Jardin du Luxembourg - La Fontaine Médicis

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9846554426/" title="2010 - June 19 DSC_0780 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2010 - June 19 DSC_0780" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2806/9846554426_ddecae4938_c.jpg" width="532" /></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;">The Medici Fountain</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jardin du Luxembourg</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;">This quiet space is found just east of the Sénat </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with the closest garden entrance at Place P. Claudel.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The garlands of ivy on the long sides of the pool </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">provide a respite from the otherwise crowded garden.  </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;">Even when all of these chairs are filled, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">there is a hush and reverence, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">perhaps a tacit understanding by those who come here.  </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;">It is one of my favorite quiet places in Paris</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Medici Fountain</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jardin du Luxembourg</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></i></div>

Jardin du Luxembourg - La Fontaine Médicis

The Medici Fountain Jardin du Luxembourg This quiet space is found just east of the Sénat  with the closest garden entrance at Place P. Clau...

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Jardin des Tuileries -- Vert

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzoFRiFLGib1sAPQ2YM00ThxazqAnRagTpMzeaqsRN8pIy1cOPkQiyu0AxTsQYbIQnyIOuLfxIlxp1nliH96tNfHnELYaVudNLRNrYy6x_ITlINT45mApPm-pqEVZKRRAeyjHc4pJfUVA/s1600/2011+april+1+DSC_0144.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605292180697733010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzoFRiFLGib1sAPQ2YM00ThxazqAnRagTpMzeaqsRN8pIy1cOPkQiyu0AxTsQYbIQnyIOuLfxIlxp1nliH96tNfHnELYaVudNLRNrYy6x_ITlINT45mApPm-pqEVZKRRAeyjHc4pJfUVA/s640/2011+april+1+DSC_0144.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">Green folliage, green chairs, green bottles... </span></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">Love the ambiance of this park scene in Jardin des Tuileries: two friends and color coordination all around</span></div>

Jardin des Tuileries -- Vert

Green folliage, green chairs, green bottles... Love the ambiance of this park scene in Jardin des Tuileries: two friends and color coordinat...

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Cold and lonely

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWNTZD6ohfJD7D3pcKX2rKIUaSZB-SLbjFgmNAFqJ_Ko41hIAm62qabUoZC0Yyran0H1qIlprOvYlqGmcRs5Vv02tYY7VY0kFCs8gfjbc2oLsKNHODhz_yDF6ihkMxCi4l4jYXkg5ERr8/s1600/2010+dec+paris+4+DSC_0098+cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555896720382500850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWNTZD6ohfJD7D3pcKX2rKIUaSZB-SLbjFgmNAFqJ_Ko41hIAm62qabUoZC0Yyran0H1qIlprOvYlqGmcRs5Vv02tYY7VY0kFCs8gfjbc2oLsKNHODhz_yDF6ihkMxCi4l4jYXkg5ERr8/s640/2010+dec+paris+4+DSC_0098+cropped.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">In Jardin des Tuileries, we found this group of chairs and made a few observations... It appeared as if a group had recently gathered here amidst the snow. Had they shared a frigid picnic of sorts or an apéritif de la neige? There are two other interesting details. See if you can find them.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>In the background is the statue known as L'Ami de Personne<br />On the back of one chair is a pair of eyes</em></span></span>

Cold and lonely

In Jardin des Tuileries, we found this group of chairs and made a few observations... It appeared as if a group had recently gathered here a...

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