Une femme et le métro

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7O86itNQySGizYodfrRyxftBmIrHC-LNOQYZvZ7C9s11Bl-2ZRwTccV7XA1O-zPGAC8wxsIsi47y-ZLXFuxlJY1gtGYyYzi7hV1F5XBeppk3cK5oYYfF5rMlPFQL0-hHFV9BSL22VAw/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+076+DSC_9029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7O86itNQySGizYodfrRyxftBmIrHC-LNOQYZvZ7C9s11Bl-2ZRwTccV7XA1O-zPGAC8wxsIsi47y-ZLXFuxlJY1gtGYyYzi7hV1F5XBeppk3cK5oYYfF5rMlPFQL0-hHFV9BSL22VAw/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+076+DSC_9029.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Une femme et le métro</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I believe that you are not supposed </div><div style="text-align: center;">to take photos in the Métro, but...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you think she could be any more stylish and chic?</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;">Métro Charles de Gaulle Étoile</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Une femme et le métro

Une femme et le métro I believe that you are not supposed  to take photos in the Métro, but... Do you think she could be any more stylish an...

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Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky Cathedral - III

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLqlBxJbEH1gVTU060SwRFGISSWUP00jcriY0AtRTDVtTbTX-mNZ5mu4qBp-zQy7iC0LoDMOFk87BUEIi-L17okg4_Ga_APzrI-yjpOJai2V8ij3jMO2e9WpSk5zsYZoCSdrZYYDIPSM/s1600/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0172.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLqlBxJbEH1gVTU060SwRFGISSWUP00jcriY0AtRTDVtTbTX-mNZ5mu4qBp-zQy7iC0LoDMOFk87BUEIi-L17okg4_Ga_APzrI-yjpOJai2V8ij3jMO2e9WpSk5zsYZoCSdrZYYDIPSM/s640/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0172.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky Cathedral</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As we walked down the street to take a broad view of this magnificent cathedral, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">the reflection of a car window captured the gold onion dome turrets </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">against the afternoon sky.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Saint-Alexandre-nevsky Cathedral</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>12, rue Daru</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Ternes ou Métro Courcelles</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">For more reflections see <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1970838746"><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">James' Weekend Reflections</span></strong></a></span></em><a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"></a></div>

Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky Cathedral - III

Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky Cathedral As we walked down the street to take a broad view of this magnificent cathedral, the reflection of a car wi...

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Scarlet on Rue de Courcelles

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Hector Guimard - art nouveau

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzdIv7qQHAcVemYSS9n-pAOGF17pTwWuz311g3VplP7wiMqI4UazEXE6mMmVqadZ1a5h2MzYoKR4oMox5kqjeTXlq67TXV_2onE0G-FahjVXo7-s2QD82RAUCpw0FWu3AeB3luazgrkjg/s1600/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0184.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzdIv7qQHAcVemYSS9n-pAOGF17pTwWuz311g3VplP7wiMqI4UazEXE6mMmVqadZ1a5h2MzYoKR4oMox5kqjeTXlq67TXV_2onE0G-FahjVXo7-s2QD82RAUCpw0FWu3AeB3luazgrkjg/s640/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0184.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The graceful curves of this wrought iron and glass awning are typical of art nouveau detail.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The pattern on the stones resembling coral are called "vermiculation" as it mimics the trail of worms in soft soil.  This is one form of an architectural technique known as "rustication" which has been in use at least since the rennaissance period.  You may have noticed this same pattern on the Louvre palace and Haussmannian buildings around Paris.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This elegant home which sits inside the gates of Parc de Monceau has a stunning main entrance in the courtyard.  This is just the "back door."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>5, ave Van Dyck</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Hector Guimard - art nouveau

The graceful curves of this wrought iron and glass awning are typical of art nouveau detail. The pattern on the stones resembling coral are ...

