L'heure bleu - Jardin des Tuileries

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG1on4NBY5413_RvifJmDxY47PkbJRYCFBt4mmtcAK1F0-8gGXrINYVDbRB3JUt7aiJueauj3lagHrNsRMk1rwT1kwu487df_M0Utjs5HjMwOi28H9fvzTRiyd6Q08qItGzl11xvKQuXs/s1600/2010+June+18+DSC_0748.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG1on4NBY5413_RvifJmDxY47PkbJRYCFBt4mmtcAK1F0-8gGXrINYVDbRB3JUt7aiJueauj3lagHrNsRMk1rwT1kwu487df_M0Utjs5HjMwOi28H9fvzTRiyd6Q08qItGzl11xvKQuXs/s1600/2010+June+18+DSC_0748.jpg" width="655" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jardin des Tuileries</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The perfect blue-tinted light of Paris </div><div style="text-align: center;">on a June evening</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;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></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;">Jardin des Tuileries</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;">75001, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

L'heure bleu - Jardin des Tuileries

Jardin des Tuileries The perfect blue-tinted light of Paris  on a June evening bon weekend Jardin des Tuileries 75001, Paris

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Pyramide du Louvre - City Daily Photo Theme Day: triangles

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-s0hnEH4Ol7PhVGPtksncAUq1hvo6cCXKturx27kLm0RcK2BXxbKPoC7Zq9Pruz49LqQsXgEDHc352dSgY-C3bYs01y8UJelvkPNfoRJK4PHUiIC3hMZCKqRbXosJpBzDHuE_Os2hHS8/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_254DSC_4937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-s0hnEH4Ol7PhVGPtksncAUq1hvo6cCXKturx27kLm0RcK2BXxbKPoC7Zq9Pruz49LqQsXgEDHc352dSgY-C3bYs01y8UJelvkPNfoRJK4PHUiIC3hMZCKqRbXosJpBzDHuE_Os2hHS8/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_254DSC_4937.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pyramide du Louvre</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The first day of the month is Theme Day for the City Daily Photo community, and the theme for April is "triangles."  In Paris there are two obvious and very large architectural structures which would pass the test:  La Tour Eiffel and I M Pei's Pyramide du Louvre, seen here.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Taken in spring at dusk with the last glow of daylight, it takes on the watercolor hues of <i>l'heure bleue</i>.  The "blue hour" is a magical time of day when the softness of the fading light of day creates the colors only seen in artists' palettes and then dances across the Pyramide.</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;">Pyramide du Louvre</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;">Musée du Louvre</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;">75001, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>See "triangles" from <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2014/03/april-2014-gallery-triangles.html" target="_blank">cities around the world here</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>from my friends of CDP</i></div>

Pyramide du Louvre - City Daily Photo Theme Day: triangles

Pyramide du Louvre The first day of the month is Theme Day for the City Daily Photo community, and the theme for April is "triangles....

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Louvre -- Le Carrousel du Louvre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWCWDoGBdCoTc3FM04D38uY13vY0qwgHA6b5wgSIjE93ISCbAuXeompyWRs9CRHOv6kxCHJmsI5q_4C8DQyw9cNqqzgt7N2luHLqzeBltGfG2xaHO5XnljA_KuUOA9_sBehJSTXKyNFE/s1600/2012+Mar+30+Paris_007DSC_4955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWCWDoGBdCoTc3FM04D38uY13vY0qwgHA6b5wgSIjE93ISCbAuXeompyWRs9CRHOv6kxCHJmsI5q_4C8DQyw9cNqqzgt7N2luHLqzeBltGfG2xaHO5XnljA_KuUOA9_sBehJSTXKyNFE/s640/2012+Mar+30+Paris_007DSC_4955.jpg" width="422" /></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;">Le Carrousel du Louvre</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;">What looks to be a fashionable mall is a corridor to the least-crowded entrance into the Louvre.  You can buy tickets at the Tabac on the lower level and quickly enter - no lines and no waiting!  </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;">To get there take Metro Line 1 and exit at the </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Palais Royal--Musee du Louvre station, and never leave the covered area going from one underground area to the next.  Just follow the signs to Carrousel du Louvre.  </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;">In the distance you can see the Pyramid</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;">Le Carrousel du Louvre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">99, rue du Rivoli</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><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;"><br /></div>

Louvre -- Le Carrousel du Louvre

Le Carrousel du Louvre What looks to be a fashionable mall is a corridor to the least-crowded entrance into the Louvre.  You can buy tickets...

