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Paris - Bicycling in Paris

Bicycling in Paris, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

WIth the new VELIB operation and more than 20.000 rent-a-bike ready now bicycling in Paris is real. By the way I have leave my car at home and use VELIB to go working!
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Paris - policewoman in place Maillot

policewomen in place maillot, paris, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

i was going to a restaurant in Place Maillot (Le Sud, 91 Bld Gouvion St Cyr ) and the policewoman was controling the car traffic (huge in this place)....

Paris - Sortie de caisse au Monoprix de Montparnasse

Sortie de caisse au Monoprix de Montparnasse, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Monoprix is one of the largest department store inside Paris. Pretty overcrowded every evening!

Paris - Station Service Total de Montparnasse

Station Service Total de Montparnasse, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

This is the inside of the Total gas station. It is a pity I have not that much time because I could have found gas station very similar to the Mexican one...

Paris - Newspaper kiosk

  Paris - Newspaper kiosk 
  Originally uploaded by jmgobet

You can find newspaper kiosk almost in every street in Paris.

Paris - Ice track in Paris

  Ice track in Paris 
  Originally uploaded by jmgobet

Ice skating in front of Montparnasse tower.
Another Ice track is set in front of Paris city hall for all the winter.

Paris - Christmas window

This is a christmas window of the Bon Marché, one of the biggest (and luxurous) department store.
PS: Mexico, sorry for the delay and hurry up, christmas window will stop at the end of this month!

Paris - Petit Palais

Le Petit Palais was opened officially December 11, 1902, between the Champs-Elysees and the Avenue Alexandre III.  The collection includes Poussin's The Massacre of the Innocents, Ruben's Prosperpina, and Rembrandt's Self-Portrait with Poodle.  There are also Impressionist selections from the nineteenth century by Pisarro, Morisot, Cassatt, Manet, Renoir, and Gauguin.  The museum has also more than 12,000 prints.

Paris - Place Vendôme

This giant obelisk (la Colonne de la Grande Armée) is in the middle of Place Vendôme and was commissioned by Napoleon to commemorate his victories.   

Paris - skyline

well a skyline + a sunshine... from paris