L'heure bleue - Jardins du Trocadéro

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh41hmGpcAp3DfHuKRKScELZ8UmUObo598JUqSZ9iCG_dZ0uKtTXRXJw2pL6rNjn42PkmCJOQC0r0AG3wNwDQ9IvSPZ9QnViD_6FcB9TIT1jh8eD13hxdtH8BKv8kKHpSz4LOwFq_K1Q2I/s1600/2012+Mar+30+Paris_261DSC_5209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh41hmGpcAp3DfHuKRKScELZ8UmUObo598JUqSZ9iCG_dZ0uKtTXRXJw2pL6rNjn42PkmCJOQC0r0AG3wNwDQ9IvSPZ9QnViD_6FcB9TIT1jh8eD13hxdtH8BKv8kKHpSz4LOwFq_K1Q2I/s640/2012+Mar+30+Paris_261DSC_5209.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;">Fountain of Warsaw</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>fontaine de Varsovie</i></span></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;">Not as many fountains as seen in the gardens of Versailles, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but still a perfect seat to enjoy the water show </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">during <i>l'heure bleue</i> (the blue hour).</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;">As the sky darkens one simply turns to the southeast </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to watch the lights of la Tour Eiffel just across the Seine.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What a festival!</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">every day of the week!</span></span></i></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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Fountain of Warsaw</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jardins du Trocadéro</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75016, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Trocadéro</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

L'heure bleue - Jardins du Trocadéro

Fountain of Warsaw fontaine de Varsovie Not as many fountains as seen in the gardens of Versailles,  but still a perfect seat to enjoy the w...

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Les Jardins du Trocadéro

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVnau8-jUX_PKaLKlDsKmZgyb0957ucxVS3isFgy1SAQxUoHzWLTcWpC13kCRnH0sQSFnsdp-wHomaaoS2edqG8XUnjr5wcGw4f-uKBUSMQQXT92diIVDRFIgz6nDyi3KH52SzFzdn-BY/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_018DSC_4701.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVnau8-jUX_PKaLKlDsKmZgyb0957ucxVS3isFgy1SAQxUoHzWLTcWpC13kCRnH0sQSFnsdp-wHomaaoS2edqG8XUnjr5wcGw4f-uKBUSMQQXT92diIVDRFIgz6nDyi3KH52SzFzdn-BY/s640/2012+Mar+29+Paris_018DSC_4701.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;">Les Fontaines</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Fountain of Warsaw </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;">Between the Palais de Chaillot at Trocadero and the Seine is a garden designed by Jean-Charles Alphand for the Exposition Universelle (1878).  This array of magnificent fountains was created by Roger-Henri Expert for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in 1937.   </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;">If you come in the evening to see the sparkling Eiffel tower, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you can enjoy the lighted display of these cascading fountains.</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;">Jardins du Trocadéro</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(across the Seine from La Tour Eiffel)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75016, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les Jardins du Trocadéro

Les Fontaines The Fountain of Warsaw Between the Palais de Chaillot at Trocadero and the Seine is a garden designed by Jean-Charles Alphand ...

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