Un bateau et la Seine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINDZUwinp-tGUBuOUQBuSLsUQR4SWYChyphenhyphenL-pt95NBc209dV1GzxrsHCm0zL4_PDZ5-rpXKlvQ_CVLYR18DHRSr8htSk4k89NAGHRUhydPm9M8uDlZJg6oFlRUVw8N6_jh8h9MQtELPEA/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_298DSC_9632.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINDZUwinp-tGUBuOUQBuSLsUQR4SWYChyphenhyphenL-pt95NBc209dV1GzxrsHCm0zL4_PDZ5-rpXKlvQ_CVLYR18DHRSr8htSk4k89NAGHRUhydPm9M8uDlZJg6oFlRUVw8N6_jh8h9MQtELPEA/s640/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_298DSC_9632.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: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A boat and the Seine</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;">We see here the captain at the bow of the boat </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(driving while talking on the phone) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and perhaps two lovers at the stern.  </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: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Since this photo was taken from the quai, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">there was not an opportunity to ask questions or to discover the story</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: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"><span class="hps">C'est un mystère!</span></span></span></i></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;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"><span class="hps">La Seine</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"><span class="hps">Quai de la Mégisserie</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"><span class="hps">75001, Paris</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Un bateau et la Seine

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Bassin principal - Jardin du Luxembourg

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk75t1KvzotXCqCEU22KAeCZGlYR9KpCPMuVBtmvR_XD8kMVDNFHgEO0YMff1bvQLWe4Ux2wjfwy2eA6tbt8yshIMKWOiHcmQRjxwwcMTHWlLzE5Bweg1d_sD3lGbvyQiugKdNO6-yIuw/s1600/2004+July++066.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk75t1KvzotXCqCEU22KAeCZGlYR9KpCPMuVBtmvR_XD8kMVDNFHgEO0YMff1bvQLWe4Ux2wjfwy2eA6tbt8yshIMKWOiHcmQRjxwwcMTHWlLzE5Bweg1d_sD3lGbvyQiugKdNO6-yIuw/s640/2004+July++066.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If ever you are in Paris alone, Jardin du Luxembourg will provide your entertainment.  </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;">Sailing boats in the octagonal basin</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Watching a lively game of pétanque</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Taking a ride on a very simple carrousel</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Checking on the bees at the apiary</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Enjoying a performance in the theatre of marionnettes</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Playing a sport: tennis or basketball</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Strolling through the shaded gardens</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;">or</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;">Reading a book in a familiar green chair</span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Jardin du Luxembourg</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75006, Paris</em></span>

Bassin principal - Jardin du Luxembourg

If ever you are in Paris alone, Jardin du Luxembourg will provide your entertainment.  Sailing boats in the octagonal basin Watching a livel...

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Jardin du Luxembourg - bateau à voile

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPElMWcX0_kCqrEchHkQRq-Er05SL9Inom2jK1UkB0zGWCCkBm8QeolaK5UQ75zcgimXWJBrL_PLNsZkkxaS21jvCVSVETOSUgucG8E-4g695buHGedSpVxt0AGGw3MOtUUrJ0r9v-j1s/s1600/2012+april+1++5667DSC_5751.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" pca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPElMWcX0_kCqrEchHkQRq-Er05SL9Inom2jK1UkB0zGWCCkBm8QeolaK5UQ75zcgimXWJBrL_PLNsZkkxaS21jvCVSVETOSUgucG8E-4g695buHGedSpVxt0AGGw3MOtUUrJ0r9v-j1s/s640/2012+april+1++5667DSC_5751.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;">Please disregard my earlier comments on "Paris colors" as apparently <em>rose foncé</em>, or bright pink as I would call it <strong><u>is</u></strong> quite popular in the city as seen here on this little boat in the center of the hexagon basin of Jardin du Luxembourg.</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;">May your sails be full as you head into the weekend </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">with a nice reflection on the previous week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></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>Hexagon basin</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Jardin du Luxembourg</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75006, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(For more reflections come to <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/2012/06/day-at-beach-weekend-reflections-142.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><strong>James' Weekend Reflections</strong></span></a>!)</em></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Jardin du Luxembourg - bateau à voile

Please disregard my earlier comments on "Paris colors" as apparently rose foncé , or bright pink as I would call it is quite popu...

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