Le Tour de France?

Le Tour de France?

Well, perhaps this young boy is not quite ready

for the famed race, but he handled his bicycle well on

the park path.

Tomorrow the race will finish on the Champs Élysées

and I will be watching from home.

Jardin du Luxembourg

75006, Paris

Place de la Contrescarpe

Place de la Contrescarpe

Bicycles, fountain, café terrace, shade trees,

and sometimes on Sundays a white haired

piano player.

I wonder how he gets that piano up the hill?

Place de la Contrescarpe

75005, Paris

Rue Crémieux

Rue Crémieux

Bicycles, red geraniums in window boxes,

wrought iron, a resident cat (or two)...

Love this quiet rue

Rue Crémieux

75012, Paris

Un chat et deux bicyclettes - Theme Day

A cat and two bicycles

He is just waiting for his master to return home. 

Not a bad viewpoint from which to watch the world.

My City Daily Photo friends are showing their take on

this month's theme "bicycles" here.

City Daily Photo Theme Day

75014, Paris

Le Cycliste

The Bicyclist

Pedaling easily up the narrow brick-paved alley,

this mature gentleman quickly passed through my camera's focus.

Always be ready for the unexpected....

Passy

75016, Paris

City Daily Photo - Theme Day - La Revolution

City Daily Photo

Theme Day

On the first day of each month the photographers who participate daily with photos of their city (or adopted city) post a photo along a selected theme.  This month is "revolution," and I chose to consider the revolutions in wheels.

This woman is riding a Velib, 

which is the public bicycle system in Paris.

On three trips to Paris I have used the Velibs,

dodging the buses and cars to take a different view of the city.

I do not take photos while I ride which is a great comfort to my family.

Take a look at all of the interpretations of the CDP photographers here.

Paris Velib

Place Louis Lepine

75004, Paris

Boulevard Raspail - une femme et son vélo

A woman and her bicycle

It was more than just a light rain, 

but she was dressed for the ride.

Her basket contained a briefcase and a black pinwheel, 

and there was another wicker basket to the side of the back wheel.  

This was no pleasure ride,

 but a well-orchestrated, 

any-kind-of-weather daily commute.

Chic, stylish, adventurous...

must be a French Girl.

Boulevard Raspail et Rue de Sèvres

75006, Paris

 

"Movement" - City Daily Photo Theme Day

Square Trousseau

This young boy of three or four was moving at an amazing speed,

dodging the other "wheeled-children."  He was almost a blur as he passed in front of my camera.

The children of Paris learn to ride quickly in the parks and gardens.

zoom-zoom!

Le Square Trousseau

75012, Paris

Métro Ledru Rolin

On the first day of each month I join city daily photo bloggers for Theme Day.

Click here to see "Movement" photos from around the world.

Un cycliste dans une rue

A cyclist

In a narrow street of Provins (a short train ride from Gare de L'Est) we found this cyclist, moving so slowly that it was a marvel he kept his bicycle upright.  It was mid-morning and perhaps he had delivered the contents of those empty boxes to a market, mushrooms or berries?  He was chatting with a gentlemen who was walking in the same direction, someone he knew.  With a population of about 12,000, the locals all know each other.

Although it rained when we were there, 

it did not dampen our enjoyment of this Medieval town.

Beyond

Provins, France

Place Armand Carrel - un cycliste

Place Armand Carrel

If you saw my post yesterday with a reference to Le Tour,

you will likely agree that this cyclist was not a contender either.

Taken on a Sunday afternoon just outside Parc des Buttes Chaumont, 

we saw many cyclists of all ages enjoying the blue-sky weather.

Place Armand Carrel

75019, Paris

Métro Laumière

Une bicyclette rose

A pink bicycle

No, this is not one of the bikes from Le Tour de France, 

but a bright statement of maman and her little one.

Coton Deux

37, rue de Turenne

75003, Paris

Rue du Trésor - le vélo

Rue du Trésor

the bicycle

This short pedestrian street 

has a border of green on both sides 

with a variety of cafés and bistrots.  

The flash of rain just prior to my photo 

gives an extra boost of green to the new spring growth.  

It is not too difficult to dodge the showers.

Rue du Trésor

75004, Paris