Terrasse de Café

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3aXy3zYiqD_WTUY6Hfiyip3RZ5gTVdYeBb11y1oQCD8MLqCYuvgePBDFImFSW61OFghL64hPRj2n9vBeu7US3G377vhTW7KtqA4AK4TeTTMBjgHjzJM9LzCb94LCD0xY-2wjFPhyphenhyphenxqA/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+336+DSC_9447.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3aXy3zYiqD_WTUY6Hfiyip3RZ5gTVdYeBb11y1oQCD8MLqCYuvgePBDFImFSW61OFghL64hPRj2n9vBeu7US3G377vhTW7KtqA4AK4TeTTMBjgHjzJM9LzCb94LCD0xY-2wjFPhyphenhyphenxqA/s640/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+336+DSC_9447.jpg" width="475" /></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;">Paris in autumn</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;">Café scene on the broad sidewalk</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">of Avenue Daumesnil...</span></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;">Even the late afternoon sun has the</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">warm glow of autumn</span></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: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">l'Arrosoir </span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">75, avenue Daumesnil</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">75012, Paris </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Terrasse de Café

Paris in autumn Café scene on the broad sidewalk of Avenue Daumesnil... Even the late afternoon sun has the warm glow of autumn l'Arroso...

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Quai de Bourbon - l'automne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2b6QgJZp_MzHPsPRNvxoNHGQ6AdowFGKZPLwmLZoMJ1Ee8eY0ELUNrUdEcU-MlgYxV90e083RyjaLdXgzIqw02np3E1UhsXrvP4ndQQvdeSg1EAyeHLg31tHzHanJbX4A5M3TfSbDan4/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+588+DSC_3262.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2b6QgJZp_MzHPsPRNvxoNHGQ6AdowFGKZPLwmLZoMJ1Ee8eY0ELUNrUdEcU-MlgYxV90e083RyjaLdXgzIqw02np3E1UhsXrvP4ndQQvdeSg1EAyeHLg31tHzHanJbX4A5M3TfSbDan4/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+588+DSC_3262.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Quai de Bourbon</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking towards Pont Louis-Philippe from Pont Marie, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the quai and the riverside walk are almost deserted.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Golden leaves will soon be swept from frail branches into the Seine.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Within a month, this will be a monochrome palette, </div><div style="text-align: center;">save the red doors and a few window boxes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Paris will take on her winter beauty</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;">Quai de Bourbon</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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Quai de Bourbon - l'automne

Quai de Bourbon Looking towards Pont Louis-Philippe from Pont Marie,  the quai and the riverside walk are almost deserted.   Golden leaves w...

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Les Ombres d'Automne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiMrtnsYLlxDSypEc6voZAUpJo3iIweI1izeURWcRT6IXCvZGE_HyEcQDALYW3h78qBRncs1RMFRb74A9XmQFIPV1Jnhrk2AhYaKb_bZ2nONUo2h80VjdnyId9ycD2RiWOTx19RN30aQ/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+073+DSC_1298.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiMrtnsYLlxDSypEc6voZAUpJo3iIweI1izeURWcRT6IXCvZGE_HyEcQDALYW3h78qBRncs1RMFRb74A9XmQFIPV1Jnhrk2AhYaKb_bZ2nONUo2h80VjdnyId9ycD2RiWOTx19RN30aQ/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+073+DSC_1298.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jardin du Palais Royal</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The alleys of trees are a delight no matter the season.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The green park chairs of Paris are covered in autumn leaves </div><div style="text-align: center;">which may lead to snow as winter closes in. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, not too soon, svp</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;">Jardin 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>

Les Ombres d'Automne

Jardin du Palais Royal The alleys of trees are a delight no matter the season.   The green park chairs of Paris are covered in autumn leaves...

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Ombre d'arbre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_GSfbhshfJSp19JeWlAwyAugf573NUaWAu5C0lq5VjbZjS6lAwz4yimRY3nmAGm3v6f22LslxibOkpUaEkWPZjOvYj9xXjGxxoGONKbGDSWb_9d7u5P4v3oAJhfR4e9OIjiHyocH_nQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+016+DSC_8969.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_GSfbhshfJSp19JeWlAwyAugf573NUaWAu5C0lq5VjbZjS6lAwz4yimRY3nmAGm3v6f22LslxibOkpUaEkWPZjOvYj9xXjGxxoGONKbGDSWb_9d7u5P4v3oAJhfR4e9OIjiHyocH_nQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+016+DSC_8969.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mona Bismark American Center</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The autumn sun softly outlines the leafless tree.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The lady graciously demurs</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;">Mona Bismark American Center</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">34, avenue de New York</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75016, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Ombre d'arbre

Mona Bismark American Center The autumn sun softly outlines the leafless tree.   The lady graciously demurs Mona Bismark American Center 34,...

