Palais Royal IV

Selfie with friends. In November, 2015, I traveled with friends Mary and Phil. We stayed in an apartment near Place Victoire and spent a lot of time at the Palais Royal. Here we are!

Paris Rouge - Le backpack

Fontaines de Pol Bury, Palais Royal

Playing in Paris - Follow the Leader

June 2009, we were in Paris along with our Birmingham friends, the Wilson's. This grand afternoon Eva, Davis, Katherine and Ethan had so much fun parading around the Pol Bury Fountain at the Palais Royal. Later, they ran and played in the dirt building a little fairy house in the gardens. A very special time for all of us.

Reflets

Les Fontaines de Pol Bury at the Gallery d'orleans at the Palais Royal offer endless photographic possibilities.

Les boules

At last the Pol Bury Fountains are now uncovered for all to enjoy. I love the Palais Royal and these fountains. For quite a while they were covered in order to share the space for La Comédie Francaise,
which is now completed.

Today I love joining James' Weekend Reflections right HERE!

Les souvenirs

In June 2009, I was lucky enough to spend three weeks in Paris with daughter Melissa and her Eva and Davis.  Having the gift of time in Paris, we were able to enjoy the city at a more leisurely pace. An added bonus was the arrival of our  Birmingham friends the Wilsons,  who just happened to be staying at the Palais Royal.  I think one of my very fondest memories of that trip was the late afternoon we joined them in the gardens. The adults sipped wine and the children got the wonderful chance to just be kids in Paris!  They played Follow the Leader around the Pol Bury Fountains, made little houses in the white, powdery "Paris dirt", and ran from one end of the gardens to the other.  It was a late afternoon in Paris I will never forget.

I think I will share a few more photos with you this week of that special day. 

Paris With Children

Now that I think about it, this should have been a series that I started in 2009 when I was lucky enough to see Paris through Eva and Davis' eyes.  We spent three weeks in Paris with them and what I love the most is that although Davis was almost 4 and Eva was 7 1/2, they still to this day remember so much about that trip.  This afternoon, we joined our Birmingham friends the Wilsons, who were lucky enough to be staying in an apartment at the Palais Royal.  The adults sipped wine, while the four children did what I'm sure many, many Parisian children have done... played Follow The Leader around the Pol Bury Fountain, dug around in what I call  "white Paris dirt", splashed their hands in the fountains and Ethan threw rose petals in the air!  A day when we were grateful that the summer days are so long in Paris!

Soccer au Palais Royal

Jackets, scooters and skateboards are stashed against a column in the Gallery d'Orléans

Imagine being a young boy living in Paris. On Wednesdays you are out of school,  so you are free to meet up with your friends for a quick pick up game of soccer.  Where do you play? Why the Palais Royal of course.  Be careful that you don't kick you ball into the Pol Bury Fountains!!!!

Paris Rouge - la Comédie Française

I see some of you with a puzzled look on your face. You're thinking this does not look like the Comédie Française, located at Place Colette.  Well you are correct.  It's undergoing some renovations and has found a new home over the Fountains Pol Bury  between the columns of the Galeries d'Orléans.  How nice of them to paint the temporary doors Paris ROUGE!  As Peter and I headed through the gardens the first day I arrived, I spotted the doors, and noticed this nice man making his way along. I waited.

For more information on the renovation see Peter's Paris Blog here! 

Imite le Chef

I love this photo.  My Eva and Davis along with their Birmingham amis Katherine and Ethan happily prancing around one of the two Pol Bury fountains in the Gallery d'Oléans at the Palais Royal. Our families spent a magical afternoon there.  The adults sipped wine and savored the setting sun while the children ran up and down the arcade, threw rose petals in the air and made a little village in the dusty white "Paris dirt".

The Stage Crew - 100 French Strangers Challenge

French Stranger #44

At the end of my stay in Paris last August, I reluctantly took my last stroll through the Palais Royal. I was a bit disappointed that the beautiful Fountains of Pol Bury had been covered with a stage and bleachers. I stopped and had a really nice chat with this gentleman. He explained that that they were preparing for an upcoming dance performance. When I asked for his photograph, I got this nice "toast"! Another member of the stage crew gave me a big smile for the camera as well. As much as I love Paris and want it to remain the same as I remember it, I know that each time I visit, the city will be brimming over with the most fabulous and creative events for me to enjoy. Paris je t'aime!

I have previously posted photos of the Pol Bury Fountains here.

French Stranger #45

Mercredi ( Wednesday) at the Palais Royal

The children love Mercredi in Paris. There is no school!  Bless their hearts, they go to school till around  5:00 the rest of the week (and the older ones on Saturday mornings as well). They need a break! I ventured to the Palais Royal on a Wednesday afternoon. What I found was a photographer's feast! Small children ran around the fountains while this group of boys had a grand time playing a rowdy game of soccer and zipping in and out on their scooters,  seemingly oblivious to the wonderful art and architecture around them.  

" The Fountains of Pol Bury"

"Boy Stuff"

"Just Curious!"

" Pick Up Soccer Game in le Gallery d 'Orleans"

Coming Friday.... Guest Blogger Peter, Peter's Paris, will share some of his 

night photos!