City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Landmark"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oleUVFQ4OTpzZqs6w_-bYb_DLo7jNQGgSwZiNnOL_TNxIRSI3EdXzw0BDIIc8bGo-vfQAqq2bHK6A4v4uxFC-PoRE7cXWdIMYTJ7qtpbqxwqDF0-iKmTTjUNtppiUttavT08lU5aYTk/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+372+DSC_1071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oleUVFQ4OTpzZqs6w_-bYb_DLo7jNQGgSwZiNnOL_TNxIRSI3EdXzw0BDIIc8bGo-vfQAqq2bHK6A4v4uxFC-PoRE7cXWdIMYTJ7qtpbqxwqDF0-iKmTTjUNtppiUttavT08lU5aYTk/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+372+DSC_1071.jpg" width="477" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">City Daily Photo Theme Day</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Landmark"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although Paris has many "landmarks" and it was difficult to choose just one, </div><div style="text-align: center;">this photo has my favorite plus a bonus:  </div><div style="text-align: center;">la Tour Eiffel and Grand Palais.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With the setting sun of autumn the structures of both are seen in silhouette, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the Eiffel Tower with its familiar pattern of steel, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the Grand Palais with its glass vault.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Would you believe that there are 6,000 tonnes of steel </div><div style="text-align: center;">in the Nave of the Grand Palais </div><div style="text-align: center;">which is more than in the whole Eiffel Tower?</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;">la Tour Eiffel, 7ième</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Grand Palais, 8ième</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">taken from the rooftop of Printemps, 9ième</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/november-2014-gallery-landmark.html" target="_blank">Click here to see city "landmarks"</a> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">from around the world</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Landmark"

City Daily Photo Theme Day "Landmark" Although Paris has many "landmarks" and it was difficult to choose just one,  this...

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Paris Boutique - Les Mégères

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCAQwHFkcKA9PQiBqFS4XyWnf2ImNV3EPq45V9ia8aiScZfFg4x720YBbOTFX6eL8xqkekTbf3kRAWyIV4RJllBur4nVjKQZOuzRjDq3UJ_rA4eOL1K5N5VcM1sFD-GSJLf6fTUKRekQ/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_163DSC_4032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCAQwHFkcKA9PQiBqFS4XyWnf2ImNV3EPq45V9ia8aiScZfFg4x720YBbOTFX6eL8xqkekTbf3kRAWyIV4RJllBur4nVjKQZOuzRjDq3UJ_rA4eOL1K5N5VcM1sFD-GSJLf6fTUKRekQ/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_163DSC_4032.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Les Mégères<br /><br /><br />A girly boutique on Rue de Cotte<br />with accessories, wearables,and gifts...<br /><br /><br />Hummm, think I will<br />go shopping this weekend.<br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Les Mégères </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">16, rue de Cotte</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;"> </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>

Paris Boutique - Les Mégères

Les Mégères A girly boutique on Rue de Cotte with accessories, wearables,and gifts... Hummm, think I will go shopping this weekend. bon week...

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Pâtisserie Thevenin - des gâteaux

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdoAqZPQUfzFrn3K3JxYL-9HA8ObLZfpKNOdGcP_KHWYWX4yxkCBnsZyXmgESf6WZxeBYVOhVrL3i5m5K6OskR-Bai2kEGOMTCSFRPK_yZHijaFf_40VL2RStXJWJbP3m49zcQK0TvGs/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0598.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdoAqZPQUfzFrn3K3JxYL-9HA8ObLZfpKNOdGcP_KHWYWX4yxkCBnsZyXmgESf6WZxeBYVOhVrL3i5m5K6OskR-Bai2kEGOMTCSFRPK_yZHijaFf_40VL2RStXJWJbP3m49zcQK0TvGs/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0598.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The window at Thevenin</div><div style="text-align: center;">will surely tempt you.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For me, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I will have the <i>pistache et framboise</i></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;">miam-miam</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;">Pâtisserie Thevenin</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;">5, rue Notre-Dame des Champs</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;">75006, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Pâtisserie Thevenin - des gâteaux

The window at Thevenin will surely tempt you. For me,  I will have the pistache et framboise miam-miam Pâtisserie Thevenin 5, rue Notre-Dame...

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Promenade Plantée

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-RlxoiSdh_qClsXCrgWK03p52t9gMq4BY0KTzoa1q664LJB_D7EHljcZN8tIDjcLwMAVolKcEk0O8Z-MjT4rOiJAfWItxrOSk_AjCJsdo7vFhZJZWp16dKowWWEkiD1FzPnO0l3ZesQ/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_204DSC_4073.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-RlxoiSdh_qClsXCrgWK03p52t9gMq4BY0KTzoa1q664LJB_D7EHljcZN8tIDjcLwMAVolKcEk0O8Z-MjT4rOiJAfWItxrOSk_AjCJsdo7vFhZJZWp16dKowWWEkiD1FzPnO0l3ZesQ/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_204DSC_4073.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Promenade Plantée</div><div style="text-align: center;">ou Coulée Verte</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This elevated green walkway was created from an obsolete railway structure </div><div style="text-align: center;">and runs for almost three miles above the Viaduct des Arts.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">It provides a scenic walk above the busy sidewalks.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Seen in the background are "chimney tracks" </div><div style="text-align: center;">and I will tell you more about these later.</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;">Promenade Plantée</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Promenade Plantée

Promenade Plantée ou Coulée Verte This elevated green walkway was created from an obsolete railway structure  and runs for almost three mile...

