La Seine - Port de la Tournelle

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZOBDwF7oCs3zSQ2D4C_8AtNBm0G5FUc2gEKwea01l38alctr_l1f8s6fxdQbvSjoggmWD_6972U8dYxRWXTC5AQ9Kw1WG3q-t16o9-7sTNS-w60wPTfLKjeTA1o7dJDADPhM5S86fXg8/s1600/2011+1108+day+5+DSC_0051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZOBDwF7oCs3zSQ2D4C_8AtNBm0G5FUc2gEKwea01l38alctr_l1f8s6fxdQbvSjoggmWD_6972U8dYxRWXTC5AQ9Kw1WG3q-t16o9-7sTNS-w60wPTfLKjeTA1o7dJDADPhM5S86fXg8/s640/2011+1108+day+5+DSC_0051.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 la Tournelle</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 Pont d'Archevêché one can monitor the activity along the Seine.  </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;">Take a walk below the street levels, alongside the boats of the Seine.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is quiet with few tourists.</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><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Port de la Tournelle</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>75005, Paris</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Métro Maubert-Mutualité, Cité</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

La Seine - Port de la Tournelle

Port de la Tournelle From Pont d'Archevêché one can monitor the activity along the Seine.   Take a walk below the street levels, alongsi...

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Le Petit Châtelet et le velo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPO6Nes7FzBHXR6CwKEOD50B_0p06feSHcqaQvVWazoBIlbDe8PsqE4Gx0ANHsh7GvpVABVgceHYBp7MJNC7SDCDjDQ4mqn5RLz-O_URiM1WZTJ3HZ2hY6O_XeYOdTPzo7c7p0rAU-itw/s1600/2011+Nov+day+1+DSC_0006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hea="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPO6Nes7FzBHXR6CwKEOD50B_0p06feSHcqaQvVWazoBIlbDe8PsqE4Gx0ANHsh7GvpVABVgceHYBp7MJNC7SDCDjDQ4mqn5RLz-O_URiM1WZTJ3HZ2hY6O_XeYOdTPzo7c7p0rAU-itw/s640/2011+Nov+day+1+DSC_0006.jpg" width="416" /></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: Verdana, sans-serif;">Le Petit Châtelet</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">et le velo</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;">Although I have never stopped here, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">it is conveniently located just adjacent to Shakespeare & Co.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Have a browse through the famous bookstore, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">meet friends afterwards on the terrace at Le Petit Château... </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;">sounds like a full agenda to me.</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>Le Petit Châtelet</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>39, rue de la Bûcherie</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75005, Paris</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métros Saint-Michel ou Maubert-Mutualité</em></span>

Le Petit Châtelet et le velo

Le Petit Châtelet et le velo Although I have never stopped here, it is conveniently located just adjacent to Shakespeare & Co.  Have a b...

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Un mélange de plusieurs choses

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyrrHAzgTvylEtrdTMbA7XAoa7PH93J6-4k832XnWNra6rqVZHWdCBCl8d1Ed2aIg0nuUK0SblR1SmlhiZ8HgCVfB4LujAeclFAr-R4wC1oKjiH8GS40n0QS1GcHtLAdP9806B1KJinY/s1600/2011+April+day+5+DSC_0029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyrrHAzgTvylEtrdTMbA7XAoa7PH93J6-4k832XnWNra6rqVZHWdCBCl8d1Ed2aIg0nuUK0SblR1SmlhiZ8HgCVfB4LujAeclFAr-R4wC1oKjiH8GS40n0QS1GcHtLAdP9806B1KJinY/s640/2011+April+day+5+DSC_0029.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;">Un mélange...</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;">café scene, an American newspaper, a zinc bar,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">a poster for Bière Gallia Paris (</span><a href="http://galliaparis.com/en/beer-paris-gallia/gallia-history" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">click here</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">), </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">three people who did not show their faces,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and one photographer who did.</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;">Do you think they were hiding from me?</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>Rue Monge</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75005, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Maubert- Mutualité</em></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">For more reflections click <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><strong>here</strong></span></a> for James' Weekend Reflections.</span></em></div>

Un mélange de plusieurs choses

Un mélange... café scene, an American newspaper, a zinc bar, a poster for Bière Gallia Paris ( click here ), three people who did not show t...

