Les danseurs de Rue Mouffetard

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxL5q26X3rEytIaPQIA-X0FeJGG2kpO4TIyiODee9F7lW62CHte2k-0LEsunh056HOfcdByJegEtAnPoaFN7swprYYRJyD_uHhDa428AAzGFEASfUBnAFX9NTMHu_enwVFPIHaHlL40A/s1600/2012+Paris+Jan+15th+2nd_0294.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxL5q26X3rEytIaPQIA-X0FeJGG2kpO4TIyiODee9F7lW62CHte2k-0LEsunh056HOfcdByJegEtAnPoaFN7swprYYRJyD_uHhDa428AAzGFEASfUBnAFX9NTMHu_enwVFPIHaHlL40A/s1600/2012+Paris+Jan+15th+2nd_0294.jpg" width="402" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dancing with the Parisians on Rue Mouffetard,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>dans un manteau rouge</i> (in a red coat),</div><div style="text-align: center;">turning, swirling, and dipping...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">parfait!</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;">(joyeux anniversaire, chère Holly)</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;">Dancing on Sunday on Rue Mouffetard</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>

Les danseurs de Rue Mouffetard

Dancing with the Parisians on Rue Mouffetard, dans un manteau rouge (in a red coat), turning, swirling, and dipping... parfait! (joyeux ann...

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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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Dodo Manège - Carrousel XXXIII

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEcS1aAe3ihBbrhQfqCet2R-cLO9V8h5k7jprtbJjsj-YyJ2TMbCDY0rwNk42_9k6XoAoTdThbVVgnUBZNTFhUx37eWci9IGa958fcv0JgLix9-YgmBnPKMgw-MSZAQj2zI-rqFQfE5U/s1600/2013+0523+Thurs_149DSC_6365.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEcS1aAe3ihBbrhQfqCet2R-cLO9V8h5k7jprtbJjsj-YyJ2TMbCDY0rwNk42_9k6XoAoTdThbVVgnUBZNTFhUx37eWci9IGa958fcv0JgLix9-YgmBnPKMgw-MSZAQj2zI-rqFQfE5U/s640/2013+0523+Thurs_149DSC_6365.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;">"Dodo Manège"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Carousel in Jardin des Plantes</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;">Wrapped in tarp this carousel hides its animal-rides </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">created to reflect extinct and endangered species.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jardin des Plantes is filled with treasures </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and this carrousel is but one.  </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 weekend afternoons in good weather </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you will find many families enjoying this charming carrousel.</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;">To see the carrousel "revealed" look <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2010/07/dodo-manege-un-carrousel.html" target="_blank">here</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;">Dodo Manège</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Carrousel, Jardin des Plantes</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(near Gare d'Austerlitz entrance)</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>

Dodo Manège - Carrousel XXXIII

"Dodo Manège" Carousel in Jardin des Plantes Wrapped in tarp this carousel hides its animal-rides  created to reflect extinct and ...

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Baguette Monge et saucisson sec

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiSVuylR-_38ZqZkLK-7xc834U0EWMbNcJBj_hNwx4xCeNulyupVVwA4A6S2FsgMaIFAd8Xdv_qJyRPJnkRSWOiYTvCFvR0BrThjVMKFEWaPFmkbG745j3edgAEJhjo-sMFguNjE4vqc/s1600/2010+Dec+5+IMG_3507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiSVuylR-_38ZqZkLK-7xc834U0EWMbNcJBj_hNwx4xCeNulyupVVwA4A6S2FsgMaIFAd8Xdv_qJyRPJnkRSWOiYTvCFvR0BrThjVMKFEWaPFmkbG745j3edgAEJhjo-sMFguNjE4vqc/s640/2010+Dec+5+IMG_3507.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;">Eric Kayser's </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Baguette Monge</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;">Certainly there are many fine boulangeries in Paris but for me, the perfect baguette can be found at Eric Kayser (on Rue Monge).  You must ask for the Baguette Monge, and if you have good timing, it will be still warm from the oven.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They are a little over 1€ - what a bargain.</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;">For a little piece of heaven, step outside, pinch off the top, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and take a bite while the steam fogs your face.</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;">miam-miam</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;">Baguette Monge, Eric Kayser</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">8, rue Monge (and other locations in Paris)</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>

Baguette Monge et saucisson sec

Eric Kayser's  Baguette Monge Certainly there are many fine boulangeries in Paris but for me, the perfect baguette can be found at Eric ...

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Église Saint-Séverin -- Les Cierges

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQE98fGwXZI_qDw4348PyMB8kIZfJ1obz7UWo9_WYoyzjL6pK16Rm-ZdOoXdgr-L58weWt2hO0ckzevUfp9Rt-ShpluKJTMLlzwq1EYjOQToPhRtJdLRETMVYUt59E92Mq3aumy1L9pY/s1600/00205lighter.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497663191209490418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQE98fGwXZI_qDw4348PyMB8kIZfJ1obz7UWo9_WYoyzjL6pK16Rm-ZdOoXdgr-L58weWt2hO0ckzevUfp9Rt-ShpluKJTMLlzwq1EYjOQToPhRtJdLRETMVYUt59E92Mq3aumy1L9pY/s640/00205lighter.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div></div><div>Although this scene would have you believe that this is a dark, dimly lighted church, <a href="http://www.saint-severin.com/"><span style="color:#000000;">Saint-Séverin</span> </a>is diverse with ancient windows from the 14th century and these contemporary abstract windows in the apse chapels which were created in 1970. Depending on the season and time of day, you can see the total spectrum of light and dark. You will be amazed at the twisted pillars which some say look like palm trees. This church has a wealth of interesting features and I will bring you here again.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Église Saint-Séverin can be found in the 5th arrondisement, on rue Saint-Séverin.</div><div></div><div></div>

Église Saint-Séverin -- Les Cierges

Although this scene would have you believe that this is a dark, dimly lighted church, Saint-Séverin is diverse with ancient windows from th...

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