Showing posts with label Paris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paris. Show all posts

Wednesday, 8 September 2010

« Fluctuat nec mergitur », et une question

Après mon « massacre » avec la tronçonneuse il y a plusieurs jours, j'ai décidé d'apprécier la vie un peu.
Naturellement le meilleur endroit à détendre, dans le monde entier, est la France.
Et la Ville-Lumière est un bon point de départ.
Mais pourquoi ce titre de « Fluctuat nec mergitur », une locution latine ?
C'est la devise de la ville de Paris et ça veut dire, « Il est battu par les flots, mais ne sombre pas. »

Moi aussi, je m'étais battu par quelque chose la semaine dernière mais je ne sombrais pas.
Aujourd'hui mes sutures étaient enlève.

Donc, vous avez un photo de le Vill-Lumiere pris il y a beaucoup d'années.
Mais, c'est votre tour, maintenant.
Qu'est-ce que vous pouvez me dire au sujet de ce photo ?

Thursday, 21 January 2010

Prenez garde à la GRENOUILLE : Suite





Comme la plupart des gens le savent, le réseau de blogs City-Daily-Photo a été conçu par Eric Tenin, « le gentil Parisien ».
Son blog « Paris Daily Photo » est une réussite qui dure depuis Mars 2005.
Eric n'a jamais manqué un jour dans sa parution quotidienne, ce dont bien peu d'entre nous peuvent se vanter.


Beaucoup des blogueurs qui ont suivi la trace frénétique d'Eric ont fait le pèlerinage à la ville-lumière pour le rencontrer en personne, et Eric a aussi visité plusieurs autres coins du globe pour leur retourner la politesse.

Comme vous pouvez le constater dans ces photos, nous avons tous deux fait le voyage depuis l'Hexagone jusqu'à la terre Down-Under puis dans l'autre sens, et ce faisant avons partagé un grand nombre de moments heureux, beaucoup de bonnes histoires, de nombreuses bonnes choses à manger et un certain nombre de verres de boissons variées.

Aujourd'hui, Eric, roi de City Daily Photo célèbre son ciquantième anniversaire, une occasion très importante.
Nous avons bien de la chance d'avoir un si grand ami.

Bon anniversaire cher ami, de la part de tous vos amis.
Nous sommes très fiers de faire partie d'une famille aussi harmonieuse et chaleureuse de blogueurs photographes fous.

Beware of the FROG : continued
As many people well know, City Daily Photo Blogging was conceived by Eric Tenin, the Friendly Parisian.
He has been going strongly since March 2005, never missing a day's posting, which is far more than many of us can boast.
Fellow bloggers who have followed in Eric's frenzied footsteps have also made the pilgrimage to the City of Light to see Eric in person and Eric has likewise visited many other corners of the globe to repay such courtesies.
As you can tell from these photos, we have both made the voyage from the Hexagon to the Land-Down-Under, and the other way around, and in so doing, have shared many a happy moment, many a good yarn, and many a bite to eat and a glass of something or other.

Today Eric, the King of Daily Photo Blogging celebrates his fiftieth birthday, a very important one.
We are blessed and lucky to have such a great friend.
Bonne Anniversaire cher ami, from all your friends.
We are very proud to be part of such a harmonious and close-knit family of mad, blogging photographers ! ! !

Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Prenez garde à la GRENOUILLE, le jeudi 21 janvier





Qu'il soit en train de manger sur le toit du Centre Pompidou, de conduire sur le mauvais côté de la route dans la Benaut-Renault, de faire rire Guillemette au Palais Royal, de glisser sur Ayer's Rock ou de chercher des recettes de cuisses de grenouille, Eric nous donne aujourd'hui l'occasion de faire une pause et de réfléchir à la joie et au plaisir incroyable qu'il a donné à ses amis du monde entier.

Crikey! - s'il n'y avait pas Eric, Paris serait endormi, aucun blogueur n'aurait encore visité la ville-lumière et la France croupirait dans une mentalité de perpétuel Paris-Plage.

