Dans la rue - le marcheur

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuAHXLr9TdIIl08sIDepkZvNy2H1bPE3Qp83OXxlG5PYy9g6wNcfuw9U3BE39s7Er34Z2Xvm00zPgGOLaOMpDPfKGoOZPp7M225rbBORqT40De32GbCWw3J2XI_e9ocK_66V-F58W50w/s1600/2011+april+day+4+DSC_0163not+cropped+b-w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuAHXLr9TdIIl08sIDepkZvNy2H1bPE3Qp83OXxlG5PYy9g6wNcfuw9U3BE39s7Er34Z2Xvm00zPgGOLaOMpDPfKGoOZPp7M225rbBORqT40De32GbCWw3J2XI_e9ocK_66V-F58W50w/s1600/2011+april+day+4+DSC_0163not+cropped+b-w.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le marcheur</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;">on a brisk walk in the streets of Chartres</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Les rues de Chartres</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chartres, France</span></i>

Dans la rue - le marcheur

Le marcheur on a brisk walk in the streets of Chartres Les rues de Chartres Chartres, France

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Umphhh!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvAJSVzJJA-ah_AHeeA_J1ikPmx8erYpyc4EmnxkEO10OT566TWcwMLcFKjfwYdmog-vtqcqubOiiYvpyyDNV-jpik_MC5rJnijtBDrN9VAK0awTVIWd_F5QgB1TJvEEbri8MgWRrH9o/s1600/2009+dec+Paris+00148blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532927505903687362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvAJSVzJJA-ah_AHeeA_J1ikPmx8erYpyc4EmnxkEO10OT566TWcwMLcFKjfwYdmog-vtqcqubOiiYvpyyDNV-jpik_MC5rJnijtBDrN9VAK0awTVIWd_F5QgB1TJvEEbri8MgWRrH9o/s640/2009+dec+Paris+00148blog.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">I would say that this is a mouthful!<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Whether you are a history buff or not, you would surely enjoy the display of cannons in Cour d'Honneur. </span></div><div></div><div><br />We previously visited the cannons <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2010/09/cour-dhonneur-les-invalides.html"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>here</strong></span></a>.</div>

Umphhh!

I would say that this is a mouthful! Whether you are a history buff or not, you would surely enjoy the display of cannons in Cour d'Honn...

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Cour d'Honneur -- Les Invalides

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRh7mDfE0Rv53rQhMOAg0PhCCqNyBe_AnXOOnyThR1-d49As5sTDzAwiV-PqXuhjgxsRFPSGag2xK5C6WS0bXWlz2moJ-B3RJjExyy7qB32O7UKwmZJbccScDOWVD4d7qsCi-bfi7Iiqc/s1600/2009+1206+Paris+Dec+Part+I+00155cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519938871540649330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRh7mDfE0Rv53rQhMOAg0PhCCqNyBe_AnXOOnyThR1-d49As5sTDzAwiV-PqXuhjgxsRFPSGag2xK5C6WS0bXWlz2moJ-B3RJjExyy7qB32O7UKwmZJbccScDOWVD4d7qsCi-bfi7Iiqc/s640/2009+1206+Paris+Dec+Part+I+00155cropped.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><div>You do not have to be a fan of France's military history to appreciate the beautiful patina on the cannons in Cour d'Honneur. Some of them date from the reign of François 1er, 1515-1567.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8COF1dR_MuTQsjFMGCSumPZHqlT2YuTcu06TcffLXJs3RxOAspkbe9bAxvmonLlGOIuKXoEcRpYnwa1rSCGuZZnFHXQhmsZ-lEow_cNWkspPpra6goocH6AlyK4y482Bkd9FD00ZxMw/s1600/2009+1206+Paris+Dec+Part+I+00154cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519939705146727170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8COF1dR_MuTQsjFMGCSumPZHqlT2YuTcu06TcffLXJs3RxOAspkbe9bAxvmonLlGOIuKXoEcRpYnwa1rSCGuZZnFHXQhmsZ-lEow_cNWkspPpra6goocH6AlyK4y482Bkd9FD00ZxMw/s320/2009+1206+Paris+Dec+Part+I+00154cropped.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><br /><div>I have heard that decorators and gardeners go to extreme measures to get the green patina that the centuries have adorned naturally.</div></div>

Cour d'Honneur -- Les Invalides

You do not have to be a fan of France's military history to appreciate the beautiful patina on the cannons in Cour d'Honneur. Some o...

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