Le Bateau Ivre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-Zv8YjGH814JsTDzECuFjwy4sIR13XO6MlSK9pvjRT2AHzSwoSyvtChq4GUi3pXpQ96KfRx_ImzujdNy8BhEweWp06JSDQaYWI3X1uRLGODAzNpT3VLuQdxxN_TUrwB4Qq7O6U0VNa8/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sun+am_110DSC_8948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-Zv8YjGH814JsTDzECuFjwy4sIR13XO6MlSK9pvjRT2AHzSwoSyvtChq4GUi3pXpQ96KfRx_ImzujdNy8BhEweWp06JSDQaYWI3X1uRLGODAzNpT3VLuQdxxN_TUrwB4Qq7O6U0VNa8/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sun+am_110DSC_8948.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Scouts and Guides de France</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On a Sunday afternoon a large group of Scouts </div><div style="text-align: center;">performed in the square of Église Saint Sulpice </div><div style="text-align: center;">and then walked to Jardin du Luxembourg.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The poem "Le Bateau Ivre" </div><div style="text-align: center;">written by a young Arthur Rimbaud in 1871 </div><div style="text-align: center;">has been written on the long stone wall in the narrow street.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This lone Scout paused ever so briefly to take notice.</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;">Le Bateau Ivre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Férou</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Bateau Ivre

Scouts and Guides de France On a Sunday afternoon a large group of Scouts  performed in the square of Église Saint Sulpice  and then walked ...

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13YI2TehfT5e2tuwYbnad-maKufIDQko7Wn57cujn_6KGHJCi7BNYHDB7xxBjd7GSEYbSS6uqGbXlIryd_60MKh-cvvwUsQKF8RawJWkscyeGq8kTJTXCRiny-VdPbOsBT39buMg5Wdo/s1600/2011+nov+3+DSC_0629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13YI2TehfT5e2tuwYbnad-maKufIDQko7Wn57cujn_6KGHJCi7BNYHDB7xxBjd7GSEYbSS6uqGbXlIryd_60MKh-cvvwUsQKF8RawJWkscyeGq8kTJTXCRiny-VdPbOsBT39buMg5Wdo/s640/2011+nov+3+DSC_0629.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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As I headed out on a Sunday morning in November, I encountered a group of scouts selling <em>Calendrier 2012</em>.  After a long busy day with my camera, I encountered another group of the </span><a href="http://www.sgdf.fr/"><strong><em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Scouts Guides de France</span></em></strong></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> wrapping up their day of calendar sales.  </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;">The one I bought sits in my office </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and reminds me of this group of enthusiastic young people.</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; font-size: x-small;"><em>(Joyeux anniversaire, Nanette!)</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Boulevard Saint-Germain</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75005 Paris</span></em>

Scouts Guides de France

As I headed out on a Sunday morning in November, I encountered a group of scouts selling Calendrier 2012 .  After a long busy day with my ca...

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