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Café Jacquemart-André

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCZLjppPpm0sE05dt1mOcuTRZHvrsodFAV9nPr5p1lwdwBxhwROVr0TsBkUgO8cygV0GHQefZv-Yz0oNlNt0jm1jzk95OAk2-fdpBAieubQa0CBj79TOAmxgr3trsLTrj4HeRviNIWkE/s1600/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCZLjppPpm0sE05dt1mOcuTRZHvrsodFAV9nPr5p1lwdwBxhwROVr0TsBkUgO8cygV0GHQefZv-Yz0oNlNt0jm1jzk95OAk2-fdpBAieubQa0CBj79TOAmxgr3trsLTrj4HeRviNIWkE/s640/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0117.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This stunning tea room is situated in the <a href="http://www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com/en/preparing-your-visit/restaurant-le-cafe-jacquemart-andre" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #f1c232;">Musée Jacquemart-André</span></strong></a>, a private mansion completed in 1875 to house the fine works of art collected by Edouard André and his wife Nélie Jacquemart.  After his death she bequeathed the mansion and its collections to the Institut de France as a museum.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The room seen here was the mansion's dining room.  It was a delightful déjeuner, a royal treat, with Peter (Peter's Paris), Mary G, and her friend Pat from the US.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>158, boulevard Haussmann</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008, Paris</em></span>

Café Jacquemart-André

This stunning tea room is situated in the Musée Jacquemart-André , a private mansion completed in 1875 to house the fine works of art collec...

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Parc Monceau - le carrousel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3TuVvgOfyARQH5JCp94pnZcAxycWdNwrcP-2EGYrOby45_Y9Cl-ag-9VCPBvomK0O8Fi1CU69BOr1_IuDT39Er4xklHT-T7EdypPAKFlc23SyycdYkH0uzSDpbSLstEkYTZnXxa1xQM/s1600/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0888.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530px" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3TuVvgOfyARQH5JCp94pnZcAxycWdNwrcP-2EGYrOby45_Y9Cl-ag-9VCPBvomK0O8Fi1CU69BOr1_IuDT39Er4xklHT-T7EdypPAKFlc23SyycdYkH0uzSDpbSLstEkYTZnXxa1xQM/s640/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0888.jpg" width="640px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The new and delightful carrousel at Parc Monceau has a varied choice of rides...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I was a bit partial to this little yellow plane, a sturdy vintage model, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">but it would have been a bit too small for me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">(counterclockwise rotation)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Carrousel Jules Verne</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Parc de Monceau</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008, Paris</em></span></div>

Parc Monceau - le carrousel

The new and delightful carrousel at Parc Monceau has a varied choice of rides... I was a bit partial to this little yellow plane, a sturdy v...

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La Petite Rose

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SUrJfaw5UZwfSphT2Za2VsPud37V2r3amdU6pSKPR0Xw_483tYp4AK1mTZSrvFU_9L5Y2C_yPdLLTaly7Mm0qImV0xNdWsUC3sDXkruT-2IrVG7fayH_YRmdviMrUZJqQdThFMTQHic/s1600/2011+nov+4+DSC_0812+picasa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SUrJfaw5UZwfSphT2Za2VsPud37V2r3amdU6pSKPR0Xw_483tYp4AK1mTZSrvFU_9L5Y2C_yPdLLTaly7Mm0qImV0xNdWsUC3sDXkruT-2IrVG7fayH_YRmdviMrUZJqQdThFMTQHic/s640/2011+nov+4+DSC_0812+picasa.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Days of wine and roses?  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well, actually, it was a bottle of water and a single rose, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">but the lighting in the salon de thé was enchanting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>La Petite Rose</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>11, boulevard de Courcelles</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times;">Métro Villiers</span></em><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008 Paris</em></span>

La Petite Rose

Days of wine and roses?  Well, actually, it was a bottle of water and a single rose, but the lighting in the salon de thé was enchanting. La...

