Le carrousel - XXVI

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17DQnxiXSzaU4uAiwJK4l1xhyM-3wrIsLq4MtONu9t7AuQY7ElCKb4ylDlCqF_dd3qlKJtSRGvX5LLohWG0QBhWKGePLyq5z9dlNxDh8OgRxJvmRGjg5mD1ycUV4fl0myLExcGZ1NN64/s1600/2012+Mar+29_5212DSC_5207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hea="true" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17DQnxiXSzaU4uAiwJK4l1xhyM-3wrIsLq4MtONu9t7AuQY7ElCKb4ylDlCqF_dd3qlKJtSRGvX5LLohWG0QBhWKGePLyq5z9dlNxDh8OgRxJvmRGjg5mD1ycUV4fl0myLExcGZ1NN64/s640/2012+Mar+29_5212DSC_5207.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;">As the blue skies of this April evening turned the multi-hued shades known only in Paris, we waited for the first "twinkling" of La Tour Eiffel.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The lights on that iron beauty twinkle for about 5 minutes every hour until 1am.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">They start on the first hour after the Paris street lights come on.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Little did we know that we would enjoy a show before the main event...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">soft streetlights, sculptures, a reflecting pool, fountains.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It was all set off by a delightful carousel (rotating counter-clockwise) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">with its calliope music playing.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The police vans?  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Manpower to catch the people selling Eiffel Tower keychains - not so magical</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: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em><br />Carrousel de Trocadero</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place du Trocadéro</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75016, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le carrousel - XXVI

As the blue skies of this April evening turned the multi-hued shades known only in Paris, we waited for the first "twinkling" of L...

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