Des sapins de Noël

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3gWym4RR6YQoX2AbPQ_WrCFzcQdw9g5mo6k931ekyLp1Kab9wwboZDP1tX1WkwrD3LVjCOuTiEuzHbDLbDBWYV6vpKdsJudDVM3qyXmRGF5Ahwv45ZU8GcsjA8HbHs1EOYxLEtEszD4/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+145+DSC_1830.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3gWym4RR6YQoX2AbPQ_WrCFzcQdw9g5mo6k931ekyLp1Kab9wwboZDP1tX1WkwrD3LVjCOuTiEuzHbDLbDBWYV6vpKdsJudDVM3qyXmRGF5Ahwv45ZU8GcsjA8HbHs1EOYxLEtEszD4/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+145+DSC_1830.jpg" width="560" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas trees</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The first time I saw trees bundled like this on the streets of Paris, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I first thought of mummies.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">These are quite tall and grand </div><div style="text-align: center;">when you consider the size of many Paris apartments.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Can you imagine toting one of these </div><div style="text-align: center;">over your shoulder through the Paris Métro?</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;">Passage du Grand Cerf</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Saint Denis</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Des sapins de Noël

Christmas trees The first time I saw trees bundled like this on the streets of Paris,  I first thought of mummies.   These are quite tall an...

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Un sapin violet - Rue de Sèvres

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBpXywCwYt-kkTQPxPTV_zXq-m0UAHv_5c_k41aSIqang_ujCk6fTGYbkdGSpKVKLdipZ-_0SYZfpXq7Mx_x6iYeMianVWqoQXQoD1BXLPd9ua3FV5Sx-PgBjhz4FcMVH90_wTrEM-tE/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+084+DSC_0190.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBpXywCwYt-kkTQPxPTV_zXq-m0UAHv_5c_k41aSIqang_ujCk6fTGYbkdGSpKVKLdipZ-_0SYZfpXq7Mx_x6iYeMianVWqoQXQoD1BXLPd9ua3FV5Sx-PgBjhz4FcMVH90_wTrEM-tE/s640/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+084+DSC_0190.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">un sapin violet</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;">With an emphasis on color, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the new shades of Pantone coffee mugs caught my eye.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The crocheted tea cozy is an updated version </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of an old-fashioned favorite.</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;">The windows just dazzle!</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;">8, rue de Sèvres</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;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></i></div>

Un sapin violet - Rue de Sèvres

un sapin violet With an emphasis on color,  the new shades of Pantone coffee mugs caught my eye.   The crocheted tea cozy is an updated vers...

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Sapins de Noël - Passage du Grand Cerf

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11361460324/" title="2013 Nov21 Paris _20131121 180 DSC_1865 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov21 Paris _20131121 180 DSC_1865" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2841/11361460324_dc0de06c10_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;">Christmas trees in Paris</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;">Giggling on the first occasion of seeing </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Christmas trees dressed like sausages, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I now find them totally charming.  </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;">The stands made of split tree trunks are quite solid </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and they are ready to be carried off, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">through the Métro or by bus to a waiting Paris apartment.  </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;">The scents of fresh evergreen are as omnipresent </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as those of the baguettes from the nearby boulangerie.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Messages du Grand Cerf</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;">4, passage du Grand Cerf (Rue Saint Denis entrance)</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;">75002, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Sapins de Noël - Passage du Grand Cerf

Christmas trees in Paris Giggling on the first occasion of seeing  Christmas trees dressed like sausages,  I now find them totally charming....

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Une forêt de sapins de Noël

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8294975921/" title="2009 Dec IMG_0172 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2009 Dec IMG_0172" height="544" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8294975921_66b1ac2ac0_c.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;">A small forest of Christmas trees</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;">As you cross Pont Marie from l'Île Saint Louis </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">this stand of trees greets you with its silver and blue bows.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Little pockets of decoration and celebration </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">such as this can be enjoyed all over Paris.</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;">Quai de l'Hôtel de Ville at Pont Marie</div><div style="text-align: left;">75004, Paris</div><div style="text-align: left;">Métro Pont Marie</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Une forêt de sapins de Noël

    A small forest of Christmas trees As you cross Pont Marie from l'Île Saint Louis  this stand of trees greets you with its silver and...

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Rue Cler - les sapins de Noël

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8293452558/" title="2009 Dec 6 00668 - bw by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2009 Dec 6 00668 - bw" height="512" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8492/8293452558_71193c0ab6_c.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 sapins de Noël </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;">Most of the trees in Paris are quite petite compared to what one might see in the US.</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;">If I lived there, I would want a small tree no taller than me, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">perhaps one like the little one on the right.  The log stands are beyond charming.</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-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Cler</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(a pedestrian street)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro École Militaire</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;"> </div>

Rue Cler - les sapins de Noël

  Les sapins de Noël  Most of the trees in Paris are quite petite compared to what one might see in the US. If I lived there, I would want a...

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Petits sapins

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzG_UYEmjrhwWZNUQVIhU_P10C2rurs_ISR7Ucpj1q5HABiNHVJezAFna2H6FWlsGk9JJNNDZW1UpXzFLMMBn6suqPXienxdX2ANgc9Sag3vfvulEkM06WJ7ykejGpOJGcJhuSSNV3rUs/s1600/2009+dec+paris+00671+blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542890663242873074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzG_UYEmjrhwWZNUQVIhU_P10C2rurs_ISR7Ucpj1q5HABiNHVJezAFna2H6FWlsGk9JJNNDZW1UpXzFLMMBn6suqPXienxdX2ANgc9Sag3vfvulEkM06WJ7ykejGpOJGcJhuSSNV3rUs/s640/2009+dec+paris+00671+blog.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">For those with only the very smallest amount of space, here is a Paris option for your petit sapin de noel.<br /><br /></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Paris is cold but only delightfully so with sun and no wind today. I feel very fortunate to have met both Laurent of <a href="http://dailyphotoparis.blogspot.com/"><strong>Daily Photo Paris</strong> </a>and to see again Peter of <a href="http://peter-pho2.blogspot.com/"><strong>Peter's Paris</strong></a>. How wonderful to meet friends face to face!<br /><br /></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Bon weekend to all!<br /></span></div></span>

Petits sapins

For those with only the very smallest amount of space, here is a Paris option for your petit sapin de noel. Paris is cold but only delightfu...

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