Métro République

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpMKHQVLGCEId39VO3x5smj5BEGMlys1MopeilPYqoKeSWqqlt6hQW7rZQhURiWLr1tJXdR87SpZp1-6MUG1GMBzMYtWk2bAnhjT6xZghUC222K59n5nRGfixvRNUbTqD5nCt3bvEI50/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpMKHQVLGCEId39VO3x5smj5BEGMlys1MopeilPYqoKeSWqqlt6hQW7rZQhURiWLr1tJXdR87SpZp1-6MUG1GMBzMYtWk2bAnhjT6xZghUC222K59n5nRGfixvRNUbTqD5nCt3bvEI50/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0128.jpg" width="632" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Métro Station République</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So many of the platforms are changing with  "improvements" so it is said.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This station opened on October 19, 1904 as part of the first section of line 3. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The glass walls that are being added certainly contribute to the safety of the passengers, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but I prefer to see the seats, the signs, and even the "framed" posters as they are,</div><div style="text-align: center;">unobstructed by the barriers to the tracks.</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;">Where are you headed this weekend?</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am flying away to a petite birthday party!</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro République</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></i><br /><br />

Métro République

Métro Station République So many of the platforms are changing with  "improvements" so it is said. This station opened on October ...

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Un ancien mur de pierre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBoGREma5WXhkxKwCrszidJ_xBv7M7xQLG72UMy8ptgEgXnF2J5znE1n2K825Wn_fBzHDhQh1n2PNC72-4d_SCpIPrZqXNuMWjm5MEWINa7ltKgxKbWmfXaR-qx5SeCQIlgwl8HbQVLcY/s1600/2011+April+15+DSC_0263.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBoGREma5WXhkxKwCrszidJ_xBv7M7xQLG72UMy8ptgEgXnF2J5znE1n2K825Wn_fBzHDhQh1n2PNC72-4d_SCpIPrZqXNuMWjm5MEWINa7ltKgxKbWmfXaR-qx5SeCQIlgwl8HbQVLcY/s1600/2011+April+15+DSC_0263.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">An ancient stone wall</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The crumbling stone wall </div><div style="text-align: center;">crusted with moss and lichens </div><div style="text-align: center;">provides a perch for delicate yellow wild flowers</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;">Chartrès</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;">Beyond, France</span></span></i></div>

Un ancien mur de pierre

An ancient stone wall The crumbling stone wall  crusted with moss and lichens  provides a perch for delicate yellow wild flowers Chartrès Be...

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Canal Saint Martin - en automne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizgr7uCqtaEOQnk8KNjiNSJVcv9ttn_vV5sYNiVaKPZWn-QozXMK1bA74rt1SCNTOxg-Z0YQk4EGK8O3k_xGpovTWNLVeME7J40g0qXs36rweCSj2JVGWTNnLnWlKz4esXP6cHYeHSAXQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+098+DSC_9051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizgr7uCqtaEOQnk8KNjiNSJVcv9ttn_vV5sYNiVaKPZWn-QozXMK1bA74rt1SCNTOxg-Z0YQk4EGK8O3k_xGpovTWNLVeME7J40g0qXs36rweCSj2JVGWTNnLnWlKz4esXP6cHYeHSAXQ/s640/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+098+DSC_9051.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;">Canal Saint Martin</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;">The patches of blue sky were trumped by </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the electric shades of orange and yellow alongside the canal.</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;"><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;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Check out <a href="http://www.weekendreflection.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">James' Weekend Reflections</a></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></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;">Canal Saint Martin</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;">75010, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Canal Saint Martin - en automne

Canal Saint Martin The patches of blue sky were trumped by  the electric shades of orange and yellow alongside the canal. bon weekend Check ...

