Paris and the Ile-de-France, yet again
Jun 28th, 2015, 08:39 AM
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Paris and the Ile-de-France, yet again
So what does this make - twenty trips to France that have included the City of Light? Can't be less - maybe a few more? In any case, I know that this is a large number for some of you, but certainly not for all. As for other frequent visitors, I can step off the standard tourist routes (or not), free to do whatever has attracted my attention, as is the case here.
This report is in my usual phototravelogue style, with heavily captioned photo albums. (Note that in the new Google Photos approach, after clicking on a photo, you also have to select the lower case "i" in the white circle to access the captions.) However, rather than my earlier approach to present a full visit in a single album in chronological order, I have decided to deconstruct them here by subject.
My major project for this trip was to follow up a recent reading of "Paris Reborn: Napoléon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Quest to Build a Modern City" (http://www.amazon.com/Paris-Reborn-N...PZ140JVYBDQG7B), a fine overview of the transformation of the city 150 years ago. I did this by following the equally excellent "Walks through Lost Paris" (http://www.amazon.com/Walks-Through-...QFB6MZACRRRY0A), borrowing some of the book's photos to provide some context for my own pictures: https://goo.gl/photos/enPxU9E8Vhw29yqX8.
Next was a visit to Vaux-le-Vicomte, which I had somehow manage to miss in all my earlier visits to the area: https://goo.gl/photos/vfB3qve6MNuctD4t5.
The natural follow-up to that visit is Versailles, which I did, but omitting the chateau, which I had visited earlier. Rather, I chose to focus on the gardens, based on my recent reading of the excellent "The Gardener of Versailles" (http://www.amazon.com/Gardener-Versa...6FGJ9WZWNEK6): https://goo.gl/photos/XCeXEdZGPVEiLwXP9.
There were two walks in the Ile-de-France countryside, including several villages I have seen and reported on previously, so here I limited my photos to doors and windows which caught my attention. (Except for one picture of the Provins ramparts now under extensive restoration; haven't visited there for 5 years - when did that effort start?) They are at https://goo.gl/photos/CCu2YNKpKTJALvFc9 and https://goo.gl/photos/o3gqkQwC4G65s7Hz9.
Finally, in the city itself, there were visits to two of the small parks which can be found throughout the city, one just off the Champs Elysees (https://goo.gl/photos/4hL4VqJaUpgEig3g8) and one in Montmartre (https://goo.gl/photos/y78SLgZ78zvsGpJT8). And since some of the greatest delights of the city are in the unexpected moments and events, I have captured some of those that came my way: https://goo.gl/photos/1GLvEim4YoLsxRceA.
This report is in my usual phototravelogue style, with heavily captioned photo albums. (Note that in the new Google Photos approach, after clicking on a photo, you also have to select the lower case "i" in the white circle to access the captions.) However, rather than my earlier approach to present a full visit in a single album in chronological order, I have decided to deconstruct them here by subject.
My major project for this trip was to follow up a recent reading of "Paris Reborn: Napoléon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Quest to Build a Modern City" (http://www.amazon.com/Paris-Reborn-N...PZ140JVYBDQG7B), a fine overview of the transformation of the city 150 years ago. I did this by following the equally excellent "Walks through Lost Paris" (http://www.amazon.com/Walks-Through-...QFB6MZACRRRY0A), borrowing some of the book's photos to provide some context for my own pictures: https://goo.gl/photos/enPxU9E8Vhw29yqX8.
Next was a visit to Vaux-le-Vicomte, which I had somehow manage to miss in all my earlier visits to the area: https://goo.gl/photos/vfB3qve6MNuctD4t5.
The natural follow-up to that visit is Versailles, which I did, but omitting the chateau, which I had visited earlier. Rather, I chose to focus on the gardens, based on my recent reading of the excellent "The Gardener of Versailles" (http://www.amazon.com/Gardener-Versa...6FGJ9WZWNEK6): https://goo.gl/photos/XCeXEdZGPVEiLwXP9.
There were two walks in the Ile-de-France countryside, including several villages I have seen and reported on previously, so here I limited my photos to doors and windows which caught my attention. (Except for one picture of the Provins ramparts now under extensive restoration; haven't visited there for 5 years - when did that effort start?) They are at https://goo.gl/photos/CCu2YNKpKTJALvFc9 and https://goo.gl/photos/o3gqkQwC4G65s7Hz9.
Finally, in the city itself, there were visits to two of the small parks which can be found throughout the city, one just off the Champs Elysees (https://goo.gl/photos/4hL4VqJaUpgEig3g8) and one in Montmartre (https://goo.gl/photos/y78SLgZ78zvsGpJT8). And since some of the greatest delights of the city are in the unexpected moments and events, I have captured some of those that came my way: https://goo.gl/photos/1GLvEim4YoLsxRceA.
Jun 28th, 2015, 09:13 AM
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I enjoyed looking at all of your pictures, Mike! I especially liked the windows and doors section. Those two blue doors, one tall and skinny and the other short and wider were interesting. still trying to figure out if the relative width of the doors is an optical illusion or not. For some reason the picture of the Viking boat windows gave me a chuckle.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
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kerouac, sorry for the confusion. All the book links (which I admit are very long - but not by my choice) begin with amazon.com, while all the album links have a goo.gl start (also the non-negotiable choice of Google Photos).
