Jardin du Luxembourg - une tortue verte

A green turtle in

Jardin du Luxembourg

This young fellow with a jacket and mittens

 to match his green turtle seems in a daze.

Is he wishing that he had jumped on the cart led by a stallion 

which would surely be faster than une tortue?

Jardin du Luxembourg

75006, Paris

 

Yah! Yah! Plus vite, cheval!

Playing in Jardin du Luxembourg

There is a large rectangular area in the garden where children can race pedal cars.

This joyful child is enjoying what would be my choice for a ride, a well-kept horse with a blue saddle and a red cart.  Most of the rides are cars, tractors, and other mundane vehicles.  She found the only one with a horse, and commanded the field.

Jardin du Luxembourg

75006, Paris

Galeries Lafayette - les vitrines de Noël

Galeries Lafayette

(Noël 2011)

One cold day last November, I met my blog friend Vreni (Vreni's Vienna Daily Photo and Verena's Paris Blog) to see a photo exhibit on Quai Branly.  We spent the afternoon walking in the 6ème and 7ème and then rushed to see all the windows of Printemps and Galeries Lafayette.  We worked as a team to get to the front of each window, a challenge with all the little children on risers built to give them a close up view.  

Vreni and I were successful in capturing each window, 

and she will be there soon to brave it without me.

Galeries Lafayette

Boulevard Haussmann

75009, Paris

Les silhouettes

Seen in a shop in the 5eme

full of handmade toys

These tin figures danced in the shadow

of Notre Dame seen in the distance.

Rue de Bièvre
75005, Paris
Métro Maubert-Mutualité

Le chien et la poussette

Parc de Monceau

While his children ride the carrousel,

he guards la poussette and les trottinettes

Parc de Monceau

75008, Paris



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You may remember our friend Chula...

Chula Wula D'Auge, a Sheltie by birth and a Frenchie by choice, landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport after an 11-hour flight on Air France from San Francisco.  Chula, the author of Dog Trots Globe - To Paris & Provence, packed light with only a fur coast and four white socks.  She plans a 2-month adventure mostly in Provence on this, her third visit to France.

On my sidebar you can follow Chula's adventures and share her Poochcards from Provence about twice a week.  Visit her for a dog's-eye view of Provence and a lot of fun.

Sophie Zins Antiquités

Sophie Zins Antiquités

Achat et Vente de toutes Antiquités

Buy and Sell all Antiques:

old toys, trans, planes, cars, boats, dolls, soldiers,

and all beautiful objects

...and a chat noir like Meeps!

14, rue Jean Jacques Rousseau
75001, Paris
Métro Louvre Rivoli

Place de stationnement

Parking allowed here

by special permit

Seen in the Marais on

Rue des Francs-Bourgeois

23, rue des Francs-Bourgeois

75003, Paris

À Paris en avion!

On my way!

I have been saving this photo for my next trip and it is time.

I have prepared my posts but will be updating you daily 

about our adventures in the comments section.

  

When I return there will be 

new stories, familiar themes, 

and thousands of photos to share with you.

à bientôt!

Boutique du Palais Royal

(featuring toys by Vilac)

9, rue de Beaujolais

75001, Paris