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Village Saint Paul - le Marais

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11231426104/" title="2013 Nov22 Paris _20131122 132 DSC_2806 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov22 Paris _20131122 132 DSC_2806" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3742/11231426104_498bb3b3d9_c.jpg" width="530" /></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;">Quiet courtyard</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;">The last golden leaves of autumn cling tenuously to the branch </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and they echo my feelings of departing Paris.  </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;">I know when it is time to leave for home, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">clinging to the memories, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and knowing that there will be another autumn in Paris, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">just as there will be another winter and spring and summer.</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;">The photos are a daily reminder...</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">le sigh</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></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;">Village Saint Paul</div><div style="text-align: left;">75004, Paris</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Village Saint Paul - le Marais

Quiet courtyard The last golden leaves of autumn cling tenuously to the branch  and they echo my feelings of departing Paris.   I know when ...

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Les toits et le chat

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTqdpGvA8CgF3TqbF4n7UWVYxT_34_D_0n540U_J0SR30oVTKyHlzEVRXqsXO147RWan-xBNXiik4BffEfLcVnATDLOPxNdA0Ij_tGQo4c3yl_1Xrv_yzHCWlZtzmpyiDMlndIBYlu-E/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_188DSC_9300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTqdpGvA8CgF3TqbF4n7UWVYxT_34_D_0n540U_J0SR30oVTKyHlzEVRXqsXO147RWan-xBNXiik4BffEfLcVnATDLOPxNdA0Ij_tGQo4c3yl_1Xrv_yzHCWlZtzmpyiDMlndIBYlu-E/s640/2012+Oct+8+Monday_188DSC_9300.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;">Les toits et le chat</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;">On a gray rainy day in Paris this yellow cat can be seen grinning on the roofs from Montmartre to Vanves.  This one was seen among the chimney pots of the 6ème Arrondissement.</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;">If it is raining where you are today, may you find a hidden smile.</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-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;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les toits et le chat

Les toits et le chat On a gray rainy day in Paris this yellow cat can be seen grinning on the roofs from Montmartre to Vanves.  This one was...

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Le Reminet - dans l'ombre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEy5gE_zEGCyiZoiowBuR9RY1sHMl4-xdnk1H1nDBvatSv7px3G9xVYeCCdLBQhDg0vJD5DhGtC2TnwNGZsOZ-Q_d0vXFcjmNq8jnU9fsdT78vuI2FpfWYXNxkZ5ayZw3aTMhwezqlMc/s1600/2012+Paris+Jan+12+1st_0262.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEy5gE_zEGCyiZoiowBuR9RY1sHMl4-xdnk1H1nDBvatSv7px3G9xVYeCCdLBQhDg0vJD5DhGtC2TnwNGZsOZ-Q_d0vXFcjmNq8jnU9fsdT78vuI2FpfWYXNxkZ5ayZw3aTMhwezqlMc/s640/2012+Paris+Jan+12+1st_0262.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le Reminet</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;">with candles, a fresh flower, soft lighting,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">subtle shadows...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(and a lot of laughter with dear friends)</span></i></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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Reminet</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">3, rue des Grands Degrés</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, 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>

Le Reminet - dans l'ombre

Le Reminet with candles, a fresh flower, soft lighting, subtle shadows... (and a lot of laughter with dear friends) Le Reminet 3, rue des Gr...

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Sainte-Geneviève des Bois - le cimetière

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8202/8214584257_ae9babe6ea_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8202/8214584257_ae9babe6ea_c.jpg" /></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 Russian Orthodox Cemetery</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">at Sainte-Geneviève des Bois</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;">Although I have only seen this cemetery in the fall,  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in any month one imagines that the setting would still appear as an artist's palette </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but in the shades of the proper season.</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;">Whether carpeted with Ginko leaves, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a rare blanket of snow, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or the petals of the spring blooms,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> it would surely be an artist's canvas.</span></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;">Russian Orthodox Cemetery</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sainte-Geneviève des Bois</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(Joyeux anniversaire, Renée)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Sainte-Geneviève des Bois - le cimetière

The Russian Orthodox Cemetery at Sainte-Geneviève des Bois Although I have only seen this cemetery in the fall,  in any month one imagines t...

