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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