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Romanian Orthodox Church of the Holy Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael - II

<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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsp9SGojEllPlozEGhG1Vg_f7amDv12plw-1Aw1EsMvElSuyiZv-Li671lwHyM_MTsUbNGPRPwTZmbI-Jt0uqWnhUNEVBcl1ijgo4gXEIppIlUkUNYwhc0R4933vAL7otPBZChP82utPk/s1600/2012+jan+13+1st_0602b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" sca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsp9SGojEllPlozEGhG1Vg_f7amDv12plw-1Aw1EsMvElSuyiZv-Li671lwHyM_MTsUbNGPRPwTZmbI-Jt0uqWnhUNEVBcl1ijgo4gXEIppIlUkUNYwhc0R4933vAL7otPBZChP82utPk/s640/2012+jan+13+1st_0602b.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The narrow Romanian Orthodox Church is <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/12/romanian-orthodox-church-of-holy.html" target="_blank"><strong>almost invisible from the street </strong></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">but the interior is rich with golds and royal blue.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The altar sits like a bejeweled crown </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">dwarfed by the tall stained glass windows of the apse.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For a small space there is much detail to absorb.</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: 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;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(for Ramona)</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>Romanian Orthodox Church of the Holy Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>9 bix, rue Jean de Beauvais</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75005, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Maubert-Mutualité</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>

Romanian Orthodox Church of the Holy Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael - II

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Place Maubert

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja1LnFtA-mnXexXmidEG1vK1ggng7JTwexMGWdvQpPjKGeiFmI3XQxLlOXlC6378POV4rLTvEuUoHOfUkYRhiStiltbK4zCLLlF2rJEWDuTuB1NuFdL1NJNCXEA8gIpQEtyRNgfOitqzg/s1600/2009+dec+paris+00118.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587478163114399890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja1LnFtA-mnXexXmidEG1vK1ggng7JTwexMGWdvQpPjKGeiFmI3XQxLlOXlC6378POV4rLTvEuUoHOfUkYRhiStiltbK4zCLLlF2rJEWDuTuB1NuFdL1NJNCXEA8gIpQEtyRNgfOitqzg/s640/2009+dec+paris+00118.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">This fresh assortment of seafood is seen daily at the market in Place Maubert. You can buy your sardines here, wine at the store next door while greeting le petit chien, fromage at Fromage (bien sûr). On the corner you can buy vegetables of the season and just a block away you can buy the best baguettes in Paris, Baguette Monge, at Eric Kayser's boulangerie. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">It may take you some time to make your purchases as you chat with the vendors... very friendly and helpful with recommendations... (repeat daily)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div></div><div></div><div></div>

Place Maubert

This fresh assortment of seafood is seen daily at the market in Place Maubert. You can buy your sardines here, wine at the store next door w...

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Virginia who?!

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUdGvEulbzyx1PD8U28Miga_FXf7Q5BXCigDw7NlG8OP-zyn2u3ueetzcTLw9wJ8UFtyKDKVVkU1JfFAEoHn3CNyAuYi9aIcltwoFb16FwGieMt8SoWu9T3tsZ0AaxjoIt-AyxBq4EfY/s1600/2010+dec+paris+1+DSC_0130+b-w.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583396789914352946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUdGvEulbzyx1PD8U28Miga_FXf7Q5BXCigDw7NlG8OP-zyn2u3ueetzcTLw9wJ8UFtyKDKVVkU1JfFAEoHn3CNyAuYi9aIcltwoFb16FwGieMt8SoWu9T3tsZ0AaxjoIt-AyxBq4EfY/s640/2010+dec+paris+1+DSC_0130+b-w.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Who's afraid of Virginia.... who?</span></div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I love the ads and posters in Paris. This one is tame but I have seen some that are humorous and others that are outrageous. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><br />What interesting posters/ads have you seen in Paris?</span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span><br />Métro Maubert-Mutualité

Virginia who?!

Who's afraid of Virginia.... who? I love the ads and posters in Paris. This one is tame but I have seen some that are humorous and other...

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Procession aux flambeaux -- 8 decembre

