Thursday, April 5, 2012

Un âne à Paris



On Saturday (the day before Palm Sunday)
this donkey and his brother were seen in the streets of Île Saint Louis. 


Église Saint-Louis en l'Île
Rue l'Île Saint-Louis
75004, Paris
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30 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 5, 2012 at 12:50 AM

    My goodness, you never know what you will find on the streets of Paris! HA

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  2. RandyApril 5, 2012 at 12:52 AM

    Oh that is too cute.

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  3. martinealisonApril 5, 2012 at 1:11 AM

    Vous nous auriez montré cette photo le 1er avril j'aurais pu penser à une farce !...
    Parfois on peut apercevoir des choses insolites... Est-il vraiment heureux de visiter Paris ?
    Votre photo me rappelle une "blague"... celle du fermier qui part à Paris avec son âne. L'âne effrayé par le bruit des voitures s'échappe. Le fermier cherche son âne toute la journée. Le soir venu, il est très fatigué. Il ne trouve pas de chambre d'hôtel pour dormir. Finalement un hôtelier un peu plus charmant lui propose celle d'un couple de jeunes mariés. Il lui dit : "Ils vont faire la fête, ils vont arriver tard dans la nuit. Je vous demande de libérer la chambre dès que vous les entendrez arriver. Mais vous aurez eu le temps de vous reposer un peu."...
    Le fermier s'endort épuisé et n'entend que trop tard l'arrivée des jeunes mariés. Vite, il saute du lit et se cache dessous !
    Le couple de jeunes mariés ne s'aperçoit de rien. Ils se couchent. Le jeune mari tout amoureux de sa femme lui dit : "J'aime ton sourire, tes épaules sont belles et tes yeux sont magnifiques. Dans tes yeux, je vois tout Paris!..."
    Et là, le fermier sort de dessous le lit et dit : "Si dans ses yeux vous voyez tout Paris, peut-être pourrez-vous me dire où est mon âne ?"...
    Désolée, aujourd'hui de dire quelques bêtises. Je suis peut-être une "âne(esse)" !
    Les ânes sont des animaux que j'affectionne particulièrement, j'aime leur regard.
    Merci pour cette belle photo.
    Gros bisous

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  4. MerisiApril 5, 2012 at 3:41 AM

    So sweet!

    Hopefully he's out in greener pastures again!

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  5. Hana de PragueApril 5, 2012 at 4:41 AM

    Abolutely unbelievable! Somebody came to the church riding the donkey?
    Bises Hana

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  6. s.cApril 5, 2012 at 5:09 AM

    Ha just in time for the Easter barn. Thanks for showing.

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  7. Cezar and LéiaApril 5, 2012 at 5:28 AM

    He is beautiful!I hope everything is okay with him.I'm sure he would be very happy in a beautiful green field!
    Léia

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  8. JoeApril 5, 2012 at 6:06 AM

    I hope a passer by had a carrot or two.

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  9. Jenny WoolfApril 5, 2012 at 6:22 AM

    What a lovely sight! It makes me think that 100 years ago it would have been such a familiar one....

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  10. AndyApril 5, 2012 at 6:48 AM

    The second coming?

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  11. PatApril 5, 2012 at 7:28 AM

    So cute...I hope you petted him.

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  12. MApril 5, 2012 at 7:56 AM

    I wonder if they were preparing for some kind of passion play ... Great photo!

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  13. PeterParisApril 5, 2012 at 8:44 AM

    I think I saw it also! Maybe we were together? :-)

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  14. AnnApril 5, 2012 at 9:12 AM

    I really think that's both odd and really cute... A Donkey in the streets of PAris.

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  15. VirginiaApril 5, 2012 at 12:24 PM

    Well according to on of the second graders that is in the tutoring program at our church, Jesus came riding in on a ........broom! LOL

    This little guy looks very content to be tied up on the streets of Paris.
    V

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  16. brattcatApril 5, 2012 at 12:33 PM

    i think he is the perfect little tourist, one who would never make an 'ass' of himself.

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  17. JeanApril 5, 2012 at 3:30 PM

    How sweet. So well behaved. What a wonderful sight to see the day before Palm Sunday. Happy Easter.

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  18. LoreeApril 5, 2012 at 4:50 PM

    Oh my goodness, how sweet! I love donkeys.

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  19. MariaApril 5, 2012 at 5:09 PM

    Lovely, what do you think he has to carry?
    Nice Easter Weekend!
    Maria

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  20. JackApril 5, 2012 at 5:56 PM

    This isn't what I expected to see from Paris.

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  21. LouiseApril 5, 2012 at 7:21 PM

    You never know what you will find in Paris!

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  22. Genie -- Paris and BeyondApril 6, 2012 at 12:09 AM

    Martine, tu m'as fait rire!!

    I think that the donkey was there to gain interest in the church and the Palm Sunday program of music.

    My husband, Peter and I later saw a cloaked man running across Pont Saint-Louis with the brother of this donkey. I have never seen a donkey in Paris and last Saturday we saw two!

    There is not much traffic on the streets of Île Saint-Louis so their brief sojourn in Paris was safe. I imagine that by Sunday they were grazing somewhere outside of the city.

    Bises,
    Genie

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  23. KateApril 6, 2012 at 12:25 AM

    My first thought is that this little fella is part of an Easter pageant.

    On a Southeast road trip and missed so much without wifi. Am now in Savannah and having internet is heaven.

    Hope you and DH are having a great time!!

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  24. Sara LouiseApril 6, 2012 at 4:05 AM

    It's Eeyore!

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  25. HarrietApril 6, 2012 at 1:42 PM

    Brought a smile to my face. He seems bien élévé!

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  26. StarmanApril 6, 2012 at 1:50 PM

    Where are the kids?

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  27. HarrietApril 6, 2012 at 9:30 PM

    Enjoyed Martine's joke as well.

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  28. Octavian-Andrei BrezeanApril 9, 2012 at 2:41 AM

    hahah, he was enjoying a good downtown walk and suddenly woke up photo shooting :D

    cute! :D

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  29. Rob SiemannApril 10, 2012 at 11:28 AM

    Oh, you mean a real one, not a politician...

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  30. Rob SiemannApril 10, 2012 at 11:29 AM

    Petite explication: there is a donkey candidate to the coming presidential elections in France. The slogan is: votez l'ane, vote for the donkey.

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Merci for your comments!