la Seine et des parapluies

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieSoVooLlLXCwX06Fkjp823Jt1WrG7SYlI6vL8ud344WFs8dz8mmbKiwzGMCi0JH7Teh-azoEuT6bZUZ3CiT4ss_P__qgT7TspLWDWyTNph6H_k0-2OMV7tL50Q0NMdna9f4EDHIULczc/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_201DSC_8796.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieSoVooLlLXCwX06Fkjp823Jt1WrG7SYlI6vL8ud344WFs8dz8mmbKiwzGMCi0JH7Teh-azoEuT6bZUZ3CiT4ss_P__qgT7TspLWDWyTNph6H_k0-2OMV7tL50Q0NMdna9f4EDHIULczc/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_201DSC_8796.jpg" width="550" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A few drops of rain do not stop Paris,</div><div style="text-align: center;">nor a deluge...</div><div style="text-align: center;">nor a snowstorm...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The wet pavement </div><div style="text-align: center;">makes for nice photographs</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;">La Seine</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;"><br /></div>

la Seine et des parapluies

A few drops of rain do not stop Paris, nor a deluge... nor a snowstorm... The wet pavement  makes for nice photographs La Seine 75006, Paris

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Rosa Bonheur - Il pleut!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgT77iQgfBvQ2XonEDDPSmNOClEYLL13fWgxxdAS2_rjU0kV72rv3clShNbuhs-JWEsfr6GfBQrdT3lbU-lchp_OV2GWZtbXAzgjwglNGQrWK5GYAoU1WZJKi_rxU40HsUsSkIT3SyaT8/s1600/2013+May+19+P1020310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgT77iQgfBvQ2XonEDDPSmNOClEYLL13fWgxxdAS2_rjU0kV72rv3clShNbuhs-JWEsfr6GfBQrdT3lbU-lchp_OV2GWZtbXAzgjwglNGQrWK5GYAoU1WZJKi_rxU40HsUsSkIT3SyaT8/s1600/2013+May+19+P1020310.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rosa Bonheur</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bucolic delights reign at Rosa Bonheur, a bar set in a former guinguette in the heart of Parc des Buttes Chaumont. Its name loosely translates as ‘pink happiness’ but refers in particular to 19th-century French painter and sculptor ‘Rosa Bonheur’, famous for her depictions of animals and her role in the early feminist movement (alongside George Sand and Sarah Bernhardt).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sunday evenings are packed.  A group of us were there last May, enjoyed the music and the party.  As we left in a driving rainstorm, the serious night party crowd was just arriving.  The people in the queue did not seem the least daunted by the line or the rain.  C'est Paris!</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;">Rosa Bonheur - Parc des Buttes Chaumont</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;">2, avenue de la Cascade</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;">75019, 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>

Rosa Bonheur - Il pleut!

Rosa Bonheur Bucolic delights reign at Rosa Bonheur, a bar set in a former guinguette in the heart of Parc des Buttes Chaumont. Its name lo...

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Monsieur?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsaiQq5YQuxHpzkWsJDxyAdLv6L4c5VPoZgP4bDz79r7OLaFKQaJlj2_u77o8tNUh9j0izy66LWq1jrSXGdL9DLhaCIVRPbCMPjsfYWDiuPFVfynEn3BI2AR7dWyEkr2scoqqahnxkvM/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+165+DSC_8831.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsaiQq5YQuxHpzkWsJDxyAdLv6L4c5VPoZgP4bDz79r7OLaFKQaJlj2_u77o8tNUh9j0izy66LWq1jrSXGdL9DLhaCIVRPbCMPjsfYWDiuPFVfynEn3BI2AR7dWyEkr2scoqqahnxkvM/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+165+DSC_8831.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pont d'Arcole</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;"><strike>Man</strike> on the bridge with an umbrella, uh...</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;">Charming man on the bridge in the rain with an umbrella...</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;">...nothing more to say</span></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;">Pont d'Arcole</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;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Monsieur?

