Saturdays in Paris don't involve being loaded up in the family SUV for a day of track meets, basketball games etc. You see a lot of families out together on the streets. Papa had the children this Saturday morning. Who knows where they were headed.
French fathers seem to be a lot more involved with their kids than US fathers. In fact, you more often see the kids with their father than with their mothers in France.
Yesterday, Sunday, was one of those glorious winter sunny days in Paris. I went over to the Champ de Mars and it was packed with families (as well as the usual tourists). Your photo wonderfully captures the feel of the family outing.
Lovely photo!!!! One day in the USA walkers will be extinct. It is as you say the SUV and drive thrus where you will find the Dads with kids in the states. This photo actually looks like one from the 1940's.
Darling photo, Virginia! I definitely noticed many more Dads out with the little ones in Paris this last trip than I ever see in the States. Very interesting. Mostly they were holding hands, too.
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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Hi V, think they're definitely on a mission. My guess is to a bakery serving chocolate croissants. Bon Vivant J.
French fathers seem to be a lot more involved with their kids than US fathers. In fact, you more often see the kids with their father than with their mothers in France.
Yesterday, Sunday, was one of those glorious winter sunny days in Paris. I went over to the Champ de Mars and it was packed with families (as well as the usual tourists). Your photo wonderfully captures the feel of the family outing.
Nice picture and good election the B/W
It is a lovely picture Virginia! I always like to see french fathers alone with their kids.
Lovely photo!!!!
One day in the USA walkers will be extinct. It is as you say the SUV and drive thrus where you will find the Dads with kids in the states. This photo actually looks like one from the 1940's.
A good street portrait, Virginia!
A cute slice of daily life.
Darling photo, Virginia! I definitely noticed many more Dads out with the little ones in Paris this last trip than I ever see in the States. Very interesting. Mostly they were holding hands, too.
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