Hôtel de Béthune-Sully

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVpSYlut-8sYz8npLobxQZ7f0Bpb-jZPLN6gMSk8dtyHHd1dRtnXb4iAVlC8LYsDhCwbWsSZcjk2wb4t3ON2xuIJcAgd04eAl8hGJgsHRAweWcIczTUCeu9qS9DzdQ8_33k03cTtHsZJE/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_320DSC_8412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVpSYlut-8sYz8npLobxQZ7f0Bpb-jZPLN6gMSk8dtyHHd1dRtnXb4iAVlC8LYsDhCwbWsSZcjk2wb4t3ON2xuIJcAgd04eAl8hGJgsHRAweWcIczTUCeu9qS9DzdQ8_33k03cTtHsZJE/s640/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_320DSC_8412.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Orangerie</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or second 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;"><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 Hôtel de Béthune-Sully is a hôtel particulier, a private mansion, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in the Louis XIII style, located in the Marais.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you enter from Rue Saint-Antoine and walk through the first paved courtyard, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you will enter the formal garden of this 17th century home. </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 this bright day we found a pleasing arrangement of architectural details, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a blue sky, and a fading contrail.</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;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">look up </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: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">L'orangerie, Hôtel de Béthune-Sully </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">62 rue Saint-Antoine</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: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Hôtel de Béthune-Sully

The Orangerie or second courtyard The Hôtel de Béthune-Sully is a hôtel particulier, a private mansion,  in the Louis XIII style, located in...

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Le chat roux - III

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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY5cuqFCusjgEwqqZeKmAKkDueYhyphenhyphenxDvtZMUyhJ3jIaVYRCEy3coNEg3gRSdbe9Oa6MtXF6ndDaQpwuNgkCJ4OCwb1kqMqfRkPqxKuEgB6P8PZj2xvllJX4A9mol4DiIRPez61k5iCa5Q/s640/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0019.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0PUYcP_aGM7C6kOO3AnGFvQSzM-p3CIHkql0US2GKjhwfrEpoqKW_ksiesqCjPSmy9KF3Q7kpfI-GqfgIFLEbU0AaAgr-ED5hqdvmCgO-hVR8L0CRr3zG8lQgibUutKQaFJv1lkUvuM/s1600/2011+nove+day+6+DSC_0017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0PUYcP_aGM7C6kOO3AnGFvQSzM-p3CIHkql0US2GKjhwfrEpoqKW_ksiesqCjPSmy9KF3Q7kpfI-GqfgIFLEbU0AaAgr-ED5hqdvmCgO-hVR8L0CRr3zG8lQgibUutKQaFJv1lkUvuM/s640/2011+nove+day+6+DSC_0017.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;">So, the mystery is solved...</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;">In a very life-like pounce <em>le chat roux</em> is going after the birds on the next window ledge.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I feel certain that they all escape, leaving the adventure for another day.</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;">Rue Crémieux is a short walking street of two-story houses facing each other.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The colors and <em>tromp l'oeil</em> such as seen here are abundant.</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;"><a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2012/05/le-chat-rouge.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Le chat roux</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> which I showed you last week lives on this storybook street also.  Do you think he was the model for c<em>e chat roux qui se jette sur les oiseaux*?</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">(*this red cat who pounces on birds)</span></em></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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKkeZ7kJ5aDR2-d-l5uB7FWE-W2dVaRmqQ2KswtBaE6FjkcmpeHSJJpt8YBO3uKj0qDvOB2sfJ6E1m2POmkruAmco4ur2Qu7NUznV3bPSzH98BFPVBIxKJtR01OQZDZ_2hlJTfYvLjis/s1600/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKkeZ7kJ5aDR2-d-l5uB7FWE-W2dVaRmqQ2KswtBaE6FjkcmpeHSJJpt8YBO3uKj0qDvOB2sfJ6E1m2POmkruAmco4ur2Qu7NUznV3bPSzH98BFPVBIxKJtR01OQZDZ_2hlJTfYvLjis/s200/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0034.jpg" width="132" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>28, rue Crémieux</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75012, Paris</em></span>

Le chat roux - III

So, the mystery is solved... In a very life-like pounce le chat roux is going after the birds on the next window ledge.  I feel certain tha...

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Paris en hiver... Jardin des Tuileries

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Paris en hiver... Jardin des Tuileries

In December the Jardin des Tuileries was full of people braving the frigid weather. This photo was taken on the west end of the garden and ...

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