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l'architecture de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMJz-1jvhd0SlzQz0NGRHXI1nop0NKfgJmxTaet0F7NM-zkhP93WWRxUAThtlqxBq3F37XqN4R41l9KjFjSKbuATbGJqmvgBSsY6EF2ApbDRE1M0r80f-yOVP0cBtEm7GquvrxxUqKik/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_65DSC_3934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMJz-1jvhd0SlzQz0NGRHXI1nop0NKfgJmxTaet0F7NM-zkhP93WWRxUAThtlqxBq3F37XqN4R41l9KjFjSKbuATbGJqmvgBSsY6EF2ApbDRE1M0r80f-yOVP0cBtEm7GquvrxxUqKik/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_65DSC_3934.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The architecture of Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How can you be in a particular spot more than 20 times </div><div style="text-align: center;">and miss this spectacular frieze?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Don't miss the details</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;">Palais Royal</div><div style="text-align: left;">75001, Paris</div>

l'architecture de Paris

The architecture of Paris How can you be in a particular spot more than 20 times  and miss this spectacular frieze? Don't miss the detai...

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Palais Royal - la trottinette

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqLSk9fDU8nV1lDsLrmY88F-YB4zUUxub_QIm3DD7B0zCPd4uXwt_IWZB5oBpqjHYBB0NDEdXl9ODIKGpuA8QsQ6JzGbV1806GoQFfSu-ngDmcE6o8qRn-aAieWB6gfSfkYjBO03hRLT4/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_81DSC_3950.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqLSk9fDU8nV1lDsLrmY88F-YB4zUUxub_QIm3DD7B0zCPd4uXwt_IWZB5oBpqjHYBB0NDEdXl9ODIKGpuA8QsQ6JzGbV1806GoQFfSu-ngDmcE6o8qRn-aAieWB6gfSfkYjBO03hRLT4/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_81DSC_3950.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Les Colonnes de Buren</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Amid the 280 truncated black and white columns </div><div style="text-align: center;">of Palais Royal's Les Colonnes de Buren </div><div style="text-align: center;">one often sees children of all ages (adults included).  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They pose on top of the columns, </div><div style="text-align: center;">hide behind the rows, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and even ride in on a trottinette from time to time.</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;">Les Colonnes de Buren</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">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: left;"><br /></div>

Palais Royal - la trottinette

Les Colonnes de Buren Amid the 280 truncated black and white columns  of Palais Royal's Les Colonnes de Buren  one often sees children o...

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Église Sainte Étienne du Mont

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiA-sTJZFNh4fsINiH79rN1LvA6iz2pInvIvWvXzFx5MxyfeHRDnQD7_NGPOIw7PI-dlfeDBhfjydL-AQQurWJ3jdEcHiNQQEEUC5-gve0LFjNOnjQRpPkH8NWn1gZ89NKa32jeuFiqg/s1600/2012+Jan+12+1st_0640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiA-sTJZFNh4fsINiH79rN1LvA6iz2pInvIvWvXzFx5MxyfeHRDnQD7_NGPOIw7PI-dlfeDBhfjydL-AQQurWJ3jdEcHiNQQEEUC5-gve0LFjNOnjQRpPkH8NWn1gZ89NKa32jeuFiqg/s1600/2012+Jan+12+1st_0640.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Sainte Étienne du Mont<br /><br /><br />This church with its storied history is exquisitely detailed<br />and filled with stained glass windows, the only rood screen in France,<br />and an abundance of light.<br /><br /><br />bon dimanche<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Sainte Étienne du Mont</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div> </div>

Église Sainte Étienne du Mont

Église Sainte Étienne du Mont This church with its storied history is exquisitely detailed and filled with stained glass windows, the only r...

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Jardin du Palais Royal - la fountaine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwluUAq3p2vUsgl6zHEz4KNLFzW3P-Kh2RvBu2QBsEcgMxIzJXggVCiBtJ9fo5UlF2D5iMan7PQawtVT-B6JbCephf3x9qs7eNA616nRTh7ZHxHolwTwMRt3t02cQZ3UwzBFfOAl7Ifs/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_55DSC_3924.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwluUAq3p2vUsgl6zHEz4KNLFzW3P-Kh2RvBu2QBsEcgMxIzJXggVCiBtJ9fo5UlF2D5iMan7PQawtVT-B6JbCephf3x9qs7eNA616nRTh7ZHxHolwTwMRt3t02cQZ3UwzBFfOAl7Ifs/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_55DSC_3924.jpg" width="616" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jardin du Palais Royal</div><div style="text-align: center;">the fountain</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This cloistered garden with its mesmerizing fountain</div><div style="text-align: center;">provides a place of solitude and quiet</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">...one of my favorite quiet places in Paris</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;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">joyeux anniversaire, Maman</span></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;">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 - la fountaine

Jardin du Palais Royal the fountain This cloistered garden with its mesmerizing fountain provides a place of solitude and quiet ...one of my...