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Une tarte de baies

<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4wrTKVC2hOrUKAe7JdJx-gaIZBMw1ThhYv9CnU7mpyZIvHJeJ5ALa8iPdfMTIn_wwVMJrXo7tkxrfLM_9JjkUZjTnbbHrsNM0KCk-ijH97QM71M77Dd9yBFnssGWvxPI0Wz0cUItosk/s1600/2011+nov+4+DSC_0822.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4wrTKVC2hOrUKAe7JdJx-gaIZBMw1ThhYv9CnU7mpyZIvHJeJ5ALa8iPdfMTIn_wwVMJrXo7tkxrfLM_9JjkUZjTnbbHrsNM0KCk-ijH97QM71M77Dd9yBFnssGWvxPI0Wz0cUItosk/s640/2011+nov+4+DSC_0822.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This tart full of berries just makes my mouth water.</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Does that mean it is good for you?</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(Tant pis... I had something much more sinful, abundant in chocolate)</span></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>La Petite Rose</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>11, boulevard de Courcelles</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008 Paris</em></span>

Une tarte de baies

This tart full of berries just makes my mouth water. Does that mean it is good for you? (Tant pis... I had something much more sinful, abun...

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La circulation de nuit

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQF-yRCgeJaTP68P2lwFvoLXzKYjQA9WZFWg2plEECmdlsD3VhCcDw4_nWfjusdAQPN9cCkx3QbL_5Fn9ipf4R2Aq34505Ed3GymQ1usQaLuwVhSyjjutcW8f0sq4dheS4I4iKl60WUQ/s1600/2011+nov+7+DSC_0569.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="522" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQF-yRCgeJaTP68P2lwFvoLXzKYjQA9WZFWg2plEECmdlsD3VhCcDw4_nWfjusdAQPN9cCkx3QbL_5Fn9ipf4R2Aq34505Ed3GymQ1usQaLuwVhSyjjutcW8f0sq4dheS4I4iKl60WUQ/s640/2011+nov+7+DSC_0569.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Regular night traffic or last minute gift shoppers?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Rue de Rivoli at </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Place de la Concorde</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place de la Concorde</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

La circulation de nuit

Regular night traffic or last minute gift shoppers? Rue de Rivoli at Place de la Concorde Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris

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French girl XII

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kwgntFgTqzwAp2GGmYwvdYk-Q7KIhVPSNC43AqamfjN-giYdahuPI92Nn2HrKU-03RgcH6h6LXAQD4flz7d9ksynOiORewu1XAMS_uwZX1Rerw65SiusmtsnuliPuwy9uS7T19bJgfE/s1600/2011+nov+6+DSC_0193.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kwgntFgTqzwAp2GGmYwvdYk-Q7KIhVPSNC43AqamfjN-giYdahuPI92Nn2HrKU-03RgcH6h6LXAQD4flz7d9ksynOiORewu1XAMS_uwZX1Rerw65SiusmtsnuliPuwy9uS7T19bJgfE/s640/2011+nov+6+DSC_0193.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">With her blond hair flying, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">she sped through the park dodging the other children.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">She is practicing for her next, larger vehicle....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">zoom-zoom!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Parc de Monceau</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008 Paris</em></span></div>

French girl XII

With her blond hair flying, she sped through the park dodging the other children.  She is practicing for her next, larger vehicle.... zoom-z...

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Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky Cathedral

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMhTm5Azt2G7_PAzpbL3dUIf8BU-N9CKYB9IoxWvyXPQz6d76OORf8Vk2msR3lkcx_FwS52Z69tmz9eRusLir6rjVfFFHjS08qHaQQJ3whv3fg2VGhKXb2UJ0mqKIk2CrkKGMr1QlNwg/s1600/2011+nov+6+DSC_0154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMhTm5Azt2G7_PAzpbL3dUIf8BU-N9CKYB9IoxWvyXPQz6d76OORf8Vk2msR3lkcx_FwS52Z69tmz9eRusLir6rjVfFFHjS08qHaQQJ3whv3fg2VGhKXb2UJ0mqKIk2CrkKGMr1QlNwg/s640/2011+nov+6+DSC_0154.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On Rue Daru in the 8ième arrondissement, this Russian Orthodox church is nestled in a predominantly Russian neighborhood.  Although there are no photos allowed inside, the exterior is elegant, in the shape of a Greek cross.  Each branch of the cross is terminated by an apse, topped with onion dome turrets. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Picasso was married to the dancer Olga Khokhlova in this church in 1918.  The cathedral celebrated its 150th anniversary in September this year, and just a week ago a charitable auction featuring works of 29 Russian painters living in Paris was held to benefit restoration of the cathedral. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">bon dimanche</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky Cathedral</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">12, rue Daru</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75008 Paris</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Métro Ternes ou Métro Courcelles</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">   </div>

Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky Cathedral

On Rue Daru in the 8ième arrondissement, this Russian Orthodox church is nestled in a predominantly Russian neighborhood.  Although there ar...

