One of the most charming and unusual carrousels in Paris, the Dodo Manège features extinct and endangered animals. This petit enfant needed a little help from Papa.
How adorable! What a sweet cherub looking face! If I had tried to put my grandson on an animal that looked like that when he was that age, he would have cried and clung to me like there was no tomorrow! He wasn't as brave as this little guy is. :)
Ah! the French they think of everything ... I've just returned from a 4 week visit to that beautiful country ... some time spent in Paris and some in rural France but all delightful and full of wonderful treats.
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.
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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Very sweet!! {I hope they never have to upgrade this carousel to add new animals onto the list.}
Chevaucher un tricératop, cela n'a pas l'air très facile.
How adorable! What a sweet cherub looking face! If I had tried to put my grandson on an animal that looked like that when he was that age, he would have cried and clung to me like there was no tomorrow! He wasn't as brave as this little guy is. :)
What a fun way to introduce children to extinct animals. Interesting how children in the same age group can have fear of something and others do not.
I'm sure I've seen this but can't really remember...which is nothing new lately.
How wonderful and unique, and what a sweet photo!
Ah! the French they think of everything ... I've just returned from a 4 week visit to that beautiful country ... some time spent in Paris and some in rural France but all delightful and full of wonderful treats.
"All Things French"
My son would have really loved this, but he is in twenties now...
It's not everyday you get to ride a .'somethingasaurus' Virginia, too exciting!
at first glance, it looked like the horns were his feet!!
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