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Metro sign

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9731372270/" title="2012 Mar 30 Paris_122DSC_5070 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 30 Paris_122DSC_5070" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5462/9731372270_a1884d1e66_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The high post with its lighted "M" is one of my favorite Metro signs</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">particularly when seen against a clear Paris sky</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The season does not matter</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Paris Metro Sign</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Near Louvre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div></div>

Metro sign

The high post with its lighted "M" is one of my favorite Metro signs particularly when seen against a clear Paris sky The season d...

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Escalier du Ministre - Louvre

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9348844970/" title="2012 Mar 30 Paris_217DSC_5165 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 30 Paris_217DSC_5165" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3691/9348844970_02790fa356_c.jpg" width="530" /></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;">Escalier du Ministre </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in the Richelieu wing of the Louvre</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;">The Louvre is filled with architectural designs and details, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and this staircase, Escalier du Ministre, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">led up to the private apartments of the Minister of State.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you visit this area of the museum, you can walk up these steps </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">just as the royal visitors once did, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and amble through the apartments of Napoleon III.</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;">It is interesting to discover the many elegant designs </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of the Louvre staircases.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Musée du Louvre</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Escalier du Ministre - Louvre

Escalier du Ministre  in the Richelieu wing of the Louvre The Louvre is filled with architectural designs and details,  and this staircase, ...

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Musée du Louvre - Escalier Mollien

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX60qp4Bm8-lAnVoVsawTKU7CBygBP26kFuJxf0EGEFWuAQ-nVZSAHbvOofNbIdfm_qSokMD1Lk8HPubk1pIvLwC9UmTzIQ4eOSXtHgCTbBFFPZ07TiqujK-GxVzVo6u7em-mAZOSrR_4/s1600/2012+Mar+30+Paris_148DSC_5096.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX60qp4Bm8-lAnVoVsawTKU7CBygBP26kFuJxf0EGEFWuAQ-nVZSAHbvOofNbIdfm_qSokMD1Lk8HPubk1pIvLwC9UmTzIQ4eOSXtHgCTbBFFPZ07TiqujK-GxVzVo6u7em-mAZOSrR_4/s640/2012+Mar+30+Paris_148DSC_5096.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;">The Mollien staircase</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;">For anyone who has ventured into the Louvre, the size of this museum is staggering.  This staircase situated in the center of the Pavillon Mollien was built by the architect Hector Lefuel and inaugurated on August 14, 1857, along with the other buildings comprising Napoleon III's Nouveau Louvre.</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;">On my first trip to Paris this ironwork was a subject of sketches </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as I tried to take in all the architecture Paris could deliver.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Much of my time in Paris now is spent behind a camera lens, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but I plan to sketch again on my next trip, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">taking the views and details at a slower pace.</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;">Escalier Mollien - Pavillon Mollien</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Musée du Louvre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Musée du Louvre - Escalier Mollien

The Mollien staircase For anyone who has ventured into the Louvre, the size of this museum is staggering.  This staircase situated in the ce...

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Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8563013323/" title="2012 Jan 16 2nd_0752 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 16 2nd_0752" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8251/8563013323_cd0cbe4483_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois</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;">Back when the Louvre was still a royal palace (Palais du Louvre), Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois was its church.  The impressive and unique bell tower dates from the 12th century and was the only Romanesque survival.  It was later transformed to the Gothic style in the 19th century.</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;">It does enjoy a lofty view of the Louvre</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: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois</em></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>2, place du Louvre</em></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Métro Louvre-Rivoli ou Pont Neuf</em></span></i></div>

Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois Back when the Louvre was still a royal palace (Palais du Louvre), Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois ...