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkgAEVrG5oagJOYzH5ZTF4iMPnntMi0xI4yUVvKVPLpZt0Nm9-K9hr9-LzyGrCBVT3mjgFmMc1XJu9CtewlvaQmMFGNSR8rOw-XZD0pRg326ZyzKB1oDOgNr1tysradC6Kgag_aGcNrU/s1600/2006+dec+paris+DSC_0202+blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548871552019839490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkgAEVrG5oagJOYzH5ZTF4iMPnntMi0xI4yUVvKVPLpZt0Nm9-K9hr9-LzyGrCBVT3mjgFmMc1XJu9CtewlvaQmMFGNSR8rOw-XZD0pRg326ZyzKB1oDOgNr1tysradC6Kgag_aGcNrU/s640/2006+dec+paris+DSC_0202+blog.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;">The churches of Paris gather for the Fête de l'Immaculée Conception every December 8th at Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet. Each of the participating churches brings its banner to be carried by its members. After Mass the families and persons of all ages light the candles and sing while walking through the streets of the 5ième, traffic stopped</span>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OS585UcFp7fjyaX10LL9MujbmKcpO1BYdDGOiW2vjtnnrkasofKhs0nKqHyg3RA8UOge6gmeB8dZEuquzgGLEOAhammVnxPTnUzw5VCiqNaNTouQ-__fNHFZT6o0JzJOO4RJ0U-opo8/s1600/2006+dec+paris+DSC_0208+blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548871193673759202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OS585UcFp7fjyaX10LL9MujbmKcpO1BYdDGOiW2vjtnnrkasofKhs0nKqHyg3RA8UOge6gmeB8dZEuquzgGLEOAhammVnxPTnUzw5VCiqNaNTouQ-__fNHFZT6o0JzJOO4RJ0U-opo8/s320/2006+dec+paris+DSC_0208+blog.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 213px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 320px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">What an amazing experience...<br /><br />Bon dimanche, mes amis</span>.</div>

Procession aux flambeaux -- 8 decembre

The churches of Paris gather for the Fête de l'Immaculée Conception every December 8th at Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet. Each of the part...

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Salon de Thé en bleu

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt98MBHJ2Di5uplS5KVj5K8tRI4wOU3izPTz7fyfhkShG8kPjMF4ZBCMlh-KMI1ZiaH8XV-50Erws3pTbcQK_VmLfW0HHeRhjLyPgMfN4xiy1r8WnjL9jMTi2-p7Aovn34AxeQ78ESx_s/s1600/DSC_0580+%25282%2529+for+blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537743065309637186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt98MBHJ2Di5uplS5KVj5K8tRI4wOU3izPTz7fyfhkShG8kPjMF4ZBCMlh-KMI1ZiaH8XV-50Erws3pTbcQK_VmLfW0HHeRhjLyPgMfN4xiy1r8WnjL9jMTi2-p7Aovn34AxeQ78ESx_s/s640/DSC_0580+%25282%2529+for+blog.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I am not sure about the food here but the appearance from the street was charming and inviting... A facade of blue and a row of Velib.... Think they have un petit verre de vin?<br /><br /></span>La Fourmi Ailée = The Winged Ant<br />8, rue Fouarre</div>

Salon de Thé en bleu

I am not sure about the food here but the appearance from the street was charming and inviting... A facade of blue and a row of Velib.... Th...

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Rainy Day in Paris

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJs1LVkZlaHVA0H_B00ANRZMzcBOu_ROP-wF00w3T4nsZeXDdAt7o6ww9tSEdxYgEnYp5LgTUwTX36uTaOZcxHqNPo63n91jX4E7CXpWloejkkAUuq4gAo2u_CkQ82QD-Tvc3V-Uk2oE/s1600/2006+dec+Paris+DSC_0111forblog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528097544792996722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJs1LVkZlaHVA0H_B00ANRZMzcBOu_ROP-wF00w3T4nsZeXDdAt7o6ww9tSEdxYgEnYp5LgTUwTX36uTaOZcxHqNPo63n91jX4E7CXpWloejkkAUuq4gAo2u_CkQ82QD-Tvc3V-Uk2oE/s640/2006+dec+Paris+DSC_0111forblog.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><div></div><br />From a hotel room window frequented by my daughter and me, the street below bustles with neighborhood activity. The season and the weather do not seem to matter as daily life settles into its routine.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQEU__cAUq1R-IkWxBqyMvGQdSGdAlF9GtA-mjnOSiWELTyFfOkCFieThJ3ReuvaO7yMoZ7jjO1uVLJIQQrtrMWVyYFBjdXOtxjLql6J6gUjl9_4GUMoAwM5u6shkYnc8xMTXVry9xV8/s1600/2006+dec+Paris+DSC_0109cforblog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528098267596805618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQEU__cAUq1R-IkWxBqyMvGQdSGdAlF9GtA-mjnOSiWELTyFfOkCFieThJ3ReuvaO7yMoZ7jjO1uVLJIQQrtrMWVyYFBjdXOtxjLql6J6gUjl9_4GUMoAwM5u6shkYnc8xMTXVry9xV8/s200/2006+dec+Paris+DSC_0109cforblog.jpg" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 122px" /></a>I love the French expression "metro, boulot, dodo" to express the weekday cycle of going to work, working, coming home, sleeping and then doing it all over again. Since it is French, I am surprised that there is no mention of divine baquettes, wine, et fromage.

Rainy Day in Paris

From a hotel room window frequented by my daughter and me, the street below bustles with neighborhood activity. The season and the weather d...

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