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Palais Royal - ça me manque

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifV5iBNARFjKnQ4dZY4-5Gdk0l384KFbs9RCrnUshB4QVYZpYqfgE5x9gR2_4p5TcpWMnNY9UfXXg22LqF4YCJ-5rWlR70h4hAblV1iSE5pnQCoC7_kPklrU0xuDbwl6z6kpq3qWaYt9A/s1600/2010+June+16-17+DSC_0533contrast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifV5iBNARFjKnQ4dZY4-5Gdk0l384KFbs9RCrnUshB4QVYZpYqfgE5x9gR2_4p5TcpWMnNY9UfXXg22LqF4YCJ-5rWlR70h4hAblV1iSE5pnQCoC7_kPklrU0xuDbwl6z6kpq3qWaYt9A/s1600/2010+June+16-17+DSC_0533contrast.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Fountains of Pol Bury</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This captivating sculpture with motion, water, and reflection </div><div style="text-align: center;">has been missing since at least 2011.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The area has been under renovation, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but will this be reinstalled or will it go the way </div><div style="text-align: center;">of many of the city's modern art installations...</div><div style="text-align: center;">disappearing forever.</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;">Fountains of Pol Bury</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Gallery d'Orléans, 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>

Palais Royal - ça me manque

The Fountains of Pol Bury This captivating sculpture with motion, water, and reflection  has been missing since at least 2011. The area has ...

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La Tour Eiffel en automne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPv6lHmfJjGfEZ40qfqilGUt_2F9be6Xg-Nfqnvaw8mdr5w9bLd8I22QGFSAVS2ZlcU1MtY6sPLqCmMvX-9nPI_-OqJlKKyUVuhHGhJW0FEGTBgXD0z76osVPSw-ckgUsw6vTsiTKZFs/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+008+DSC_8961.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPv6lHmfJjGfEZ40qfqilGUt_2F9be6Xg-Nfqnvaw8mdr5w9bLd8I22QGFSAVS2ZlcU1MtY6sPLqCmMvX-9nPI_-OqJlKKyUVuhHGhJW0FEGTBgXD0z76osVPSw-ckgUsw6vTsiTKZFs/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+008+DSC_8961.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">La Tour Eiffel</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">In the winter, </div><div align="center">in the spring,</div><div align="center">in the summer,</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Can it be that the best season is autumn?</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Poor M. Eiffel.  He did not live long enough to know</div><div align="center">just how beloved his 'temporary structure' has become.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>La Tour Eiffel</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75007, Paris</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"></div>

La Tour Eiffel en automne

      La Tour Eiffel       In the winter, in the spring, in the summer,   Can it be that the best season is autumn?     Poor M. Eiffel.  He ...

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Marais - la porte

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_OwGS3lDwvFIEgcEs8xzt_2HFgHyUKGmOWzUXNklmjAX6cCg0UCiYEATu2qxf5c6WHtdqGNwJ10SAeq6Brdhd9E0YrR9OkgSJIxVYSkcR6zURpowL1nPcgAdCSCY_7PVh4EAAxBoOD44/s1600/2010+June+16+DSC_0630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_OwGS3lDwvFIEgcEs8xzt_2HFgHyUKGmOWzUXNklmjAX6cCg0UCiYEATu2qxf5c6WHtdqGNwJ10SAeq6Brdhd9E0YrR9OkgSJIxVYSkcR6zURpowL1nPcgAdCSCY_7PVh4EAAxBoOD44/s1600/2010+June+16+DSC_0630.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">le Marais</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">A door, </div><div align="center">old and weathered, </div><div align="center">patched and painted and patched again, </div><div align="center">massive and imposing.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">It has seen the turning of centuries,</div><div align="center">the passing of time,</div><div align="center">revolution and rebirth.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Its name is history...</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Une porte</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>le Marais</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div>

Marais - la porte

    le Marais       A door, old and weathered, patched and painted and patched again, massive and imposing.     It has seen the turning of c...

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Le Nemours

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSPVoITLPMr04TyBaMwOPHe_patRrW9-urUUWNJZhxCcPWvTqAwDCBQz_FLCHT5AFqFkIOirTlaJWK0txh2zS6MZFwUVUucPJj7lUqahoLJQWVrY6-UouqF3zuik_Nv8PuRzcsKUMDjk/s1600/2010+June+16-17+DSC_0545.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSPVoITLPMr04TyBaMwOPHe_patRrW9-urUUWNJZhxCcPWvTqAwDCBQz_FLCHT5AFqFkIOirTlaJWK0txh2zS6MZFwUVUucPJj7lUqahoLJQWVrY6-UouqF3zuik_Nv8PuRzcsKUMDjk/s1600/2010+June+16-17+DSC_0545.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Nemours</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Briskly walking hand in hand to meet friends </div><div style="text-align: center;">at Nemours for a morning café...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wish we were there right now</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;">(joyeux anniversaire, Michelle)</span></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;">Le Nemours</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">2, galerie de Nemours</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>

Le Nemours

Le Nemours Briskly walking hand in hand to meet friends  at Nemours for a morning café... Wish we were there right now (joyeux anniversaire,...

