Expédition Polaire!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqNG4jRQKy75LPQLo-SvulP1uruk1QG2lbRu7YveIlvM0VTD46hk2A31UVOs3fsY1oeAmL5f68UopMtRxS8YdZKXScmaiI5aAGNcA26Xyr1rBTkau0ZIX-KJvura4BjcTW6tD6Pf0r5A/s1600/2012+jan+15++2nd_0463.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqNG4jRQKy75LPQLo-SvulP1uruk1QG2lbRu7YveIlvM0VTD46hk2A31UVOs3fsY1oeAmL5f68UopMtRxS8YdZKXScmaiI5aAGNcA26Xyr1rBTkau0ZIX-KJvura4BjcTW6tD6Pf0r5A/s640/2012+jan+15++2nd_0463.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;">I saw the above billboard in a Métro stop during my November visit and quickly snapped a (poor) shot before the doors closed.  I even knew the station location but the billboard had been replaced before I could return for a better photo.</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;">In January, Holly pointed it out on the side of a bus pulling away from the curb and I hastily "clicked."  If you have ever seen the fountains of Versailles you would understand the amazement of the snow and ice on this scene.  The Apollo fountain depicts Apollo the conqueror on his chariot pulled by four horses representing force and ardour.  He is getting out of the water among sea monsters to enlighten the Earth as he represents the rising Sun.  In Versailles all the statues of Apollo represent Louis XIV, the sun king.</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;">This is the Apollo Fountain on a July day many years ago for contrast</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjohbmlvQfcHiP2idFvQY3r4VWHX6u5gATZJw4e2rPcbQcVBJr9SM2QhsG9WJdp69_gED_H30dcbv6fyjd6HHIzXcekJOoaSSY7EgQa8ilAC8CZU_c5uu7Q4fVxFwwtEcKTN8rVTz5iLW4/s1600/2004+Paris++071404+through+072604+121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjohbmlvQfcHiP2idFvQY3r4VWHX6u5gATZJw4e2rPcbQcVBJr9SM2QhsG9WJdp69_gED_H30dcbv6fyjd6HHIzXcekJOoaSSY7EgQa8ilAC8CZU_c5uu7Q4fVxFwwtEcKTN8rVTz5iLW4/s320/2004+Paris++071404+through+072604+121.jpg" width="320" /></span></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;">To my Paris friends, take many snow photos to share with me.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Wish I was there to see the snow again</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> and would just die to see the Apollo Fountain in snow and ice!</span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Le Château de Versailles</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>78000 Versailles, France</em></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Expédition Polaire!

I saw the above billboard in a Métro stop during my November visit and quickly snapped a (poor) shot before the doors closed.  I even knew t...

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