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On The Road – randy khan – Springtime in Paris

by WaterGirl|  January 4, 20225:00 am| 11 Comments

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These photos mostly were taken in the Bois de Bologne, a park in the northwest part of the city, not too far from the northern border. We went there to visit the Fondacion Louis Vuitton, a contemporary art museum. We were there not too long after it opened. It’s a wild Frank Gehry building, and definitely worth a visit, but for spring I thought the park was more interesting.

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Paris, FranceMay 30, 2015

The park is really big, and these photos capture only the northwest part of it. This is the north side of the museum. You can get to the roof, and the views from there are really great.

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Paris, FranceMay 30, 2015

This is the Canots du Lac. It’s really just a bit of a lake with a Japanese-style building on it.

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Paris, FranceMay 30, 2015

The northern part of the park has an amusement park. This is not a huge rollercoaster, but it definitely has style.

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Paris, FranceMay 30, 2015

This is a very French merry-go-round. Check out the decoration on the urn.

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Paris, FranceMay 30, 2015

This and the next photo are just some flowers in the park.

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Paris, FranceMay 30, 2015

More flowers.

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Paris, FranceJune 1, 2013

Now we’ve left the park for a brief excursion into very bright food. First, a fantastic sorbet cone.

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Paris, FranceMay 31, 2015

And some meringues in a shop window.

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Paris, FranceMay 31, 2015

One of our favorite things to do in Paris is to go to this flea market, which is on weekends near the Porte de Vanves on the south side of the city. They sell all sorts of things at Paris flea markets that you wouldn’t see at American flea markets, notably bottles of wine (many that seem to have been sitting in basements for years before being sold), but also lots of art (mostly not so great, but still). And it’s fun to see what things are suddenly showing up everywhere – last year it was Chinese paperweights that are supposed to look like they’re from Murano.

On The Road - randy khan - Springtime in Paris
Paris, FranceMay 31, 2015

For springtime, I’d thought I’d include a photo of this fascinating phenomenon – couples put locks with their names on bridges in Paris. They’re not everywhere, partly because there are favorite bridges and partly because there aren’t always good places to put the locks on them. There are thousands of them on some of the bridges.

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11Comments

  1. 1.

    raven

    January 4, 2022 at 7:08 am

    So cool. .

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    Winston

    January 4, 2022 at 7:19 am

    This is a nice post. You do such a great job. One has to wonder how you are compensated for all the work you do. I mean, do you receive a portion of the donations?

  3. 3.

    eclare

    January 4, 2022 at 7:41 am

    Lovely photos…

  4. 4.

    Lapassionara

    January 4, 2022 at 7:46 am

    Thank you for sharing these.

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    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    January 4, 2022 at 8:40 am

    It’s amazing how huge and varied Paris is. I’ve been to the Bois de Boulogne and never saw any of this.

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    Elma

    January 4, 2022 at 8:53 am

    I have seen the “Love Locks” on bridges in Moscow and in Lisbon. Love and bad taste are universal.

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    WaterGirl

    January 4, 2022 at 9:19 am

    I meant to make a note up top and forgot… I just found this OTR entry from months ago last week as we were finishing up the Christmas series.

    I organize the submissions from the confirmation emails I receive when you guys submit them, and somehow I never received the confirmation email for this one, so it got lost.

    So sorry that your submission lingered in the queue for so long.  And such a lovely post, too!

  8. 8.

    There go two miscreants

    January 4, 2022 at 10:26 am

    I am envious (even though these are from years ago) because just before the holidays I passed on meeting some friends in Paris after Omicron reared its ugly head. Nice pix though!

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    susanna

    January 4, 2022 at 10:32 am

    I want a return visit to France now!  I love the way they bunch masses of different flowering plants in gardens, rather than in rows and orderly.  It captures the imagination.

    Loved the dragon-coaster, hat tip to Japan for that and the structure.  Perhaps favorite persuasion or influence of the designer?

    Enjoyed these, thank you.

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    Origuy

    January 4, 2022 at 11:48 am

    In Moscow, the Luzhkov Bridge has metal trees that people put locks on, instead of on the bridge railings. The trees run all the way across the bridge and down the embankment. I have heard that the first such locks appeared in Belgrade.

    Those meringues look incredible. Thanks for the pictures.

  11. 11.

    BigJimSlade

    January 4, 2022 at 10:24 pm

    That merry-go-round with the urn, maybe it’s part of the collection from the Getty? :-)
    https://www.getty.edu/art/antiquities/

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