Port de l'Arsenal

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmIWVQX_lHY7MMUsr458sy_OL3l6zYC5qQ_BYwgJ5H6e6uevyPDHxIXFwSDMhPbx-tgje9Uo7ofmmQnTn2y5EjqMaOBj76pUQCw8l1e7cdoBXaSdufO0xou7-mFPJUHqEBeoLsJhFFnA/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+011+DSC_9122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmIWVQX_lHY7MMUsr458sy_OL3l6zYC5qQ_BYwgJ5H6e6uevyPDHxIXFwSDMhPbx-tgje9Uo7ofmmQnTn2y5EjqMaOBj76pUQCw8l1e7cdoBXaSdufO0xou7-mFPJUHqEBeoLsJhFFnA/s640/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+011+DSC_9122.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: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Port de l'Arsenal</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">From certain Bastille Métro platforms </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">you can see the boats moored in Port de l'Arsenal.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This warm September day reveals a business meeting</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">on the deck of a boat.  The three look as if</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">this is "business as usual."</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: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">bon week-end</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Port de l'Arsenal</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Port de l'Arsenal

Port de l'Arsenal From certain Bastille Métro platforms  you can see the boats moored in Port de l'Arsenal. This warm September day ...

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les bateaux de Bastille

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSIJzsYouBTdlKK4MBPVdz_gebA2qJ1kEt3FOL82cM2R2GFdqaW-tiiXSiRDG4TCj_Lcs9mLKxxSnB_y4txYPBSssQO24ROHwBeZruz3YrhrRYspHoupIqzPihYh53UC5nhMdUZ0aYlo/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+009+DSC_9120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSIJzsYouBTdlKK4MBPVdz_gebA2qJ1kEt3FOL82cM2R2GFdqaW-tiiXSiRDG4TCj_Lcs9mLKxxSnB_y4txYPBSssQO24ROHwBeZruz3YrhrRYspHoupIqzPihYh53UC5nhMdUZ0aYlo/s640/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+009+DSC_9120.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Seen from one of many Bastille metro platforms,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the boats anchored along Port de l'Arsenal</div><div style="text-align: center;">provide insight to life on the water.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is just a stone's throw from Opera Bastille</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the Colonne de Juillet.</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Port de l'Arsenal</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

les bateaux de Bastille

Seen from one of many Bastille metro platforms, the boats anchored along Port de l'Arsenal provide insight to life on the water. It is j...

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Port de l'Arsenal

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrBurcSuZUPM8VE_kl9reLZz7J9xOcMzyi0nquNgul4r8uGBqh_rPWei4_rgKUBcqGaOh39GiVTbg346HkqdqI9u8787Lehr0cQ377BitpIR9ek76uuvpbmEK5qFUabhKYIHJqQH7JrY/s1600/2011+April+Day+3+DSC_0363.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrBurcSuZUPM8VE_kl9reLZz7J9xOcMzyi0nquNgul4r8uGBqh_rPWei4_rgKUBcqGaOh39GiVTbg346HkqdqI9u8787Lehr0cQ377BitpIR9ek76uuvpbmEK5qFUabhKYIHJqQH7JrY/s640/2011+April+Day+3+DSC_0363.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 l'Arsenal</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 the above ground platform on Line 1 of the Bastille station, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you have this view of Port de l'Arsenal.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For many years I imagined this view was a narrow stretch of the Seine.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When you look at a map it is simple to identify.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This basin connects Canal St. Martin to the Seine </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and is a  part of France's national Voies navigables de France </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(VNF, Navigable Waterways of France) system.</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;">Did you know that from Line 5 the remains of the Bastille can be seen?</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;">Port de l'Arsenal</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">from Bastille station, Line 1</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris (the border between 4ième and 12ième)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Bastille (bien sûr!)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Port de l'Arsenal

Port de l'Arsenal From the above ground platform on Line 1 of the Bastille station,  you have this view of Port de l'Arsenal.   For ...

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