Place du Palais Royal - un pet't jardin?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisN5v_nWdmCC2KCHIkpfk3Sz0MNQZB0f1SWrg7t92RwUXsZWPa88bVpC__CnRONagsRPu0qetaAdEL7DCher-JjNfjnb3fi3qmBX1hNZ9xz8gJFTFAcGBADF0ldoyuhVnfp8_3zsIFhLM/s1600/2013+May+18+0518+Sat_95DSC_3964.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisN5v_nWdmCC2KCHIkpfk3Sz0MNQZB0f1SWrg7t92RwUXsZWPa88bVpC__CnRONagsRPu0qetaAdEL7DCher-JjNfjnb3fi3qmBX1hNZ9xz8gJFTFAcGBADF0ldoyuhVnfp8_3zsIFhLM/s1600/2013+May+18+0518+Sat_95DSC_3964.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Place du Palais Royal</div><div style="text-align: center;">A small garden?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just opposite Café Le Nemours, we discovered these little gardens, </div><div style="text-align: center;">raised beds, with flowers and vegetables. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tented booths selling regional products (truffles, cheese, etc) </div><div style="text-align: center;">as well as fine crafts such as jewelry and pottery completed the scene.</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;">Place du Palais Royal</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>

Place du Palais Royal - un pet't jardin?

Place du Palais Royal A small garden? Just opposite Café Le Nemours, we discovered these little gardens,  raised beds, with flowers and vege...

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Jardin du Palais Royal - XV

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQHkIKefR9IvF0u8tLI_ViFvHP_AwrH_TwAUH1EyabDb37CWu5I7tVEMf2wiEX1qdClLKMIfAXv-uZYhJ45M5sZbEyiV0Fvk00gevkoD5sTsvmgtKBVoEHikD7J6g0KDIt9qU5CmGTus/s1600/2012+Mar25-26+P_110DSC_4042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQHkIKefR9IvF0u8tLI_ViFvHP_AwrH_TwAUH1EyabDb37CWu5I7tVEMf2wiEX1qdClLKMIfAXv-uZYhJ45M5sZbEyiV0Fvk00gevkoD5sTsvmgtKBVoEHikD7J6g0KDIt9qU5CmGTus/s640/2012+Mar25-26+P_110DSC_4042.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;">Jardin du Palais Royal</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;">Do you think that she knows </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I would love to be dipping <u>my</u> toes in the fountain </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">of this royal setting?</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;">...and the water becomes a Monet painting.</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>Jardin du Palais Royal</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></em></span></div>

Jardin du Palais Royal - XV

Jardin du Palais Royal Do you think that she knows I would love to be dipping my toes in the fountain of this royal setting? ...and the wat...

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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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Galerie Véro-Dodat -- un passage couvert

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMC6s-gZ0JVZkboocKBgtB_crmv7DdvQ9piE_4OArbreVK1CyiHwYmcaaHIZ1sL0EiAvI2k8bW6SKNF1e7h3fbnHGZ2cWsLVHj7NnZ9TZp5T_L1eYM5lvS0vZGFT4G7yVEoYhYcYZmZHY/s1600/2012+jan+16++2nd_0699.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMC6s-gZ0JVZkboocKBgtB_crmv7DdvQ9piE_4OArbreVK1CyiHwYmcaaHIZ1sL0EiAvI2k8bW6SKNF1e7h3fbnHGZ2cWsLVHj7NnZ9TZp5T_L1eYM5lvS0vZGFT4G7yVEoYhYcYZmZHY/s640/2012+jan+16++2nd_0699.jpg" width="424" yda="true" /></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;">In 1826, two friends, Messieurs Véro and Dodat, opened a covered galerie between Rue du Bouloi and Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau.  Built in Neoclassical style with a decor that included details of copper and cast iron, along with mirrors and the black and white marble floor, it quickly became the darling of Paris.  At the very end of this covered passage, is the Louboutin boutique I featured a few days ago.</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;">A recent renovation and sprucing holds promise for its future.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The mirrors, the rich woods, the marble... all were sparkling.</span></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>Galerie Véro-Dodat</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Jean-Jacques et Rue du Bouloi</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Palais Royal</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001 Paris</em></span>

Galerie Véro-Dodat -- un passage couvert

In 1826, two friends, Messieurs Véro and Dodat, opened a covered galerie between Rue du Bouloi and Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau.  Built in Neoc...

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