Paris Day 20 – A walk in the 9th Arrondissement

27 Tuesday May 2014

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Starting at the Église de la Sainte-Trinité church I set out to finish one of my Day Trips that was two thirds of the way completed.

Clock on the Trinity Church!

The Église de la Sainte-Trinité or Trinity Church, a building of the Second Empire period, built between 1861 and 1867 at a cost of almost 5 million francs.

Gate to where gardens built in 1766, known as the Jardin de Tivoli, once grew!

Another passage, Passage du Havre!

Passage du Havre’s beautiful interior!

Hanging glass art exhibit in the Passage du Havre!

Nothing says shopping mall like a Parisian Passage, not!

Gare Saint-Lazare, second busiest train station in Europe with 100,000,000 passengers transiting every year, Gare du Nord at 450,000 passengers per day takes the number one spot!

Gare Saint-Lazare!

Square Marcel Pagnol and the beautiful Church of St. Augustine!

Statue of Jeanne (Joan) of Arc and the Church of St. Augustine!

Jeanne (Joan) of Arc Statue!

Heading towards the Printemps Department Stores!

Lunch time at the Rooftop Cafe Deli-cieux! 360 degree view of Paris and it was an outstanding day to be on the roof!

Sacre Coeur and Église de la Sainte-Trinité to the north!

Church of St. Augustine and La Defense to the west!

Eiffel Tower to the South!

The Galeries Lafayette and Opera Granier to the East!

The Cupola inside the Galeries Lafayette!

A walk over to the Opera Granier!

Interior shots of the Opera Granier using wide angle lens! #1

The Opera Granier seating!

Interior shots of the Opera Granier using wide angle lens! #2

The Opera Granier ceiling!

Interior hall of the Opera Granier!

1st mezzanine of the Opera Granier!

Interior shots of the Opera Granier using wide angle lens! #3

Interior shots of the Opera Granier using wide angle lens! #4

Paris Day 19 – A morning walk around Montmartre

22 Thursday May 2014

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After being out and doing a night shoot in Paris, I couldn’t sleep and awoke to the birds chirping outside my window and set out to see if I could capture a great sunrise!

An unobstructed view of La Bonne Franquette & Le Consulat; taverns that Picasso and other artists routinely visited!

The side cafe seating of La Bonne Franquette looking down Rue des Saules to La Masion Rose at the corner below!

Eiffel Tower and street lamp from the Square Nadar!

A rare scene of no one walking the stairs of Rue Foyatier!

Street lamp and the stairs leading down Rue Muller at sunrise!

Sacre Coeur waiting for the first sunlight!

Street lamp and the beautiful gardens of Sacre Coeur overlooking Paris!

Some sunrise color over Paris at the footsteps of Sacre Coeur!

Sunrise hitting the Parisian sky!

Cafes starting to open for the day at Place du Tertre!

Another day for the Galerie Montmartre!

Cafe Montmartre still in the shadows as the sunlight starts to hit Paris!

From Rue Lepic the Eiffel Tower is now basking in sunlight!

The Moulin de la Galette on Rue Lepic is still in shadow as the taller Montmartre buildings catch the sun!

The windows of the Le Bateau Lavoir showing the reflection of sunlight from across the square. Picasso had his studio here, from 1904 – 1909, with other artists including Fernande Olivier (whom he met there and had a relationship with for 7 years), Kees Van Dongen, Juan Gris, Amedeo Modigliani, and Jacques Vaillant, among others. Many called this the “birthplace of cubism”!

Paris Day 9 – The Last of Montmartre

25 Friday Apr 2014

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Well with the countless hours on our own and the very great private tour that we had of Montmartre, there were only a couple things left that we hadn’t gotten to yet. Here they are in photos!

The “I Love You” wall with no people in front of it!

The “Man Walking Through Wall” art piece without people shaking his hand or in front of it!

The other Moulin, windmill left in Montmartre, this one is privately owned and not accessible like the other, which is also a cafe!

Place du Tertre! The wires on the bottom keep pigeons off!

Place du Tertre, with all of the people in it!

One of the fine artist there we chatted with admiring her work when she noticed that Lois had on very unique earrings, she asked what they were? They were from a photo of mine of Table Mt back home in Oroville. She loved them, so I told her to pick out one of her favorite paintings and I would make it into a pendant for her as she did not wear earrings! This was the painting she chose!

One of the fine artists we chatted with admiring her work when she noticed that Lois had on very unique earrings, she asked what they were? They were from a photo of mine of Table Mt back home in Oroville. She loved them, so I told her to pick out one of her favorite paintings and I would make it into a pendant for her as she did not wear earrings! This was the painting she chose!

This area is always so busy, large trucks are always in this area as they cannot drive through without at least three maneuvers! The two cafes are very famous as back in the days, all of the artists would end up at one or the other of them and drink all night. Story goes that they would show up with a painting and the barkeep would give them a bottle of wine for it. The artist died broke and the barkeep made millions later selling their originals!

Unique shot of Sacre Coeur!

Lois wanted a fabric store as we had purchased some back in 2003 and made pillows with it. She did finally make a purchase after going through all five floors.

Lois wanted to stop at a fabric store as we had purchased fabric back in 2003 and made pillows with it. She did finally make a purchase after going through all five floors.

One stop left, the Dam Button Store!

Back at the entrance to our apartment!

Paris Day 6 – A walk to the Musee de Montmartre and a climb up the inside of Sacre Coeur!

21 Monday Apr 2014

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Doing two things today that we did not get the chance to do the last time we were here in Paris, take in the Musee de Montmartre and climb to the top of the Basilique du Sacré Cœur Dome to see the vista from the top of the highest point on Montmartre. Here are some photos of the day!

Yeah, yeah, yeah it is Springtime in Paris!

Moulin de la Galette, one of only two windmills left on the butte!

Moulin de la Galette close up!

Square Suzanne Buisson.

Saint-Denis carrying his head!

Looking up Rue de l’Abreuvoir!

A beautiful street to walk, Rue de l’Abreuvoir!

Musee de Montmartre!

Front court yard! No photos are allowed inside, so just outside views will be shown here.

Side courtyard where a famous painting was done at the swing!

Viola! A Renoir painting!

From the back!

Okay, one shot from inside!

Pretty and smells wonderful!

To the ascent of Sacre Coeur!

Last set of stairs at the top!

On the way up!

On the top! Gargoyles were and are still used as rain spouts!

Great vistas!

Inside the walkway on the top!

a view of Tour Montparnasse from the top of the Dome!

Just a beautiful day to be on top of Paris!

Gargoyle and Eiffel Tower!

The 300 steps leading back down the Dome!

Paris Day 5 – Montmartre

20 Sunday Apr 2014

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Yes another blog on Montmartre, there is too much to see right here at our apartment area, this is why we stationed our stay here! After the flea market we got of the metro and then started strolling to see what we haven’t seen yet! First stop was to go back inside the Église Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre, it was Palm Sunday and you could hear the choir from the street! They were just heavenly! We finished the stroll up at Sacre Coeur watching the Eiffel Tower light up at 9pm!