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Café le Depart Saint-Michel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqn7VfljAwbYItqpG3eiPLoH4n8gBLio4USrLe3_aPprC3h5NweMh5miMe-xVLgKdTBpJQBRMoukHt5aVLJ6Nq0HK0OhcDF48Pe8bsrtJDeL9pYMHt8YVHbi9sKZZeAdV_y4xMLe3CaUI/s1600/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0672.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqn7VfljAwbYItqpG3eiPLoH4n8gBLio4USrLe3_aPprC3h5NweMh5miMe-xVLgKdTBpJQBRMoukHt5aVLJ6Nq0HK0OhcDF48Pe8bsrtJDeL9pYMHt8YVHbi9sKZZeAdV_y4xMLe3CaUI/s640/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0672.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;">Café le Depart Saint-Michel</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;">The view above the awning has more of interest </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">than the tourists at street level.</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;">The red awning, neon sign, fresh flower boxes, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the building's architecture </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">have compelled me to photograph this façade every season.  </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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Café le Depart Saint-Michel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">1, Place Saint-Michel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Saint-Michel ou </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Maubert-Mutualité</span></i></div>

Café le Depart Saint-Michel

Café le Depart Saint-Michel The view above the awning has more of interest  than the tourists at street level. The red awning, neon sign, fr...

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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/AVvXsEjCMphPXuaYYUmzXnk61NfxYKwuKWzNj9CASFtFjPMZHcemcqfoqu8opHLmOQkA5Ar1OhiZLKp8Cjm7Mwbtm3RzwA1OMi72STxBZte1xfygPaVlSR0_0FK1g_la5JpnRlE71E6g5A7GlU0/s1600/2011+Nov+day+7+DSC_0275.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCMphPXuaYYUmzXnk61NfxYKwuKWzNj9CASFtFjPMZHcemcqfoqu8opHLmOQkA5Ar1OhiZLKp8Cjm7Mwbtm3RzwA1OMi72STxBZte1xfygPaVlSR0_0FK1g_la5JpnRlE71E6g5A7GlU0/s1600/2011+Nov+day+7+DSC_0275.jpg" /></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;">Sainte Genevieve des Bois</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;">The Russian Orthodox Cemetery, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">final resting place of dancer Rudolph Nureyev</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">seen here with a carpet of gold Ginko leaves</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;"><br /></div>

Sainte Geneviève des Bois - le cimetière russe

Sainte Genevieve des Bois The Russian Orthodox Cemetery,  final resting place of dancer Rudolph Nureyev seen here with a carpet of gold Gink...

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Le petit déj

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIB2dFM0VABhjguiLAYLeJIC9bUXwIutfWZgFq8r4qGqbUD2rUCO1x7UkA-lJ41-7f-rFICPjg31V9fWiMfqxZ8Uwv1fuQRm0jnNsdORwJBI5tzm8rZofZal98CWx_Cbanuuph-48YzI/s1600/2010+June+17-18+DSC_0494.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" kea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIB2dFM0VABhjguiLAYLeJIC9bUXwIutfWZgFq8r4qGqbUD2rUCO1x7UkA-lJ41-7f-rFICPjg31V9fWiMfqxZ8Uwv1fuQRm0jnNsdORwJBI5tzm8rZofZal98CWx_Cbanuuph-48YzI/s640/2010+June+17-18+DSC_0494.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;">Le petit déjeuner</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;">Join me?  </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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Enjoy your weekend</em></span></div>

Le petit déj

Le petit déjeuner Join me?  Enjoy your weekend

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Les couleurs de Paris - le jaune

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiKtHB1lbL7Rp3PzuchZ8IVssEh4bsd5wET2lfweOd9VydLkVe_KFisvHK6F9H4CWxZacMFnsaUTV4AVRMLk-qFTo9F__pu2fRw3IPIs4iVOZ6CqhiVrQk9-BlLUbGG8xZUUH_oytlHM/s1600/2010+Paris+June+20+DSC_0955+-+yellow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fea="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiKtHB1lbL7Rp3PzuchZ8IVssEh4bsd5wET2lfweOd9VydLkVe_KFisvHK6F9H4CWxZacMFnsaUTV4AVRMLk-qFTo9F__pu2fRw3IPIs4iVOZ6CqhiVrQk9-BlLUbGG8xZUUH_oytlHM/s640/2010+Paris+June+20+DSC_0955+-+yellow.jpg" width="478" /></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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The garden shed</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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What a simple description of this little fairytale of a building... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">a yellow turret with red trim sitting the midst of a tidy garden</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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This is my contribution to a five-color series of photos, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and with this I curtsy to yellow as bright as a sunflower. </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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>le Jardin des Plantes</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75005, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Gare d'Austerlitz</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Les couleurs de Paris - le jaune

The garden shed What a simple description of this little fairytale of a building... a yellow turret with red trim sitting the midst of a tid...