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Caryatid III

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivkdl5ryEpSsAKcVvTI8Z_rJezivPq6KwC9UKnTk7YNz8L_fZ9_U8MewpKP54lEN4oNSqECprnl3YEfGaXlch8F0pp9_Skp6Zv3XOZ0bDp8WJ1P-5ePAfTIPVkMaNRqUh9UoNobeI1oc4/s1600/2011+nov+6+DSC_0176.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivkdl5ryEpSsAKcVvTI8Z_rJezivPq6KwC9UKnTk7YNz8L_fZ9_U8MewpKP54lEN4oNSqECprnl3YEfGaXlch8F0pp9_Skp6Zv3XOZ0bDp8WJ1P-5ePAfTIPVkMaNRqUh9UoNobeI1oc4/s640/2011+nov+6+DSC_0176.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Walking to Parc de Monceau on Avenue Hoche </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I noticed two caryatids high on a building supporting the balcony of the deuxième étage.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As is typical with the caryatids seen in Paris, the two male figures were unique.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Look carefully on the left side of the figure at the bottom.  Do you see a tail?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now, look at his chest.  Do you see a large paw with claws?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now, look on top of his head.  What do you see?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I did not notice the details until reviewing the photos later.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Do not forget to look up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Caryatids, E Ricard et Le Foll,</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times;">Architectes, 1892</span></em><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>4, avenue Hoche</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008 Paris</em></span>

Caryatid III

Walking to Parc de Monceau on Avenue Hoche I noticed two caryatids high on a building supporting the balcony of the deuxième étage.  As is t...

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Carrousel Jules-Verne -- Parc de Monceau

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHlBlVLpOm6JIE_3wOeXV_K8D4KA2qPr-q3KyXFS_JW7OL3yN-sFYVMo3yb731X93O5aVUvqQ9F3YlPBuyOfEO6v50gRlsvYDld_QxQfFeZXg_jvsp7BQTBcW26OZKXr0zY9MhhQyo0g/s1600/2011+nov+4+DSC_0826.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHlBlVLpOm6JIE_3wOeXV_K8D4KA2qPr-q3KyXFS_JW7OL3yN-sFYVMo3yb731X93O5aVUvqQ9F3YlPBuyOfEO6v50gRlsvYDld_QxQfFeZXg_jvsp7BQTBcW26OZKXr0zY9MhhQyo0g/s640/2011+nov+4+DSC_0826.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This little carrousel is new to Parc de Monceau since my visit last April.  It is called Carrousel Jules Verne and looks like a slice of the 19th century with its submarine, camel, and camion de pompiers.  The setting in this park is perfect, enjoyed by children in neighborhood and by this wandering photographer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You know that I love to find carrousels and what a treat to see this one where there had been none.  Please note that the rotation is counterclockwise.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Carrousel Jules Verne</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>at the entrance of Parc de Monceau</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Boulevard de Courcelles</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">  </div>

Carrousel Jules-Verne -- Parc de Monceau

This little carrousel is new to Parc de Monceau since my visit last April.  It is called Carrousel Jules Verne and looks like a slice of the...