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L'heure bleue - musée du Louvre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlmhJo_X-In7Lwke0uzveFnj3Y62P0tVzCndp7fMdttkYMLfsycrKDVa-KrdMXKEHP5UyFrBNSf_s0zOYgr6UJh-r2x6saIO96tJdBbB-vqJkl-CP-_mzTYLAh_EFs8wN7TZa-eC-AuE/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_254DSC_4937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlmhJo_X-In7Lwke0uzveFnj3Y62P0tVzCndp7fMdttkYMLfsycrKDVa-KrdMXKEHP5UyFrBNSf_s0zOYgr6UJh-r2x6saIO96tJdBbB-vqJkl-CP-_mzTYLAh_EFs8wN7TZa-eC-AuE/s640/2012+Mar+29+Paris_254DSC_4937.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;">L'heure bleue</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(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;">It is a magical time in Paris when the sun goes down </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the sky becomes a palette of soft watercolors</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> in shades of blue and violet and pink.</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;">bon weekend</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;">Musée du Louvre, I M Pei's Pyramid</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

L'heure bleue - musée du Louvre

L'heure bleue (The blue hour) It is a magical time in Paris when the sun goes down  and the sky becomes a palette of soft watercolors  i...

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Jardin des Tuileries - en hiver

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYdO7xG5lr7xkcLvSF7G0jnTJJhv_YXMcxftt6fCFFU6hIe8YAL5c70jALZU_ZFuqt1ocQ7QJBtKenORTRtCZMOVUvchjkSJrSLNtBCTrfB7AG1DmYcD92ED0IfKExWunSRIFdWE_xQI/s1600/2010+Dec+4+DSC_0116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYdO7xG5lr7xkcLvSF7G0jnTJJhv_YXMcxftt6fCFFU6hIe8YAL5c70jALZU_ZFuqt1ocQ7QJBtKenORTRtCZMOVUvchjkSJrSLNtBCTrfB7AG1DmYcD92ED0IfKExWunSRIFdWE_xQI/s640/2010+Dec+4+DSC_0116.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;">The large round basin of</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jardin des Tuileries</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;">The frigid temperatures combined with a layer of snow create concentric circles on the surface of the large round basin.  As you can see from the crowds, not even sub-freezing temperatures will keep people from this park.</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;">I did not sit in the green chairs this day...</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">brrrrrrr!</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;">Jardin des Tuileries</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Tuileries</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(joyeux anniversaire, chère Nanette)</span></i></div>

Jardin des Tuileries - en hiver

The large round basin of Jardin des Tuileries The frigid temperatures combined with a layer of snow create concentric circles on the surface...

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Musée du Louvre - "Enfant jouant avec une tortue"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIMo2hcKH_xhrCba6bYg0Z2bD7_865q1tnf_rDmOIkY9ysj5sLJ36T2BBKuEiRsNceHh_brgQXQmBz1Q3rg3iubvcM7HrnBL9jyTm68vIX2f-EMvrVg69ea_6yn6euYMXp7ENhJ3h2DU/s1600/2012+Mar+29_5175DSC_5170.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIMo2hcKH_xhrCba6bYg0Z2bD7_865q1tnf_rDmOIkY9ysj5sLJ36T2BBKuEiRsNceHh_brgQXQmBz1Q3rg3iubvcM7HrnBL9jyTm68vIX2f-EMvrVg69ea_6yn6euYMXp7ENhJ3h2DU/s640/2012+Mar+29_5175DSC_5170.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"Enfant jouant avec une tortue"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Pierre Hébert (1849)</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 charming sculpture was found in a quiet corner of an upper floor.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Although the Louvre is massive, there is no need to see it all at once.  </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;">Be selective and truly absorb the details.</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>1er étage - Richelieu</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Musée du Louvre</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre</em></span></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></em></span></div>

Musée du Louvre - "Enfant jouant avec une tortue"

"Enfant jouant avec une tortue" Pierre Hébert (1849) This charming sculpture was found in a quiet corner of an upper floor.  Altho...

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Dragon in the Louvre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3l2fPqym3NrhQZFiVA_bI51h3pTRJHlh6wIlGDtF7UnDl7uN7ZV3bAUl0voXui3MXmrySpvEbqAL_D4JBs2qegaSG9d99kTOuR27QJvapZyB35mwhsbsYXP10udfMDIt9oIb7JzcxjI/s1600/2012+Louvre+-+March+ipad+photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3l2fPqym3NrhQZFiVA_bI51h3pTRJHlh6wIlGDtF7UnDl7uN7ZV3bAUl0voXui3MXmrySpvEbqAL_D4JBs2qegaSG9d99kTOuR27QJvapZyB35mwhsbsYXP10udfMDIt9oIb7JzcxjI/s640/2012+Louvre+-+March+ipad+photo.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I almost missed this cranky dragon, but after shooting the elegant staircase, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I turned and saw him just this close.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I would say that he got up on the wrong side of the bed!</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;">I am going to add him to my Louvre scavenger hunt list.  Do you want to play?</span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Louvre</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span>

Dragon in the Louvre

I almost missed this cranky dragon, but after shooting the elegant staircase, I turned and saw him just this close.  I would say that he got...