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Métro Bastille

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxlkemWqAGb4aFR8ejc53ZZEt7ol9NBd5Gdu_lJm0lC5FLIPL_jBqykaI-FNh1lRzpNsmLZa52D4evMiYTfgdm8wvqooCLwD5GdE53vLFnb0by5P-7V1niG4hovcd31JOml25CR_7zFQ/s1600/2011+Nov+day+6+DSC_0003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxlkemWqAGb4aFR8ejc53ZZEt7ol9NBd5Gdu_lJm0lC5FLIPL_jBqykaI-FNh1lRzpNsmLZa52D4evMiYTfgdm8wvqooCLwD5GdE53vLFnb0by5P-7V1niG4hovcd31JOml25CR_7zFQ/s640/2011+Nov+day+6+DSC_0003.jpg" width="446" /></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;">The retro look of the building makes a striking background</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">for the yellow Métro sign at Bastille.</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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Bastille</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue de Lyon</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75012, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Métro Bastille

The retro look of the building makes a striking background for the yellow Métro sign at Bastille. Métro Bastille Rue de Lyon 75012, Paris 

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La tribu des oiseaux

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhreau9pPuGQuxF0fau1K4DIQyfAVd_84gYWMIaMLN0Y_jBTRqJKmpK2YluDzH5gPXX1n3L3gJRwD3y2mboXfbEEbEiOzi8Jn4K4N3OtNWz2nXe-NmqpFxUpeDSBDLck0srwPE_Zcjh8QM/s1600/2012+march+from+iPad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhreau9pPuGQuxF0fau1K4DIQyfAVd_84gYWMIaMLN0Y_jBTRqJKmpK2YluDzH5gPXX1n3L3gJRwD3y2mboXfbEEbEiOzi8Jn4K4N3OtNWz2nXe-NmqpFxUpeDSBDLck0srwPE_Zcjh8QM/s640/2012+march+from+iPad.jpg" vca="true" width="506" /></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;">The boutique on Rue Saint Roch offers stylish hats,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">but tonight, this fluff of a dress steals the spotlight.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Saint Roch</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span>

La tribu des oiseaux

The boutique on Rue Saint Roch offers stylish hats, but tonight, this fluff of a dress steals the spotlight. Rue Saint Roch 75001, Paris

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Parc Monceau - le carrousel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3TuVvgOfyARQH5JCp94pnZcAxycWdNwrcP-2EGYrOby45_Y9Cl-ag-9VCPBvomK0O8Fi1CU69BOr1_IuDT39Er4xklHT-T7EdypPAKFlc23SyycdYkH0uzSDpbSLstEkYTZnXxa1xQM/s1600/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0888.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530px" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3TuVvgOfyARQH5JCp94pnZcAxycWdNwrcP-2EGYrOby45_Y9Cl-ag-9VCPBvomK0O8Fi1CU69BOr1_IuDT39Er4xklHT-T7EdypPAKFlc23SyycdYkH0uzSDpbSLstEkYTZnXxa1xQM/s640/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0888.jpg" width="640px" /></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;">The new and delightful carrousel at Parc Monceau has a varied choice of rides...</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;">I was a bit partial to this little yellow plane, a sturdy vintage model, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">but it would have been a bit too small for me.</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">(counterclockwise rotation)</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>Carrousel Jules Verne</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Parc de Monceau</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008, Paris</em></span></div>

Parc Monceau - le carrousel

The new and delightful carrousel at Parc Monceau has a varied choice of rides... I was a bit partial to this little yellow plane, a sturdy v...

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