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;">(for Danielle of <a href="http://venetiamicio.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">VenetiaMicio</a>)</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;">Rue des Thermopyles</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Rue des Thermopyles - de l'autre côté

Rue des Thermopyles After using a shot of this street for June CDP Theme Day's "decay,"  it seemed appropriate to show you the...

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Basilique Notre-Dame des Victoires - en réflexion

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0ptRNeWmqgvpW1l4e-91vgVcj2kFn6BzMUZHCppNPDx0tt_m7b9GgtPDXMdDT_-ca98zvSvzxPI0WaHPT7sVvNhBczZqaUZI9feUkKUJj8gEux6aY3kBzy1tDgJ7Dl1EGMerD66p6mE/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_11DSC_3880.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0ptRNeWmqgvpW1l4e-91vgVcj2kFn6BzMUZHCppNPDx0tt_m7b9GgtPDXMdDT_-ca98zvSvzxPI0WaHPT7sVvNhBczZqaUZI9feUkKUJj8gEux6aY3kBzy1tDgJ7Dl1EGMerD66p6mE/s640/2013+0518+Sat_11DSC_3880.jpg" width="422" /></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;">Basilique Notre-Dame des Victoires</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 the small, quiet Place des Petits-Pères </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">sits the regal Basilique Notre-Dame des Victoires, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">one of the ten minor basilicas in the Île-de-France region.</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;">Our sunny day of arrival in Paris </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">created a reflection amidst the orchids.</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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Basilique Notre-Dame des Victoires</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>6, rue Notre Dame des Victoires</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75002, Paris</em></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>joyeux anniversaire, Alisa </em></span></div>

Basilique Notre-Dame des Victoires - en réflexion

Basilique Notre-Dame des Victoires In the small, quiet Place des Petits-Pères  sits the regal Basilique Notre-Dame des Victoires,  one of th...

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