Monday, November 21, 2011

Paris Rouge LXXVI - le Métro


Forgive the tourist shot today, but I loved the vine covered wall behind the Métro sign.
Saint- Germain- des- Pres 

22 comments:

Elizabeth at Eiffel Tells said...

Classically Paris ...I love looking through your lens.

Alain said...

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

Malyss said...

this picture is "very parisian", no doubt! St Germain is such a mythic place...

this is Belgium said...

nice one !

Julie said...

In that very vicinity there are some wonderful murals on the wall of a church, too.

Shell Sherree said...

Hee, I've drawn that sign... or its twin. Another beauty, V.

Castles Crowns and Cottages said...

All of Paris and ALL who visit her love every corner and crack, every monument and ghetto....she is beloved....Anita

M said...

Ha -- I recognized this Metro stop -- the little hotel Genie and I stayed in on our first trip to Paris was close by..

黄清华 Wong Ching Wah said...

A very interesting place !

Daryl said...

its such a nice fall/winter shot ... the red contrasting with the orange/rusty leaves .. I can smell autumn in the air

Parisbreakfasts said...

I never tire of looking at Metro signs...

Virginia said...

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

French Girl in Seattle said...

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)

Bill said...

The sign is actually very striking filmed against the vined wall.

Anonymous said...

What's not to love?

Alexa said...

Don't apologize! It's a classic for a reason—and you've done it proud with this shot, V.

Paris Paul said...

I love this candleabra style Metro sign! And you even got the ivy in it! Well done, V.

VP said...

I love that sign, I can't resit taking a picture when passing by...

Jack said...

I never worry too much about tourist shots. The reasons they are popular is that they are pretty and interesting.

Petrea Burchard said...

Several people have beaten me to it: there's a reason people love to take this shot!

PerthDailyPhoto said...

It's gorgeous Virginia, it's classic, it's Paris!!

Leif Hagen said...

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!