Forgive the tourist shot today, but I loved the vine covered wall behind the Métro sign.
Saint- Germain- des- Pres
Monday, November 21, 2011
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- Virginia
- Birmingham, AL, United States
- I am a former elementary school teacher, a full-time photographer, lover of all things French ( whose French is slowly improving), obsessive Paris traveler, enthusiastic church and community volunteer, and grandmother to 5 delightful grandchildren.
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I fell in love with Paris in March 2007. It was as the French say, le coup de foudre : love at first sight. As a result of that trip, my photography took another direction. Since that time I have pursued a career of sorts in photography and dreamed of returning to the City of Light. November 2008 found me strolling the streets of Paris once again. My first visit I was so overwhelmed with the incredible beauty of the city, I photographed it as a "tourist". In 2008 I returned and I looked at the city with more of a photographer's eye. I wanted to capture the unique, the small details, and oh yes - the people! This blog was started as a photo diary of that trip, but I have been most fortunate to return to the city j'adore 15 times since. Each time I leave, I wipe a tear and start planning my list for the next trip. Paris may well be a moveable feast, but I think it's best savored in person! Someone told me that once you have been to Paris, you will leave a piece of your heart. I left mine right there, but I brought home some wonderful memories. It is my pleasure to share them with you.
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22 comments:
Classically Paris ...I love looking through your lens.
Metro, souvent aussi Metropolitain en entier vert sur fond jaune, ou parfois, un simple M jaune. Pas d'unité dans la signalétique, c'est tant mieux, même si cela peut être un casse tête pour les étrangers
this picture is "very parisian", no doubt! St Germain is such a mythic place...
nice one !
In that very vicinity there are some wonderful murals on the wall of a church, too.
Hee, I've drawn that sign... or its twin. Another beauty, V.
All of Paris and ALL who visit her love every corner and crack, every monument and ghetto....she is beloved....Anita
Ha -- I recognized this Metro stop -- the little hotel Genie and I stayed in on our first trip to Paris was close by..
A very interesting place !
its such a nice fall/winter shot ... the red contrasting with the orange/rusty leaves .. I can smell autumn in the air
I never tire of looking at Metro signs...
Alain, OUI un casse tête pour moi! :)
M, I think I remember that.
Julie, I have to find that mural!!
Thank you all for your comments. I love reading what you have to say everyday when you stop by for a visit!!!
V
Well, if it is a tourist shot, it is a successful one, Virginia. Well done. Love that "vigne-vierge" (or at least that's what I think it is) on the wall, too. Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)
The sign is actually very striking filmed against the vined wall.
What's not to love?
Don't apologize! It's a classic for a reason—and you've done it proud with this shot, V.
I love this candleabra style Metro sign! And you even got the ivy in it! Well done, V.
I love that sign, I can't resit taking a picture when passing by...
I never worry too much about tourist shots. The reasons they are popular is that they are pretty and interesting.
Several people have beaten me to it: there's a reason people love to take this shot!
It's gorgeous Virginia, it's classic, it's Paris!!
Mais non, Madame! I don't think that is a tourist shot - what would Paris be without le Metro?!
Your Paris blog always starts my day off on the right step - and the dream to revisit Paris again soon...
Merci beaucoup, V de B!
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