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French girl?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpa9u-5JnHlsnF2Sr7g_oKV3t0lDxan5fMdJaOjf6g_IuT2YcEoTiG5q5LkzjfAaGeeuhniuXeBOr2I_fxfrL84SWMTtETn02TbND7ktfhePbG9ZXgUgelbqmhaKT-lU-54cOukTxLW8/s1600/2011+nov+6+DSC_0123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpa9u-5JnHlsnF2Sr7g_oKV3t0lDxan5fMdJaOjf6g_IuT2YcEoTiG5q5LkzjfAaGeeuhniuXeBOr2I_fxfrL84SWMTtETn02TbND7ktfhePbG9ZXgUgelbqmhaKT-lU-54cOukTxLW8/s640/2011+nov+6+DSC_0123.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Must be a French <strike>girl</strike> woman?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I barely caught this one!  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Truthfully, I was going for the dog </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and then was surprised at the knee britches, the scarf, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and... tell me that those tights do NOT match the scarf!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

French girl?

Must be a French girl woman? I barely caught this one!  Truthfully, I was going for the dog and then was surprised at the knee britches, th...

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Les fleurs de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-GFOzB0ITP1MLW8GP1WPJmfur-2YPVYBEcXaW1k2XOLDgLePLPM8hCR4THy23YlVq_DD02onm6eYiA35k3bs2wiTmX1hxZ9EHoVCSFtL9gGLV-li21YsUFokSIppmII2i42Lq4iPcMtY/s1600/2011+nov+6+DSC_0128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-GFOzB0ITP1MLW8GP1WPJmfur-2YPVYBEcXaW1k2XOLDgLePLPM8hCR4THy23YlVq_DD02onm6eYiA35k3bs2wiTmX1hxZ9EHoVCSFtL9gGLV-li21YsUFokSIppmII2i42Lq4iPcMtY/s640/2011+nov+6+DSC_0128.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It may be November, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">but there is never a shortage of flowers in Paris</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Today I am thankful for all the friends from around the world </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">that I have come to know through the blogs</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008 Paris</em></span></div>

Les fleurs de Paris

It may be November, but there is never a shortage of flowers in Paris Today I am thankful for all the friends from around the world that I h...

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Déjeuner?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnf7auk6Nv5lJ2bPnxGU9JsxMKmyX0QSUBJnFaxk2l6mDyjVhS6c1c9_OznxsRZ4w_UaGnXiRQwRAlPJ__5KBL7MQqhnIUzEUIgWCN2Q_QHRkC2IzvmO1h1Otgy_ahE1BokDO8wg6X9oE/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="640px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnf7auk6Nv5lJ2bPnxGU9JsxMKmyX0QSUBJnFaxk2l6mDyjVhS6c1c9_OznxsRZ4w_UaGnXiRQwRAlPJ__5KBL7MQqhnIUzEUIgWCN2Q_QHRkC2IzvmO1h1Otgy_ahE1BokDO8wg6X9oE/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0152.jpg" width="424px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What a shame that I did not capture him "snapping the linens" </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">as he waved each smartly pressed square over the table.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As I recall, he was poetry in motion.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>La Vinoteca</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>32, rue Courcelles</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008 Paris</em></span></div>

Déjeuner?

What a shame that I did not capture him "snapping the linens" as he waved each smartly pressed square over the table.  As I recall...

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Pâtisserie - Julien IV

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdn2qvNN0jz1lGnnp4rL3GdgcxmUATBvte99atT056GslNqolkqOEGThIHKE2HHXLVK49bfhFTGBs6Q-k9CRcwabYHWVezajQTrrTBolR8OnZE7skeijSiuTdfmGsTT1qa9gFuvllfMQ8/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdn2qvNN0jz1lGnnp4rL3GdgcxmUATBvte99atT056GslNqolkqOEGThIHKE2HHXLVK49bfhFTGBs6Q-k9CRcwabYHWVezajQTrrTBolR8OnZE7skeijSiuTdfmGsTT1qa9gFuvllfMQ8/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0103.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Photos may be prohibited, but drooling on the glass is allowed</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I will have un macaron pistache framboise, s'il vous plaît.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And for you?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">bon weekend</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Julien</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>73, ave Franklin D Roosevelt</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008 Paris</em></span>

Pâtisserie - Julien IV

Photos may be prohibited, but drooling on the glass is allowed I will have un macaron pistache framboise, s'il vous plaît. And for you? ...

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