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Shakespeare and Company

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsx9utm5murvwbPVdgDEFjMFvBiSmhMu-SsVxDaIX4D_rZQlaRzGYF_UlqHLUM9zIeUqEJDlQNwOLIO_ON17idPcGn5AYJX-8w4VcC5Sjyznp1VjQz0sH-64Jdf2dKLRiiGFQvgvjPCBU/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+215+DSC_0321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsx9utm5murvwbPVdgDEFjMFvBiSmhMu-SsVxDaIX4D_rZQlaRzGYF_UlqHLUM9zIeUqEJDlQNwOLIO_ON17idPcGn5AYJX-8w4VcC5Sjyznp1VjQz0sH-64Jdf2dKLRiiGFQvgvjPCBU/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+215+DSC_0321.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Shakespeare and Company</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This charming, storied bookstore serves as a regular bookstore, </div><div style="text-align: center;">as second-hand bookstore, and as a reading library. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It is so much more than a tourist destination </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the interior looks much like it must have 60 years ago </div><div style="text-align: center;">when it was opened by George Whitman.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Today, his daughter runs it as her father did, </div><div style="text-align: center;">opening the space for young writers to work and live.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With the full color of autumn, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the leaves provide a coordinated color-match with the storefront.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Shakespeare and Company</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>37, rue de la Boûcherie</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75005, Paris</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Shakespeare and Company

Shakespeare and Company This charming, storied bookstore serves as a regular bookstore,  as second-hand bookstore, and as a reading library....

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Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts - l'orgue

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebqeEzWN83gwAlSKxkBOEXiaylS100QTcY4uoFMSdhiNqCChWao_QdAPNrIi4YXZZztQsLcZzNCBg4zgYDowo7lasDLdePgbiENcr8ifmjBqi4lTsaG3E9FjAXHukRm6BGNTSROymtLI/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri++086+DSC_9197.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebqeEzWN83gwAlSKxkBOEXiaylS100QTcY4uoFMSdhiNqCChWao_QdAPNrIi4YXZZztQsLcZzNCBg4zgYDowo7lasDLdePgbiENcr8ifmjBqi4lTsaG3E9FjAXHukRm6BGNTSROymtLI/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri++086+DSC_9197.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts</div><div style="text-align: center;">the primary organ</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This great organ comes from the instrument built </div><div style="text-align: center;">by the renown Aristide Cavaille-Coll in 1894 for the mansion of Baron Espée.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was moved from the Baron's residence on </div><div style="text-align: center;">Avenue Bois de Boulogne to Saint-Antoine in 1909. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can <a href="http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsaint-antoine-des-quinze-vingts%2Bin%2Bparis%2Borgue%26biw%3D1287%26bih%3D915&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=fr&u=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DUZ34tvwLcQM&usg=ALkJrhhALjcPfkiPZFo34hSxpcz6QitFIg" target="_blank">click here to listen to a short piece</a> on this organ.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Like many churches, there is a second organ, </div><div style="text-align: center;">a practice organ for the choir, which I will show you another time.</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-Antoine-des Quinze-Vingts</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">57, rue Traversière</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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts - l'orgue

Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts the primary organ This great organ comes from the instrument built  by the renown Aristide Cavaille-C...

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Mona Bismarck American Center - l'escalier

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFJMFkF8AzYvOL-rs0GZY-uenWYmk_ZzQofc7qD35J98h-UurdAR1JoqoPPdbOaLiwSM1444ifipP6iTqult0dblhyphenhyphenOorDOkDl3C7goUVcE73EHM1Rt7eKNWoVfW9C-tX9fT2oiikjFk/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+030+DSC_8983.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFJMFkF8AzYvOL-rs0GZY-uenWYmk_ZzQofc7qD35J98h-UurdAR1JoqoPPdbOaLiwSM1444ifipP6iTqult0dblhyphenhyphenOorDOkDl3C7goUVcE73EHM1Rt7eKNWoVfW9C-tX9fT2oiikjFk/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+030+DSC_8983.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mona Bismarck American Center</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This hôtel particulier was built at the end of the 19th century and remodeled by Stéphane Boudin in the 1950s for Mona Bismarck.  The windows, woodwork, and structural details retain the elegance of its origins.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mona Bismarck was a philanthropist, a beautiful, wealthy woman who divided her time among residences in New York, Paris, Palm Beach, and Capri.  Her legacy lives on in this museum just across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower with its art exhibitions.  You can even have a party in the ornate premier étage salons with an unobstructed view of the Tower.</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;">Mona Bismarck American Center</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">34, avenue de New York</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75016, Paris  </span></i></div>

Mona Bismarck American Center - l'escalier

Mona Bismarck American Center This hôtel particulier was built at the end of the 19th century and remodeled by Stéphane Boudin in the 1950s ...

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Le soleil! Ceci mérite des applaudissements!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-khiYxiLE47XFKfeqYGVzgZleJygSIeOCbjM5wOXdFx7_8QATyRs8uUaWbwgxFOTYdkOsVQsvqNpCg3gCZqKouQka-h9owrNR7Q1ScqFsfZePbLSuCFdcMz73ofGMhKkYV8lDnwnMqM/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+006+DSC_1231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-khiYxiLE47XFKfeqYGVzgZleJygSIeOCbjM5wOXdFx7_8QATyRs8uUaWbwgxFOTYdkOsVQsvqNpCg3gCZqKouQka-h9owrNR7Q1ScqFsfZePbLSuCFdcMz73ofGMhKkYV8lDnwnMqM/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+006+DSC_1231.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Sun!</div><div style="text-align: center;">This merits a round of applause!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was a bright sunny day and the staging of this window </div><div style="text-align: center;">made it appear that the gloves were applauding.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There were at least four more colors that did not make it into this photo, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and I would have loved to have them all!</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;"><a href="http://jbguanti.com/index.php" target="_blank">JB Guanti</a> boutique </span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">59, rue de Rennes</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>If you want to see some clever reflections through photography </i><br /><i>have a look <a href="http://www.weekendreflection.blogspot.com/2014/10/frenchtown-left-bank-weekend.html" target="_blank">here at James' Weekend Reflections</a>.  </i><br /><i>There is a different collection of reflections every Friday.</i></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Le soleil! Ceci mérite des applaudissements!