Pont d'Arcole Man on the bridge with an umbrella, uh... Charming man on the bridge in the rain with an umbrella... ...nothing more to s...

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Avenue du Président Wilson - une fille française?

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11126441896/" title="2013 Nov15 Paris _20131115 035 DSC_8988 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov15 Paris _20131115 035 DSC_8988" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3823/11126441896_f1457b2e65_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><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;">Along Avenue du Président Wilson, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">she walked with long strides in front of the gates of Palais Galliera.  </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;">She was dressed head to toe in shades of gray </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">offset by tresses of deep auburn.</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;">Yes, definitely...</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;">must be a French girl</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;">Avenue du Président Wilson</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;">75016, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Joyeux anniversaire, Renée</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Avenue du Président Wilson - une fille française?

Along Avenue du Président Wilson,  she walked with long strides in front of the gates of Palais Galliera.   She was dressed head to toe in s...

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Jardin des Tuileries - des parapluies

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_vbixsJOGVSJ-R-Fu0RWmtaeXiZ5i82fA5RuOntcvf-TMAfsMeVx8CUQBe9JBneUNRQ8r134fNrjMQo2JtUaw-fOou2Y1eQp6QmNAg-at4e7mMWyPdqFgx0ps01CBNwK7-uzo-uzQtM/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_216DSC_8811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_vbixsJOGVSJ-R-Fu0RWmtaeXiZ5i82fA5RuOntcvf-TMAfsMeVx8CUQBe9JBneUNRQ8r134fNrjMQo2JtUaw-fOou2Y1eQp6QmNAg-at4e7mMWyPdqFgx0ps01CBNwK7-uzo-uzQtM/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_216DSC_8811.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jardin des Tuileries</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><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The autumn leaves can be seen down this alley.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The trees, many still green, provide some shelter from the rain.</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;">I do not bring an umbrella to Paris </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as I cannot hold an umbrella and my camera at the same time.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am like a wet dog, but a rainy day in Paris...</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><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;">Jardin des Tuileries</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;">75001, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Jardin des Tuileries - des parapluies

Jardin des Tuileries The autumn leaves can be seen down this alley.   The trees, many still green, provide some shelter from the rain. I do ...

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Chantal Thomass - un parapluie

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijf6ubv3XvSSlOmB9V3yLRwjOcJJaDdzxuEl4KPTeS0sYlKi-SHlTakMDZirRiMB-mtOVXcf6-f7V8PwALnfDNbtG7aJiaQ-mV9hDqBVK_2dAmBiN4zesSqdM_MXZesY4JVLk74JRhNJ0/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_137DSC_9101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijf6ubv3XvSSlOmB9V3yLRwjOcJJaDdzxuEl4KPTeS0sYlKi-SHlTakMDZirRiMB-mtOVXcf6-f7V8PwALnfDNbtG7aJiaQ-mV9hDqBVK_2dAmBiN4zesSqdM_MXZesY4JVLk74JRhNJ0/s640/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_137DSC_9101.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.chantalthomass.fr/?lang=en#/homepage/fall-winter-2013-collection-catalogue" target="_blank">Chantal Thomass</a></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 fashion house led by the the stylish Chantal first made the lingerie scene during the 1960s and 1970s.  All the world was shunning the frilly lingerie and burning bras.</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;">She flaunted the feminist movement, fabricating lingerie from menswear fabrics and at the other end of the spectrum sensuous fluffs of lace, silk, organza.  While visiting Paris, I regularly walk past this window on Rue Saint Honoré, always anticipating a visual treat.</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-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;">Chantal Thomass</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">211, rue Saint Honoré</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, 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: left;"><br /></div>

Chantal Thomass - un parapluie

Chantal Thomass This fashion house led by the the stylish Chantal first made the lingerie scene during the 1960s and 1970s.  All the world w...

