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Port de l'Arsenal

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmIWVQX_lHY7MMUsr458sy_OL3l6zYC5qQ_BYwgJ5H6e6uevyPDHxIXFwSDMhPbx-tgje9Uo7ofmmQnTn2y5EjqMaOBj76pUQCw8l1e7cdoBXaSdufO0xou7-mFPJUHqEBeoLsJhFFnA/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+011+DSC_9122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmIWVQX_lHY7MMUsr458sy_OL3l6zYC5qQ_BYwgJ5H6e6uevyPDHxIXFwSDMhPbx-tgje9Uo7ofmmQnTn2y5EjqMaOBj76pUQCw8l1e7cdoBXaSdufO0xou7-mFPJUHqEBeoLsJhFFnA/s640/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+011+DSC_9122.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: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Port de l'Arsenal</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">From certain Bastille Métro platforms </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">you can see the boats moored in Port de l'Arsenal.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This warm September day reveals a business meeting</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">on the deck of a boat.  The three look as if</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">this is "business as usual."</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: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">bon week-end</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Port de l'Arsenal</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Port de l'Arsenal

Port de l'Arsenal From certain Bastille Métro platforms you can see the boats moored in Port de l'Arsenal. This warm September day ...

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Port de l'Arsenal

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrBurcSuZUPM8VE_kl9reLZz7J9xOcMzyi0nquNgul4r8uGBqh_rPWei4_rgKUBcqGaOh39GiVTbg346HkqdqI9u8787Lehr0cQ377BitpIR9ek76uuvpbmEK5qFUabhKYIHJqQH7JrY/s1600/2011+April+Day+3+DSC_0363.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrBurcSuZUPM8VE_kl9reLZz7J9xOcMzyi0nquNgul4r8uGBqh_rPWei4_rgKUBcqGaOh39GiVTbg346HkqdqI9u8787Lehr0cQ377BitpIR9ek76uuvpbmEK5qFUabhKYIHJqQH7JrY/s640/2011+April+Day+3+DSC_0363.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;">Port de l'Arsenal</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;">From the above ground platform on Line 1 of the Bastille station, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you have this view of Port de l'Arsenal.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For many years I imagined this view was a narrow stretch of the Seine.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When you look at a map it is simple to identify.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This basin connects Canal St. Martin to the Seine </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and is a  part of France's national Voies navigables de France </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(VNF, Navigable Waterways of France) system.</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;">Did you know that from Line 5 the remains of the Bastille can be seen?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></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;">Port de l'Arsenal</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">from Bastille station, Line 1</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris (the border between 4ième and 12ième)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Bastille (bien sûr!)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Port de l'Arsenal

Port de l'Arsenal From the above ground platform on Line 1 of the Bastille station, you have this view of Port de l'Arsenal. For ...

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Le défilé du 14-Juillet

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJz1xJkxe4SJBZo5LXQGV9aqmf5xqKJRUXBNc2n0AUZ6nCNQcZ-bHp-JPZmKCHCDY8b4JvEOLjC9OKnM80gEXYUPCLmR5f3DlnRr-g1H01a1GE_h12zY7dZ6SDkWOY0bq5TzHEIxxNJE/s1600/2008+July+14+DSC_0305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJz1xJkxe4SJBZo5LXQGV9aqmf5xqKJRUXBNc2n0AUZ6nCNQcZ-bHp-JPZmKCHCDY8b4JvEOLjC9OKnM80gEXYUPCLmR5f3DlnRr-g1H01a1GE_h12zY7dZ6SDkWOY0bq5TzHEIxxNJE/s640/2008+July+14+DSC_0305.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;">Quatorze Juillet</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;">2008</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The many regiments line up an hour or two </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">before the march down Avenue des Champs Elysées.</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;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2013</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In all, 4,800 troops marched in front of the presidential stage Sunday, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">along with 241 horses, 265 vehicles and 58 planes.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bringing up the rear was an array of 35 helicopters, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">used in wartime  and for civilian missions. </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;">Precision parachutists landed </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in front of the  presidential stand to close the parade.</span></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;">The military parade of 14-Juillet</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Avenue des Champs Elysées</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><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>

Le défilé du 14-Juillet

Quatorze Juillet 2008 The many regiments line up an hour or two before the march down Avenue des Champs Elysées. 2013 In all, 4,800 troops ...

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Epicerie Bastille

I snapped this petite shop from across the busy Boulevard Beaumarchais. It is narrow among many larger offerings on this wide street at the ...

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