The Sun! This merits a round of applause! It was a bright sunny day and the staging of this window  made it appear that the gloves were appl...

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Vingt-Cinq

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWJidloSRzR5H0PqLCGFdtD2LSdJ08wFSlb9eMrr-ZB-t-ptnV40ef1XQPv1E_m0-rkskRDSftEbJCqDMPSZ3sT3dIjJncSOSqVdZoguOWAlhFhlRs7HgOOqJ3xCdR0HW8IAgpQ5gOdE/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+041+DSC_2715.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWJidloSRzR5H0PqLCGFdtD2LSdJ08wFSlb9eMrr-ZB-t-ptnV40ef1XQPv1E_m0-rkskRDSftEbJCqDMPSZ3sT3dIjJncSOSqVdZoguOWAlhFhlRs7HgOOqJ3xCdR0HW8IAgpQ5gOdE/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+041+DSC_2715.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Number Twenty-Five</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think that if I lived here I would not give an address for visitors </div><div style="text-align: center;">but would say instead, "<i>Sous la bouche ouverte du lion!</i>"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Under the open mouth of the lion!"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">25, rue Charlemagne</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>

Vingt-Cinq

Number Twenty-Five I think that if I lived here I would not give an address for visitors  but would say instead, " Sous la bouche ouver...

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Dans ma chambre!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbi9sG-kwFSpgel7sjjM9j6xc-PZGuZ9NAqv1V5QSpt08k1XcWN1jRWc0TDdrBuX54OpRq7LeHAFhdC_VcY9TiMbAhpgr7Hn9PRzgSpGhWAS5YBLoA5ddMWO6OkueiEpdAUOfwg0cwy4/s1600/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+043+DSC_9249.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbi9sG-kwFSpgel7sjjM9j6xc-PZGuZ9NAqv1V5QSpt08k1XcWN1jRWc0TDdrBuX54OpRq7LeHAFhdC_VcY9TiMbAhpgr7Hn9PRzgSpGhWAS5YBLoA5ddMWO6OkueiEpdAUOfwg0cwy4/s1600/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+043+DSC_9249.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">No, these racoons were not in my bedroom, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but they made an eye-catching window display on Rue du Bac.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have certainly never seen </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>un raton laveur</i> in Paris!</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;">Rue du Bac</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;"><br /></div>

Dans ma chambre!

No, these racoons were not in my bedroom,  but they made an eye-catching window display on Rue du Bac. I have certainly never seen  un raton...

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Un petit repas

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_78O16znQdMs7q8_rZxWs6YF5fVJDzykbiuC2As-2onZ2ralPoRx0cVpFbDSLlmVkb1kS3xKVO5oryp5-yrMuX2aqmrkt2yfitQsBQx4YJEfIisOOT6hyphenhyphenLebQJuIdJrnyNsIj1NMW4pQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+253+DSC_9206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_78O16znQdMs7q8_rZxWs6YF5fVJDzykbiuC2As-2onZ2ralPoRx0cVpFbDSLlmVkb1kS3xKVO5oryp5-yrMuX2aqmrkt2yfitQsBQx4YJEfIisOOT6hyphenhyphenLebQJuIdJrnyNsIj1NMW4pQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+253+DSC_9206.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><br />After a full day in Paris </div><div align="center">this is my preferred evening meal along with fresh fruit.  </div><div align="center">And, yes, that is a very large slab of amazing French butter.<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">After a recount of the day's adventures </div><div align="center">over this simple but delicious <i>repas</i>, </div><div align="center">it is back out to capture the night scenes with our cameras.<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center">When you are walking over 20,000 steps a day, </div><div align="center">the French butter and baguettes do not "stick on you" for long.<br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">miam-miam! </span></span></i><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>l'apartement </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>75006, Paris</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Un petit repas

After a full day in Paris this is my preferred evening meal along with fresh fruit.  And, yes, that is a very large slab of amazing French b...

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Belleville - Rue Dénoyez

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZphyphenhyphenuElZrM5YD5rEESvQ1LESeQti_PoFuVftlfq_A5fE7zd8CdBIbUJKIr8rr_bboh64XPBgAic_MuqwREGMk7tKYhf8cm-bLgfTjRfiuzjwo8-qYZviJ7rsz1B3_bYQMoF1eKndMZQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+150+DSC_9103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZphyphenhyphenuElZrM5YD5rEESvQ1LESeQti_PoFuVftlfq_A5fE7zd8CdBIbUJKIr8rr_bboh64XPBgAic_MuqwREGMk7tKYhf8cm-bLgfTjRfiuzjwo8-qYZviJ7rsz1B3_bYQMoF1eKndMZQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+150+DSC_9103.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rue Dénoyez - graffiti street</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This street of abandoned buildings and closed shops </div><div style="text-align: center;">has been transformed as a palette for graffiti artists, </div><div style="text-align: center;">welcomed by the Belleville community </div><div style="text-align: center;">and supported by nearby stores, cafés, and markets.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Each time you visit this street, the canvas will have changed,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and you might find one of these artists at work.</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;">Rue Dénoyez</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(between Rue de Belleville and Rue Ramponeau)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75020, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Belleville</span></i></div>

Belleville - Rue Dénoyez

Rue Dénoyez - graffiti street This street of abandoned buildings and closed shops  has been transformed as a palette for graffiti artists,  ...