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Palais Royal - Ce doit être une fille française

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gksjP3-wo__Gpy0F5nEi7hso-WAbbSu2y9BV_7ZFJrfzlxF8phJ1gD-R8yeSI0NfLjoEZaB2STyu7AbkrWJxP5NgeFifjE45EGUVw1SHS-R0Ea5VLE0bADdiwXJBecnx_sX0kWugJ6o/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_19DSC_9351b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gksjP3-wo__Gpy0F5nEi7hso-WAbbSu2y9BV_7ZFJrfzlxF8phJ1gD-R8yeSI0NfLjoEZaB2STyu7AbkrWJxP5NgeFifjE45EGUVw1SHS-R0Ea5VLE0bADdiwXJBecnx_sX0kWugJ6o/s640/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_19DSC_9351b.jpg" width="422" /></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;">Palais Royal</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 young woman walked on the wet pavement</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in front of Le Nemours as she chatted on her phone.</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;">Must be a French girl</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(love those red boots!)</span></i></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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Palais Royal</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Palais Royal - Ce doit être une fille française

Palais Royal This young woman walked on the wet pavement in front of Le Nemours as she chatted on her phone. Must be a French girl (love tho...

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Pétanque et un parapluie

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZZ3kJS4w3eTao7w1mMTSWa-HeWyzBxdFSzU7vZo3Rc8hjcm4AqZnDbcySr-zkciJpbtDockRhWAVija_JkzC0LTjQiFjodBjNUonQL8XUFXGC2uhp1uveNkG5-W9ry7BlbN2hw2_xmU/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_227DSC_8822.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZZ3kJS4w3eTao7w1mMTSWa-HeWyzBxdFSzU7vZo3Rc8hjcm4AqZnDbcySr-zkciJpbtDockRhWAVija_JkzC0LTjQiFjodBjNUonQL8XUFXGC2uhp1uveNkG5-W9ry7BlbN2hw2_xmU/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_227DSC_8822.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jardin des Tuileries</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;">Never daunted by a few drops of rain, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">these gentlemen gather daily to play their games of pétanque.  </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;">A well-worn <i>parapluie*</i> provides scant protection from the deluge this day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2013/01/february-theme-day-umbrellas.html" target="_blank">Joining the City Daily Photo Blogs</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2013/01/february-theme-day-umbrellas.html" target="_blank">for February's Theme Day </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2013/01/february-theme-day-umbrellas.html" target="_blank">"umbrellas"</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*parapluie = umbrella</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jardin des Tuileries</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Tuileries</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Pétanque et un parapluie

Jardin des Tuileries Never daunted by a few drops of rain,  these gentlemen gather daily to play their games of pétanque.   A well-worn para...

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Deux parapluies

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8233094652_967fcf13a5_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8233094652_967fcf13a5_c.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Two umbrellas </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Quai Malaquais</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(near Institut de France)</span></i></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;">Looking down from Pont des Arts to the quai below, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">it seems that the rain was just nothing more than an annoyance</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for these two tourists.</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;"><u>Travel tip for Paris</u>:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Raincoat <i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(imperméable)</span></i> with a hood </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Umbrella <i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(parapluie)</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">An extra pair of shoes <i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(chaussures)</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Oh, and a waterproof camera <i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(appareil photo)</span></i></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;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Quai Malaquais</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Seine -  la rive gauche</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;"><br /></div>

Deux parapluies

Two umbrellas Quai Malaquais (near Institut de France) Looking down from Pont des Arts to the quai below,  it seems that the rain was just n...

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Le Relais Odéon - une grande brasserie

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8225173341_e23fde9116_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8225173341_e23fde9116_c.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le Relais Odéon</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue du Jardinet</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 famous Paris brasserie has an address on Boulevard Saint-Germain</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but there is back entrance on Rue du Jardinet as seen 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;">The weather worsened as the day progressed, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but the rain made for moody photos on the rain-soaked, cobbled streets.</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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Relais Odéon</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard Saint-Germain et</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue du Jardinet</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;">Métro Odéon</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Relais Odéon - une grande brasserie

Le Relais Odéon Rue du Jardinet This famous Paris brasserie has an address on Boulevard Saint-Germain but there is back entrance on Rue du J...

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