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Love your pics, especially R des Barres, which my wife and I have walked perhaps fifty times, since we usually stay about a block away in Hotel de Nice on R. Rivoli.
We're going back to Paris in September...you're making me anxious.
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We're going back to Paris in September...you're making me anxious.
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Well, I have further considered kerouac's comments, and find them to be very sensible. So, I have rearranged the original post for (I hope!) greater clarity and ease of use, as follows.
So what does this make - twenty trips to France that have included the City of Light? Can't be less - maybe a few more? In any case, I know that this is a large number for some of you, but certainly not for all. As for other frequent visitors, I can step off the standard tourist routes (or not), free to do whatever has attracted my attention, as is the case here.
This report is in my usual phototravelogue style, with heavily captioned photo albums. (Note that in the new Google Photos approach, after clicking on a photo, you also have to select the lower case "i" in the white circle to access the captions.) However, rather than my earlier approach to present a full visit in a single album in chronological order, I have decided to deconstruct them here by subject.
My major project for this trip was to follow up a recent reading of "Paris Reborn: Napoléon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Quest to Build a Modern City" [1], a fine overview of the transformation of the city 150 years ago. I did this by following the equally excellent "Walks through Lost Paris" [2], borrowing some of the book's photos to provide some context for my own pictures: https://goo.gl/photos/enPxU9E8Vhw29yqX8.
Next was a visit to Vaux-le-Vicomte, which I had somehow managed to miss in all my earlier visits to the area: https://goo.gl/photos/vfB3qve6MNuctD4t5.
The natural follow-up to that visit is Versailles, which I did, but omitting the chateau, which I had visited earlier. Rather, I chose to focus on the gardens, based on my recent reading of the excellent "The Gardener of Versailles" [3]: https://goo.gl/photos/XCeXEdZGPVEiLwXP9.
There were two walks in the Ile-de-France countryside, including several villages I have seen and reported on previously, so here I limited my photos to doors and windows which caught my attention. (Except for one picture of the Provins ramparts now under extensive restoration; haven't visited there for 5 years - when did that effort start?) They are at https://goo.gl/photos/CCu2YNKpKTJALvFc9 and https://goo.gl/photos/o3gqkQwC4G65s7Hz9.
Finally, in the city itself, there were visits to two of the small parks which can be found throughout the city, one just off the Champs Elysees (https://goo.gl/photos/4hL4VqJaUpgEig3g8) and one in Montmartre (https://goo.gl/photos/y78SLgZ78zvsGpJT8). And since some of the greatest delights of the city are in the unexpected moments and events, I have captured some of those that came my way: https://goo.gl/photos/1GLvEim4YoLsxRceA.
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[1] (http://www.amazon.com/Paris-Reborn-N...PZ140JVYBDQG7B)
[2] (http://www.amazon.com/Walks-Through-...QFB6MZACRRRY0A)
[3] (http://www.amazon.com/Gardener-Versa...T36FGJ9WZWNEK6)
So what does this make - twenty trips to France that have included the City of Light? Can't be less - maybe a few more? In any case, I know that this is a large number for some of you, but certainly not for all. As for other frequent visitors, I can step off the standard tourist routes (or not), free to do whatever has attracted my attention, as is the case here.
This report is in my usual phototravelogue style, with heavily captioned photo albums. (Note that in the new Google Photos approach, after clicking on a photo, you also have to select the lower case "i" in the white circle to access the captions.) However, rather than my earlier approach to present a full visit in a single album in chronological order, I have decided to deconstruct them here by subject.
My major project for this trip was to follow up a recent reading of "Paris Reborn: Napoléon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Quest to Build a Modern City" [1], a fine overview of the transformation of the city 150 years ago. I did this by following the equally excellent "Walks through Lost Paris" [2], borrowing some of the book's photos to provide some context for my own pictures: https://goo.gl/photos/enPxU9E8Vhw29yqX8.
Next was a visit to Vaux-le-Vicomte, which I had somehow managed to miss in all my earlier visits to the area: https://goo.gl/photos/vfB3qve6MNuctD4t5.
The natural follow-up to that visit is Versailles, which I did, but omitting the chateau, which I had visited earlier. Rather, I chose to focus on the gardens, based on my recent reading of the excellent "The Gardener of Versailles" [3]: https://goo.gl/photos/XCeXEdZGPVEiLwXP9.
There were two walks in the Ile-de-France countryside, including several villages I have seen and reported on previously, so here I limited my photos to doors and windows which caught my attention. (Except for one picture of the Provins ramparts now under extensive restoration; haven't visited there for 5 years - when did that effort start?) They are at https://goo.gl/photos/CCu2YNKpKTJALvFc9 and https://goo.gl/photos/o3gqkQwC4G65s7Hz9.
Finally, in the city itself, there were visits to two of the small parks which can be found throughout the city, one just off the Champs Elysees (https://goo.gl/photos/4hL4VqJaUpgEig3g8) and one in Montmartre (https://goo.gl/photos/y78SLgZ78zvsGpJT8). And since some of the greatest delights of the city are in the unexpected moments and events, I have captured some of those that came my way: https://goo.gl/photos/1GLvEim4YoLsxRceA.
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[1] (http://www.amazon.com/Paris-Reborn-N...PZ140JVYBDQG7B)
[2] (http://www.amazon.com/Walks-Through-...QFB6MZACRRRY0A)
[3] (http://www.amazon.com/Gardener-Versa...T36FGJ9WZWNEK6)
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