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Église Saint-Joseph-des-Nations et la Basilique du Sacré Coeur de Montmartre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDUcxlM_EYBjf0a_ldRbIKA3GG-gqp-YXeCmIbHhct-9j5clIG-ghmdlMs_z9mvVNiPGTE6TAzNX4zJd0F_HAKOrMeiUWT7LShQuCx2LZtbHDNo8xsCv69Puyg8QpumprngS8UNORSarU/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+159+DSC_9112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDUcxlM_EYBjf0a_ldRbIKA3GG-gqp-YXeCmIbHhct-9j5clIG-ghmdlMs_z9mvVNiPGTE6TAzNX4zJd0F_HAKOrMeiUWT7LShQuCx2LZtbHDNo8xsCv69Puyg8QpumprngS8UNORSarU/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+159+DSC_9112.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This view from Le Perchoir in the 11ième, </div><div style="text-align: center;">looking northwest,</div><div style="text-align: center;">shows at least two churches on the horizon:  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Saint-Joseph-des-Nations</div><div style="text-align: center;">which is about four blocks away </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the recognizable Sacré Coeur in the distance.</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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">a view of churches from Le Perchoir</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">14, rue Crespin du Gast</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;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Joseph-des-Nations et la Basilique du Sacré Coeur de Montmartre

This view from Le Perchoir in the 11ième,  looking northwest, shows at least two churches on the horizon:   Église Saint-Joseph-des-Nations ...

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Rue du Cherche-Midi

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmGElTNRb86Mve4Edl4GbXc6oabs0Y0ZmKzU12xAxDV6GC9O_CBHZEXS0BP9OBHA_LarO3fFKEtFRpEeoMkobbJ3XSD9HIkiimNAz1tNxJ3JKowuWoXmMHDN3gjpzeK3uIb1ck4aokXig/s1600/2013+Nov13+Paris+_20131113+046+DSC_8585.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmGElTNRb86Mve4Edl4GbXc6oabs0Y0ZmKzU12xAxDV6GC9O_CBHZEXS0BP9OBHA_LarO3fFKEtFRpEeoMkobbJ3XSD9HIkiimNAz1tNxJ3JKowuWoXmMHDN3gjpzeK3uIb1ck4aokXig/s1600/2013+Nov13+Paris+_20131113+046+DSC_8585.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Between the windows on the premier étage (first floor above the street)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> is this charming piece of architectural detail.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The plaque says simply "au cherche-midi"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">19, rue du Cherche-Midi is a few steps away </div><div style="text-align: center;">from Poilane the reknown bakery.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The street traces the route of an old Roman road </div><div style="text-align: center;">and is situated in one of Paris' most sought-after residential neighborhoods </div><div style="text-align: center;">with its 18th and 19th century homes.</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;">19, rue du Cherche-Midi</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>

Rue du Cherche-Midi

Between the windows on the premier étage (first floor above the street)  is this charming piece of architectural detail.   The plaque says s...

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Paris Métro - Ligne 4, Station Cité

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnjwsEhfV1hyQd_tuAUJMjL4FDeUnN8s2yFe6g2_SAAc3lSqXHcc7SDN0Go2YUTEJSDQ-9S7ORdOiP6wJBy6KDgEZggkEj42zfGUiC9O0LAXNb5JaLPs9beU9YojYbw6N8BhZ9jdfbouU/s1600/2013+Nov13+Paris+_20131113+065+DSC_8604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnjwsEhfV1hyQd_tuAUJMjL4FDeUnN8s2yFe6g2_SAAc3lSqXHcc7SDN0Go2YUTEJSDQ-9S7ORdOiP6wJBy6KDgEZggkEj42zfGUiC9O0LAXNb5JaLPs9beU9YojYbw6N8BhZ9jdfbouU/s1600/2013+Nov13+Paris+_20131113+065+DSC_8604.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Station Cité</div><div style="text-align: center;">Line 4</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This Métro station is an impressive 62 feet under ground, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the stairs, lift, rails, and platform are all contained in two metal caissons.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Built in 1911, it took a full year to complete.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This entire platform area is under the Seine! </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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Paris Métro, Ligne 4, Station Cité</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 style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Paris Métro - Ligne 4, Station Cité

Station Cité Line 4 This Métro station is an impressive 62 feet under ground,  and the stairs, lift, rails, and platform are all contained i...

