Rue de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève - le travailleur

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8527247658/" title="2012 Jan 15 2nd_0440 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 15 2nd_0440" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8505/8527247658_6d5acd764a_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le travailleur</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;">Color-matched for the job at hand, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">this worker made a nice contrast to the stark winter scene.</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;">May you not work too hard this week </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and take time to enjoy your surroundings, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">wherever they may be.</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 de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(just across from the steps of Saint-Étienne du Mont) </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div>

Rue de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève - le travailleur

Le travailleur Color-matched for the job at hand,  this worker made a nice contrast to the stark winter scene. May you not work too hard thi...

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Église Sainte-Marguerite

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8523622210/" title="2012 Oct 4 Thursday_119DSC_8210 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 4 Thursday_119DSC_8210" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8528/8523622210_56a09cff0f_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Sainte-Marguerite</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 layout of the church of Sainte-Marguerite is a Latin cross, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">according to the classical style of the 17th Century.   </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;">It's adjacent cemetery was opened in 1637 and during the French Revolution, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the bodies of three hundred people who were guillontined in </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Place de la Bastille and Place de la Nation were buried there.  Most of the cemetery was closed in 1804, but there are a few interesting stories to share on another day.</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: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></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;">Église Sainte-Marguerite</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">36, rue Saint-Bernard</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75011, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Sainte-Marguerite

Église Sainte-Marguerite The layout of the church of Sainte-Marguerite is a Latin cross,  according to the classical style of the 17th Centu...

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Rue Mouffetard - café-bistrot

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8520470590/" title="2012 Jan 15 2nd_0404 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 15 2nd_0404" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8246/8520470590_e80bcb4305_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Café-Bistrot</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue Mouffetard</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;">On this chilly day there were no customers outside.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You can tell from the windows, that they were doing a great business inside.</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;">Do you just love the writing on the blackboard?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is beautifully French.</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-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;">Rue Moufetard</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue Mouffetard - café-bistrot

Café-Bistrot Rue Mouffetard On this chilly day there were no customers outside.   You can tell from the windows, that they were doing a grea...

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