Tuesday, December 11, 2012

6 décembre 2012: Paris, France

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My complementary breakfast at the hostel. French car.
American flags on the window. Urban art.
Red bike. Green lights.
Globes in the window.
Monmartre.
Pink flower.
Monmartre marché de noël.
Mime dressed in white standing in front of Sacré Cœur. Graffitied lamp post.
Santas on ladders in a boulangerie window.
A worker washing the sidewalk.
Le Printemps, a French department store, had an elaborate window display.
Marché de noël in front of Gare Saint Lazare. Pharmacy store window sporting all of its supports.
The wheels, the seat, the handlebars... there was nothing else to lift without breaking the lock.
Gas for when you're on the go.
Christmas trees for sale in Paris. This lovely tree, at most three feet tall, was a mere 30 euros. 



Happy New Citroën... English in advertising.








Bride and groom getting photos taken in the Tuilleries.
Inside the Louvre.
A couple years ago there were only four Starbucks in all of France, now there are over fifty in Paris alone... this one inside the Louvre.






A group of school children enthusiastically watching a street performer making bubbles.




Workers pruning of the trees in the gardens of the Palais Royal.
l'Opéra

I popped into the library in the neighborhood of Clignancourt and checked out the education section.
A group of photographers with their tripods set up along the Seine.
Notre Dame is getting ready for its 850th anniversary in 2013.
Prayer candles lit in front of the nativity.