Musée du Louvre - un reflet

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2PQFXZrdo5ZCeR-_9IQ7I1S_iY_mkIjJWVUr9qXFohOdUX5HITRb6ljneY5yColNRm25_2yzBu_7Es54xI0GtEoEk05MbVWOogh0Ug6sKMO1GgHNeIUOAJ7QYIB_kqEXcg15R4hHa4Y/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_582DSC_6204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2PQFXZrdo5ZCeR-_9IQ7I1S_iY_mkIjJWVUr9qXFohOdUX5HITRb6ljneY5yColNRm25_2yzBu_7Es54xI0GtEoEk05MbVWOogh0Ug6sKMO1GgHNeIUOAJ7QYIB_kqEXcg15R4hHa4Y/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_582DSC_6204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Musée du Louvre</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Walking back to our apartment late one night, </div><div style="text-align: center;">we found the reflections of street lamps and the Hôtel du Louvre in the windows.</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</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue de Rohan et Rue de 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;"><br /></div>

Musée du Louvre - un reflet

Musée du Louvre Walking back to our apartment late one night,  we found the reflections of street lamps and the Hôtel du Louvre in the windo...

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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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Le Nemours - être obligé d'attendre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW19NgrnOTkgEAijPYrnKm-5Qa5v-qatBqw1OLFsSJce1GjGRhAuQUtBPV_2fVPpIN8InLxjG3MTdndSl5RklqceLDlYYUnk-EivUBd2seZRZfSzf6PYtfaHM4lHGzxx9UyMZgGRqokWY/s1600/2012+Mar+29_4952DSC_4951.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/AVvXsEiW19NgrnOTkgEAijPYrnKm-5Qa5v-qatBqw1OLFsSJce1GjGRhAuQUtBPV_2fVPpIN8InLxjG3MTdndSl5RklqceLDlYYUnk-EivUBd2seZRZfSzf6PYtfaHM4lHGzxx9UyMZgGRqokWY/s640/2012+Mar+29_4952DSC_4951.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;">Kept waiting at le Nemours....</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;">At least there is much to catch one's interest near Palais Royal, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Comédie Française, Place Colette...</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;">How about a glass of bubbly?</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: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Café le Nemours</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>2, galerie de Nemours</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place Colette at Palais Royal</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre</em></span>

Le Nemours - être obligé d'attendre

Kept waiting at le Nemours.... At least there is much to catch one's interest near Palais Royal, Comédie Française, Place Colette... How...

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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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