2CV - Deux Chevaux-Vapeur

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLv6qkIPBh2xMMcbmZBXAqtqwoxQv9bEjtRHlZNlrJvq4vvq3y5Rt_ScgZBK_IRmJ1hNR3xq9yk4O8dvH8kRPUhkvND1eB6ZcyzXzcH-TvS4-hDa_NGUm9Dip2I-YGqomx4odXuYHef98/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+047+DSC_2721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLv6qkIPBh2xMMcbmZBXAqtqwoxQv9bEjtRHlZNlrJvq4vvq3y5Rt_ScgZBK_IRmJ1hNR3xq9yk4O8dvH8kRPUhkvND1eB6ZcyzXzcH-TvS4-hDa_NGUm9Dip2I-YGqomx4odXuYHef98/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+047+DSC_2721.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">2CV</div><div style="text-align: center;">Deux Chevaux-Vapeur</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Two Steam Horses"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This minimalist, sturdy economical car was </div><div style="text-align: center;">manufactured in France between 1948 and 1989.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Seen in many French films of the 50s and 60s,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I always smile when I see one on the streets 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: 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 Saint Antoine</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: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

2CV - Deux Chevaux-Vapeur

2CV Deux Chevaux-Vapeur "Two Steam Horses" This minimalist, sturdy economical car was manufactured in France between 1948 and 1989...

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la Deuche - 2CV

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-U9JvEb8coodnHzZCDE_E6yDZsehUJuBr1I7mx8eX5DEdjcQJ3jHi8vV7xaD8ZB2glbOzOQ_80cHRKE36G5dZW47mJu4k8NrJM7OM4_vxt0vTm-Q5In2IilhEVE9uu-gONdTIzV1PCME/s1600/2012+Mar+31+Paris_300DSC_5536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-U9JvEb8coodnHzZCDE_E6yDZsehUJuBr1I7mx8eX5DEdjcQJ3jHi8vV7xaD8ZB2glbOzOQ_80cHRKE36G5dZW47mJu4k8NrJM7OM4_vxt0vTm-Q5In2IilhEVE9uu-gONdTIzV1PCME/s640/2012+Mar+31+Paris_300DSC_5536.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;"><a href="http://www.4roues-sous-1parapluie.com/EN/index.html" target="_blank">Quatre Roues sous un Parapluie</a></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;">"Four wheels under an umbrella" is one of the nicknames for this iconic French car.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Last spring we saluted a trio of 2CVs as they rode the streets of Paris. </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 is difficult to see a 2CV without thinking about all the French movies</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the tree-lines roads of Provence.   </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 is dedicated to my dear friend Véronique (<a href="http://frenchgirlinseattle.blogspot.com/2013/04/i-have-dream-lucky-moi.html" target="_blank">French Girl in Seattle</a>) who has written at least two posts with many photos on these cherished vehicles.  She has a dream to take a tour with her son and this may be the very car of her dreams.</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;"><a href="http://www.4roues-sous-1parapluie.com/EN/index.html" target="_blank">Quatre Roues sous un Parapluie</a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">dans les rues de Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Joyeux anniversaire, ma chère Lauren</span></i></span></div>

la Deuche - 2CV

Quatre Roues sous un Parapluie "Four wheels under an umbrella" is one of the nicknames for this iconic French car.   Last spring w...

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