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Louvre - Hippomenes et Atalanta

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKV85ocni7pizeNbrl-a99aYfWDR8I3h95Ge4Eq8Q3rhMiOHy7oMUedfc5gfYG1zTKl8TTMa5yNVdMIF46FhfyR-GQiE3w-d6xs048CzaMmsTxuhYmhNIhZsxsMWVTwkkJlWzncr1z00E/s1600/2012++Mar+29_5165DSC_5160.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" pca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKV85ocni7pizeNbrl-a99aYfWDR8I3h95Ge4Eq8Q3rhMiOHy7oMUedfc5gfYG1zTKl8TTMa5yNVdMIF46FhfyR-GQiE3w-d6xs048CzaMmsTxuhYmhNIhZsxsMWVTwkkJlWzncr1z00E/s640/2012++Mar+29_5165DSC_5160.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;">Photographing these sculptures in Cour Marly at the Louvre on my last visit, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I recalled having seen them in a different setting.  </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;"><u>First, the story</u>:</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;">From Greek mythology, Atalanta was a huntress who agreed to marry any man that could outrun her in a race.  Hippomenes fell in love with her and prayed to Aphrodite to help him.  In response she gave him three irresistible gold apples to help him in the race.  As they ran, Hippomenes tossed the apples at intervals to distract Atalanta therefore winning the race and her hand in marriage.</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;"><u>Now, the other sighting</u>:</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 the frozen cold of December, these Greek heroes were racing on a frozen pond of Jardin des Tuileries as I noted in a </span><a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/02/jardin-des-tuileries-en-hiver.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>post of February 3, 2011</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfxHNpJn3zC1HNs0lD3ylqXmk4TrEqS4TwfK51hlESWzSlePlOPpLnGMPxoeTtK3NAcUVRls230CEB3o3oqRUQ659NrhMSPOWFJ0Kabl38QXLndbB5CrtKbnz9SRpPbavA0Lc7LUpjnM/s1600/2010+dec+paris+4+DSC_0114.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="451" pca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfxHNpJn3zC1HNs0lD3ylqXmk4TrEqS4TwfK51hlESWzSlePlOPpLnGMPxoeTtK3NAcUVRls230CEB3o3oqRUQ659NrhMSPOWFJ0Kabl38QXLndbB5CrtKbnz9SRpPbavA0Lc7LUpjnM/s640/2010+dec+paris+4+DSC_0114.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Cour Marly, Louvre</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span>

Louvre - Hippomenes et Atalanta

Photographing these sculptures in Cour Marly at the Louvre on my last visit, I recalled having seen them in a different setting.  First, the...

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Café Marly

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQ1fT2McWt0wvCj_-LsfXLfzhs62ABAbTluO5Rd5yRQqCdFjEFXfp3k8AVRM7aEMjq-kIl5BVUev-7XDJvywq5blj34hjdJVZ08uhOz1Ls_tsIlTnw5GCbnKhFl8Zn8i_Waxv-iqIT4k/s1600/2011+april++7+DSC_0547.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626036517687429218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQ1fT2McWt0wvCj_-LsfXLfzhs62ABAbTluO5Rd5yRQqCdFjEFXfp3k8AVRM7aEMjq-kIl5BVUev-7XDJvywq5blj34hjdJVZ08uhOz1Ls_tsIlTnw5GCbnKhFl8Zn8i_Waxv-iqIT4k/s640/2011+april++7+DSC_0547.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Out on a night shoot with Marie and Janeen at the Louvre, we stopped by <a href="http://www.bestrestaurantsparis.com/restaurant/cafe-marly.html"><strong>Café Marly</strong> </a>for a peek and were able to wander through the various empty dining rooms for some photos. The few diners remaining had enjoyed the open air terrace on a warm April night.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The trio of paparazzi moved quietly through the rooms with only the clicking of shutters and an occasional giggle</span>. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Café Marly</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">93, rue de Rivoli</span>

Café Marly

Out on a night shoot with Marie and Janeen at the Louvre, we stopped by Café Marly for a peek and were able to wander through the various e...

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