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Brume, brouillard et pluie - Jardin des Tuileries

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEKO6VSsIPMdEoHn_eopQXp_YkqameJvAptOyg1KivGrbka_-hRCPYVl7EWR-9BqoABz37wMnM822cgO0wOdvlQc5Exw-snSdG4R3ueaWLrA3whbUkR0C4A4SWig0iSK7a9s6LaxJ5UE/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_217DSC_8812.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEKO6VSsIPMdEoHn_eopQXp_YkqameJvAptOyg1KivGrbka_-hRCPYVl7EWR-9BqoABz37wMnM822cgO0wOdvlQc5Exw-snSdG4R3ueaWLrA3whbUkR0C4A4SWig0iSK7a9s6LaxJ5UE/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_217DSC_8812.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jardin des Tuileries</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The mist, fog and rain generally appear with a vengeance in November, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but October can have a damp week or two also.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Remember, "a misty, foggy, rainy day in Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;">beats a great day at home"*  </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;">Enjoy the moment</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;">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: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">*according to Holly,</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;">French-girl wanna-be</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Brume, brouillard et pluie - Jardin des Tuileries

Jardin des Tuileries The mist, fog and rain generally appear with a vengeance in November,  but October can have a damp week or two also. Re...

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Square René-Viviani

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiObmTRqlGgWRN86_eWeUFkyNEnqoS_WnIHFL9CHsT_GnEsb4aYsltOf-bw4ctMs5lkjf8YK2c3pKYJ_B7SAeOu5_XoPK8qrcFn4o8pTnbZPYTXS9lkEC4SMokpDalSd9_o3_tf1aoMdAw/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+168+DSC_0274.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiObmTRqlGgWRN86_eWeUFkyNEnqoS_WnIHFL9CHsT_GnEsb4aYsltOf-bw4ctMs5lkjf8YK2c3pKYJ_B7SAeOu5_XoPK8qrcFn4o8pTnbZPYTXS9lkEC4SMokpDalSd9_o3_tf1aoMdAw/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+168+DSC_0274.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Square René-Viviani</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the midst of this square is this odd sculpture </div><div style="text-align: center;">known as the Saint Julien fountain.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was constructed by Frenchman Georges Jeanclos in 1995 </div><div style="text-align: center;">and based on a tale of a curse by witches (with many characters), </div><div style="text-align: center;">a tale told and retold since the Middle Ages.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is an interesting square near the Seine and Notre Dame.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">I can hear the crunch of the "Paris gravel."</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;">Square René-Viviani</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Square René-Viviani

Square René-Viviani In the midst of this square is this odd sculpture  known as the Saint Julien fountain.   It was constructed by Frenchman...

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Merci! - une petite fille avec un manteau jaune

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbPbMvl8WRy2LQe7-W2-IBMWIsL12vs09_NQES9a8R5MjLsdSDt4mb-dFhYo7jTp6BAVgK6ExvQc8I2y_yToS30dOgHMN5aQDz50yYMX9jb6M5G0S2mrgQwLiUuLDYVWh4kZTcKBqCxg/s1600/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+336+DSC_9542.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbPbMvl8WRy2LQe7-W2-IBMWIsL12vs09_NQES9a8R5MjLsdSDt4mb-dFhYo7jTp6BAVgK6ExvQc8I2y_yToS30dOgHMN5aQDz50yYMX9jb6M5G0S2mrgQwLiUuLDYVWh4kZTcKBqCxg/s1600/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+336+DSC_9542.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Merci</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For concept shopping in the Marais, this is the place.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Clothing, designs for the home, a used book café, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and more features all artfully displayed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the courtyard of Merci, </div><div style="text-align: center;">this little girl with the yellow coat</div><div style="text-align: center;">has been shopping...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Must be a French girl</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Merci</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">111, boulevard Beaumarchais</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Merci! - une petite fille avec un manteau jaune

Merci For concept shopping in the Marais, this is the place. Clothing, designs for the home, a used book café,  and more features all artful...

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Place des Vosges - les ombres

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSrRIeRxp6BSD5LSnDTZvuF-FJr68n0gtdKod9HXtkWOGSFSUCA2TL1d9GutgdySEXBktVDQTyZIL-gUl1bSwGTRBgosuJHajYRCmEAEdXbt-RWbUAh0TeIA9epmCBSMFOiMT1pbTOjg/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+115+DSC_0814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSrRIeRxp6BSD5LSnDTZvuF-FJr68n0gtdKod9HXtkWOGSFSUCA2TL1d9GutgdySEXBktVDQTyZIL-gUl1bSwGTRBgosuJHajYRCmEAEdXbt-RWbUAh0TeIA9epmCBSMFOiMT1pbTOjg/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+115+DSC_0814.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Place des Vosges</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Designed and built in a perfect square over 400 years ago, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the arcades frame the inner courtyard/park.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The inauguration of this open air square in 1612 </div><div style="text-align: center;">was witness to the celebration of royals in a double wedding: </div><div style="text-align: center;">King Louis XIII to Anne of Austria and of his sister Elizabeth to Philip IV of Spain.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The brick and stone design is typically seventeenth century French </div><div style="text-align: center;">and has been attributed to Louis or Clement Métezauh </div><div style="text-align: center;">or Jacques Androuet de Cerceau.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is amazing that these buildings survived turbulent times relatively intact.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">However, the bronze statue of Louis XIII was melted down by the Revolutionaries </div><div style="text-align: center;">and replaced two centuries later.</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place des Vosges</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">75004, Paris</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Place des Vosges - les ombres

Place des Vosges Designed and built in a perfect square over 400 years ago,  the arcades frame the inner courtyard/park.   The inauguration ...

