Boulevard Raspail - une femme et son vélo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXK5uhS1_VnIb8hNXaiCJaP80kpHsHatqmgvJ8rKzA41dQ2MP5BQyJ1N-K0rMT5gpHYWurbGI3tW8ZA1pAfR8IR9LSu5AFV7sXUudHsbAT8kNjcDmCISjlNNNFpT9Lg09TmqcEyuIh5FQ/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+006+DSC_8672.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXK5uhS1_VnIb8hNXaiCJaP80kpHsHatqmgvJ8rKzA41dQ2MP5BQyJ1N-K0rMT5gpHYWurbGI3tW8ZA1pAfR8IR9LSu5AFV7sXUudHsbAT8kNjcDmCISjlNNNFpT9Lg09TmqcEyuIh5FQ/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+006+DSC_8672.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A woman and her bicycle</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was more than just a light rain, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but she was dressed for the ride.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Her basket contained a briefcase and a black pinwheel, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and there was another wicker basket to the side of the back wheel.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">This was no pleasure ride,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but a well-orchestrated, </div><div style="text-align: center;">any-kind-of-weather daily commute.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chic, stylish, adventurous...</div><div style="text-align: center;">must be a French Girl.</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;">Boulevard Raspail et Rue de Sèvres</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;">  </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Boulevard Raspail - une femme et son vélo

A woman and her bicycle It was more than just a light rain,  but she was dressed for the ride. Her basket contained a briefcase and a black ...

Read more »

Place Louis Lépine - la cycliste

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMnLlkZFBStMXSUZzUu_wuzMT_Dn8mblEZhjqqtHKDJYZuMwJwW2MxFIIamCGzWbnRu9xwGh2PiKYBvCemIqwP1Pp2h32ZIjDrHWd-Mt3tl4vhnb2NH5ZucNcwMKZlojrKt5mc8LBqpQA/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_110DSC_4465.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" eda="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMnLlkZFBStMXSUZzUu_wuzMT_Dn8mblEZhjqqtHKDJYZuMwJwW2MxFIIamCGzWbnRu9xwGh2PiKYBvCemIqwP1Pp2h32ZIjDrHWd-Mt3tl4vhnb2NH5ZucNcwMKZlojrKt5mc8LBqpQA/s640/2012+Mar+28+Paris_110DSC_4465.jpg" width="400" /></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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When one rides a Velib, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">one is not concerned about the maintenance or security of a bike.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Certainly the owner of the bike (or what is left of it)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> in the background has a problem.</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>Place Louis Lépine</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Cité</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Place Louis Lépine - la cycliste

When one rides a Velib, one is not concerned about the maintenance or security of a bike.  Certainly the owner of the bike (or what is left ...

Read more »

Deux vélos

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJRGcA8dj3kLOKtFEJxAakqtHzKRQvJvOp27OS1TCjoZ-UHjmK5PTe2Uw7ywzB0uo4AMfRND35nzcX3KudPBdjTk2wmOGExomil3zBipxUCXOGhbuGj3HRms7I7MCWxuhllNqiPaLeak/s1600/2012+jan+11++1st_0081-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" lda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJRGcA8dj3kLOKtFEJxAakqtHzKRQvJvOp27OS1TCjoZ-UHjmK5PTe2Uw7ywzB0uo4AMfRND35nzcX3KudPBdjTk2wmOGExomil3zBipxUCXOGhbuGj3HRms7I7MCWxuhllNqiPaLeak/s640/2012+jan+11++1st_0081-1.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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In the elegant halls of Galerie Vivienne, this pair of bikes parked just around the corner of the old <em>librarie</em> (bookstore) founded in 1826.  The large flat baskets on the front of each of these bikes appear to be the perfect transport for stacks of books.</span></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;">I would love to think that I could sport around Paris on one of these, but the challenge of taking photos and riding would likely be a bad combination.  </span></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;">Would you ride a bike in Paris?</span></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;">bon weekend!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Galerie Vivienne</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue des Petits-Champs</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75002 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">  </div>

Deux vélos

In the elegant halls of Galerie Vivienne, this pair of bikes parked just around the corner of the old librarie (bookstore) founded in 1826....

Read more »