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Around the edge of the Place des Vosges is an avenue of pleached limes whilst in the centre are limes which have been allowed to grow to their full height. A lovely contrast.
On a quiet corner at the western end of Boulevard Haussmann stands a statue of the man for who the boulevard is named. Between 1853 and 1870, as Prefect of the Seine, Baron G.E. Haussmann was Napoleon III's chief planner for the city - the man who made Paris Paris
... having to sit here all day in front of this screen showing glorious stereotypes of Parisian women showing off their frilly knickers.
Walking into Les Invalides, a massive building housing a few military museums, a hospital, a cathedral, and, most notably, Napoleon Bonaparte's resting place.
If you're a military buff, you'd definitely appreciate their huge collection, especially those from Napoleon's era. My favorite was viewing Napoleon's horse, Vizir, who ended up being stuffed and placed on display in one of the museums.
Paris captured on an expired roll of black and white film, a few days before my blackbird, fly was 'given away' to a special person I met while travelling.
I prefer to think that it is the expired nature of the film that has ruined the clarity but strangely begin to enjoy the obscure effect.
One may pretend that this is taken a decade ago.
Saint Clothilde wife of Clovis I , king of the Franks , whom she convinced to convert to Christianity.