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Église Saint-Étienne du Mont

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqg6kAqPINqssdxpS3Jc4MEn4uajJHx9YYaU_88VmqceS5znGjGOUstrZQFQ37EnuMAvudmjEB5IxX1RZKNAAHNqKAFN-w14KTUaD7DeSVEYnXXguFahg2VOz8u4C6FGWQt2Q8eMUWDA/s1600/2013+Nov17+Paris+_20131117+236+DSC_9883.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqg6kAqPINqssdxpS3Jc4MEn4uajJHx9YYaU_88VmqceS5znGjGOUstrZQFQ37EnuMAvudmjEB5IxX1RZKNAAHNqKAFN-w14KTUaD7DeSVEYnXXguFahg2VOz8u4C6FGWQt2Q8eMUWDA/s1600/2013+Nov17+Paris+_20131117+236+DSC_9883.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Églies Saint-Étienne du Mont</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This side entrance of Saint-Étienne </div><div style="text-align: center;">are closed but the ornate doorway is stunning.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Many will recognize it from the movie "Midnight in Paris"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Built between 1492 and 1626, the light interior is filled with cherubs and angels.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">I would put it high on your list.</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-Étienne du Mont</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">1, place Ste-Geniviève</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, 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: center;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Étienne du Mont

Églies Saint-Étienne du Mont This side entrance of Saint-Étienne  are closed but the ornate doorway is stunning.   Many will recognize it fr...

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Une boîte de bruyère

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5XdpJX_LQzT4fXBCRbGLY5s8p3XrE4-Q5WH5d9ofjOgXGdlsWDAm_3ilEhgYBzGBqaZR76Jg7sBvY-Ll29TAV4sugwkVZc1uLjDJEJCS138dItxjYwdR-bJenBOhNW_FaCy2I29mFBY/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+314+DSC_1013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5XdpJX_LQzT4fXBCRbGLY5s8p3XrE4-Q5WH5d9ofjOgXGdlsWDAm_3ilEhgYBzGBqaZR76Jg7sBvY-Ll29TAV4sugwkVZc1uLjDJEJCS138dItxjYwdR-bJenBOhNW_FaCy2I29mFBY/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+314+DSC_1013.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A box of heather</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This rustic display of heather in full bloom </div><div style="text-align: center;">was seen at Sylvine fleurs on Rue Beaubourg in the Marais.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There is never a shortage of flowers </div><div style="text-align: center;">in the shops of Paris.</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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sylvine fleurs</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">98, rue Beaubourg</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Une boîte de bruyère

A box of heather This rustic display of heather in full bloom  was seen at Sylvine fleurs on Rue Beaubourg in the Marais. There is never a s...

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Boulevard Raspail - une femme et son vélo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXK5uhS1_VnIb8hNXaiCJaP80kpHsHatqmgvJ8rKzA41dQ2MP5BQyJ1N-K0rMT5gpHYWurbGI3tW8ZA1pAfR8IR9LSu5AFV7sXUudHsbAT8kNjcDmCISjlNNNFpT9Lg09TmqcEyuIh5FQ/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+006+DSC_8672.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXK5uhS1_VnIb8hNXaiCJaP80kpHsHatqmgvJ8rKzA41dQ2MP5BQyJ1N-K0rMT5gpHYWurbGI3tW8ZA1pAfR8IR9LSu5AFV7sXUudHsbAT8kNjcDmCISjlNNNFpT9Lg09TmqcEyuIh5FQ/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+006+DSC_8672.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A woman and her bicycle</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was more than just a light rain, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but she was dressed for the ride.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Her basket contained a briefcase and a black pinwheel, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and there was another wicker basket to the side of the back wheel.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">This was no pleasure ride,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but a well-orchestrated, </div><div style="text-align: center;">any-kind-of-weather daily commute.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chic, stylish, adventurous...</div><div style="text-align: center;">must be a French Girl.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard Raspail et Rue de Sèvres</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">  </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Boulevard Raspail - une femme et son vélo

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

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Bistrot Paul Bert - la terrasse

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsj8-skLYGpM89d25UOsYx8HJqfKZevUWHm7ebzjLUCOrM5rdd3ZYAW1zJ83fvAAY8pj2qr-YKKulugic0syh9EYDLacBp5GZpNDl8JrkDh9aRQ0E5Hksplo6s-Efh0azwR1DLYkeS7bI/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_93DSC_8184.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsj8-skLYGpM89d25UOsYx8HJqfKZevUWHm7ebzjLUCOrM5rdd3ZYAW1zJ83fvAAY8pj2qr-YKKulugic0syh9EYDLacBp5GZpNDl8JrkDh9aRQ0E5Hksplo6s-Efh0azwR1DLYkeS7bI/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_93DSC_8184.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bistrot Paul Bert</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Only one table was vacant </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it was well after the serving hours for déjeuner.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Parisians have a tendency to linger over a meal, </div><div style="text-align: center;">engaging in conversation.  On a mild, sunny autumn day, </div><div style="text-align: center;">there is no reason to hurry the afternoon.</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;">When in <strike>Rome</strike> Paris.....</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;">Bistrot Paul Bert</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">18, rue Paul Bert</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>

Bistrot Paul Bert - la terrasse

Bistrot Paul Bert Only one table was vacant  but it was well after the serving hours for déjeuner.   Parisians have a tendency to linger ove...

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