Insignes de la royauté

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRHez_GvJ90Y8yALn8mzxSY-YovB1bPCfZ6FZnKQmpyzthl7nPmhddmgG8xHSd8gjnlXxKcSyBPBilHM8GPW2CkGmTImh7Tm0r32PoZBcOQrKu1ds4i5nGodKfiyzDWMTPe5WJNy0v5g/s1600/2012+Jan+15++IMG_6689.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRHez_GvJ90Y8yALn8mzxSY-YovB1bPCfZ6FZnKQmpyzthl7nPmhddmgG8xHSd8gjnlXxKcSyBPBilHM8GPW2CkGmTImh7Tm0r32PoZBcOQrKu1ds4i5nGodKfiyzDWMTPe5WJNy0v5g/s640/2012+Jan+15++IMG_6689.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Basilique Saint Denis</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Regalia commissioned by King<span id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> Louis</span> <span class="hps">XVIII</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="en"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="en"></span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="en">Basilique Saint Denis</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="en">Saint-Denis, France</span></div><span lang="en"></span>

Insignes de la royauté

  Basilique Saint Denis     Regalia commissioned by King Louis XVIII     Basilique Saint Denis Saint-Denis, France

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Beyond -- Mardi Gras!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYudDD-rl3t2fsjpL9q9VIc8ju2jGXIxniJiyh5HprdxSJwIp00QE7RaezriVlCIjGqmG2GuZaVxVVzW6ohVnZA4QnQMljGEjEZHXCXK4Nl2sqPX79bnU18QJZ55pys7PcVdzv2-zZEQ/s1600/2010+mardi+gras+beyond+DSC_0383.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581415655234715986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYudDD-rl3t2fsjpL9q9VIc8ju2jGXIxniJiyh5HprdxSJwIp00QE7RaezriVlCIjGqmG2GuZaVxVVzW6ohVnZA4QnQMljGEjEZHXCXK4Nl2sqPX79bnU18QJZ55pys7PcVdzv2-zZEQ/s640/2010+mardi+gras+beyond+DSC_0383.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">On rare occasion I take you "beyond" but today is the last day of Carnival, celebrated here as <a href="http://www.mobilechamber.com/mardigras.asp"><strong>Mardi Gras</strong></a>. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">After three weeks of frivolity and merriment, the final parades will roll tonight as tomorrow marks the beginning of Lent. As the King and Queen of Mardi Gras rule over their loyal subjects, the youngest of party-goers is dressed in her finest coat and hat. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The little Page to the King seems a bit forlorn awaiting the start of the parade when he will throw beads and toys to the crowd... Perhaps he is thinking of the beautiful girl in red!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.cityofmobile.org/mardigras.php"><strong>Mardi Gras in Mobile</strong></a>*</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mobile, Alabama</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">* (with several links including a live web cam of the parades)</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBtdEcr5eEcOSu5d-lRB-dxWgorQAkMKlY0STvcrlXlTWP0qCdXbocInufNo22aZd9P9Uief6-Y09l2_HEm4vmzvNHS5Djo-b8csXd9PAvz1bKVQR49xEJ_Eh5EDmgHgIxwRlVnJ2lAPo/s1600/2010+mardi+gras+beyond+DSC_0558.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581415010194665602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBtdEcr5eEcOSu5d-lRB-dxWgorQAkMKlY0STvcrlXlTWP0qCdXbocInufNo22aZd9P9Uief6-Y09l2_HEm4vmzvNHS5Djo-b8csXd9PAvz1bKVQR49xEJ_Eh5EDmgHgIxwRlVnJ2lAPo/s400/2010+mardi+gras+beyond+DSC_0558.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 274px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvt4bC9qlsVkxNzxEZUMlZ8Aov1lLGCnpSvdQcfg2EzlNCKEEW1URrdbPxOKHNmRKxQRoInKVIgsxF_xDnJAZJucOjm8GFBqhgcXyyffidB14hWBHzrcrdX-6o9Oz3L36JB6jeElneqDI/s1600/2010+mardi+gras+beyond+DSC_0917.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581414660751639282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvt4bC9qlsVkxNzxEZUMlZ8Aov1lLGCnpSvdQcfg2EzlNCKEEW1URrdbPxOKHNmRKxQRoInKVIgsxF_xDnJAZJucOjm8GFBqhgcXyyffidB14hWBHzrcrdX-6o9Oz3L36JB6jeElneqDI/s400/2010+mardi+gras+beyond+DSC_0917.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 315px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Tomorrow we will be back in Paris.</span></div><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </p><div align="center"><br /><br /></div></span><div align="center"></div>

Beyond -- Mardi Gras!

On rare occasion I take you "beyond" but today is the last day of Carnival, celebrated here as Mardi Gras . After three weeks of...

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