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Sainte Geneviève des Bois - le cimetière russe

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyBngLUwJe76ZNuRm1R4Sw0CPC7zWpMTJizjmIOOFx56RziBF3dBDC5d_w4vUzUDQHeXTgs6OFWDYWTk_2DqfqzSKaov__h5XyDf3ekTAE4iqIPpdI0W1LcVZSc3EJ0UImaGUeqZDAQs/s1600/2011+Nov+10+DSC_0404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyBngLUwJe76ZNuRm1R4Sw0CPC7zWpMTJizjmIOOFx56RziBF3dBDC5d_w4vUzUDQHeXTgs6OFWDYWTk_2DqfqzSKaov__h5XyDf3ekTAE4iqIPpdI0W1LcVZSc3EJ0UImaGUeqZDAQs/s1600/2011+Nov+10+DSC_0404.jpg" width="488" /></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: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sainte Geneviève des Bois</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">a Russian Cemetery</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Russian Orthodox Cemetery is not highly regarded </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">by the locals of this small town </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">and many do not even know of its existence.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I made the trip to see the <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/11/pilgrimage-to-saint-genevieve-des-bois.html" target="_blank">tombstone of Rudolph Nureuev</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">and found the carpet of <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2012/11/sainte-genevieve-des-bois-le-cimetiere.html">fallen ginko leaves as a bonus</a>.  </span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wherever I have traveled in the world, I visit and photograph the cemeteries.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Although this cemetery is not well-maintained, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">there was a quiet beauty of the season, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">silent and colorful with autumn leaves.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Russian Orthodox Cemetery</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Sainte Geneviève des Bois </i></span></div>

Sainte Geneviève des Bois - le cimetière russe

Sainte Geneviève des Bois a Russian Cemetery The Russian Orthodox Cemetery is not highly regarded  by the locals of this small town  and m...

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La Tour Eiffel en automne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPv6lHmfJjGfEZ40qfqilGUt_2F9be6Xg-Nfqnvaw8mdr5w9bLd8I22QGFSAVS2ZlcU1MtY6sPLqCmMvX-9nPI_-OqJlKKyUVuhHGhJW0FEGTBgXD0z76osVPSw-ckgUsw6vTsiTKZFs/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+008+DSC_8961.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPv6lHmfJjGfEZ40qfqilGUt_2F9be6Xg-Nfqnvaw8mdr5w9bLd8I22QGFSAVS2ZlcU1MtY6sPLqCmMvX-9nPI_-OqJlKKyUVuhHGhJW0FEGTBgXD0z76osVPSw-ckgUsw6vTsiTKZFs/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+008+DSC_8961.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">La Tour Eiffel</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">In the winter, </div><div align="center">in the spring,</div><div align="center">in the summer,</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Can it be that the best season is autumn?</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Poor M. Eiffel.  He did not live long enough to know</div><div align="center">just how beloved his 'temporary structure' has become.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>La Tour Eiffel</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75007, Paris</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"></div>

La Tour Eiffel en automne

      La Tour Eiffel       In the winter, in the spring, in the summer,   Can it be that the best season is autumn?     Poor M. Eiffel.  He ...

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Shakespeare and Company

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsx9utm5murvwbPVdgDEFjMFvBiSmhMu-SsVxDaIX4D_rZQlaRzGYF_UlqHLUM9zIeUqEJDlQNwOLIO_ON17idPcGn5AYJX-8w4VcC5Sjyznp1VjQz0sH-64Jdf2dKLRiiGFQvgvjPCBU/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+215+DSC_0321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsx9utm5murvwbPVdgDEFjMFvBiSmhMu-SsVxDaIX4D_rZQlaRzGYF_UlqHLUM9zIeUqEJDlQNwOLIO_ON17idPcGn5AYJX-8w4VcC5Sjyznp1VjQz0sH-64Jdf2dKLRiiGFQvgvjPCBU/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+215+DSC_0321.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Shakespeare and Company</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This charming, storied bookstore serves as a regular bookstore, </div><div style="text-align: center;">as second-hand bookstore, and as a reading library. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It is so much more than a tourist destination </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the interior looks much like it must have 60 years ago </div><div style="text-align: center;">when it was opened by George Whitman.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Today, his daughter runs it as her father did, </div><div style="text-align: center;">opening the space for young writers to work and live.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With the full color of autumn, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the leaves provide a coordinated color-match with the storefront.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Shakespeare and Company</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>37, rue de la Boûcherie</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75005, Paris</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Shakespeare and Company

Shakespeare and Company This charming, storied bookstore serves as a regular bookstore,  as second-hand bookstore, and as a reading library....

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