Éric, comme le baron Haussman, a mis Paris sur la carte et je prédis que les Grands Boulevards seront un jour connus comme Les Boulevards Tenin !!

Cher Eric, nous te souhaitons l'anniversaire le plus heureux, le plus énorme et le plus joyeux, et nous espérons trouver des excuses pour te revoir dès que possible.

Joyeux anniversaire Eric - de la part de Benaut et des centaines d'amis qui t' aiment.

Beware of the FROG ! (on Thursday 21 January)
Whether he is dining on the roof of the Pompidou Centre, driving on the wrong side of the road in the Benaut-Renault, making Guillemette laugh at the Palais Royal, sliding down Ayers Rock or looking for frog recipes, it is necessary to pause and reflect, on the incredible fun and pleasure that Eric has given to his friends the whole world over.

Crikey, if it were not for Eric, Paris would be asleep, no bloggers would have ever visited the city of light and France would be languishing in a perpetual Paris Plage mentality.

Eric, like Haussman, has put Paris on the map and I would expect the Grands Boulevards will in the future be known as Les Boulevards Tenins !

Dear Eric, we wish you the happiest and biggest and most joyful BIRTHDAY and hope to find excuses to see you again as soon as possible.

Happy Birthday Eric from les Benaut and all the hundreds of friends who love you.

Monday, 2 November 2009

Arcs et flèches, et Michael


Notre nouvelle ligne de tramway merveilleuse à Adelaïde est encombrée par des pôles qui ressemblent à des arcs et des flèches, ou les armes militaires russes.
Celui-ci sur North Terrace fut mis en service un peu plus qu'il y a une année.

Par conséquent, les boulevards larges et bordés d'arbres de la ville sont faits pour ressembler à une zone de guerre, quand on les considère à partir d'une certaine direction.

La ligne 3 du tramway d'Île-de-France, également appelée Tramway des Maréchaux s'est ouverte en 2006 et il relie le pont du Garigliano à la porte d'Ivry.
Il a une approche différente au sujet des pôles.

Je crois que nous devons amener Michael de nouveau à Adelaïde résoudre ce petit problème !


Bows and arrows, - and Michael

Our wonderful new tramways in Adelaide are cluttered with poles that resemble bows and arrows, or Russian military weapons. This one on North Terrace, was put in service a little over a year ago.
Hence, the wide and tree-lined boulevards of the city are made to resemble a war zone, when viewed from a certain direction. The modern Paris Tramway line T3 opened in 2006 and links the Pont du Garigliano with Porte d'Ivry. It has a different approach to the subject of poles. I think we need to bring Michael back to Adelaide to solve this small problem !

Saturday, 12 September 2009

Plaques d'immatriculation terminant avec soixante-quinze


En conduisant à mon bureau chaque jour, il y a toujours quelque chose d'intérêt à être vu sur l'autoroute.

Cette semaine, c'était un moto peu commun.

En 2004, la firme britannique, Triumph a débuté la production de la plus grande motocyclette au monde, la Triumph Rocket III.

Voici l'un que j'ai vue et la deuxième photo est de la ville de la lumière, - 75000. (Merci Wiki).

Paris number plates end in 75...
This week, I rode the freeway next to a Triumph Rocket III - the largest production motorcycle in the world with the largest displacement engine of any mass production motorcycle in the world.
The 2294 cc (139.9 cu in) Rocket III triple cruiser was introduced in 2004 and the first 300 Rocket III models were already sold before they were produced so Wikipedia says.

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Beauté le jour 5






With the sole exception of la Tour Montparnasse, every single, solitary, sight, smell and sound in Paris oozes with beauty.
But beauty is a subjective concept. When you arrive somewhere, you are automatically programmed to expect it.
The brain commences to build on the beauty of the previous sight, and the feeling is one of overwhelming awe.

So it was with "Les Deux Plateaux", known also as the "Colonnes de Buren", "Buren's Columns", in the cour d'honneur of the lovely Palais-Royal.

The phallic forecourt was novel and forceful.
There were large examples of them and smaller ones, to suit all tastes with not a flaccid example to be seen.
But Daniel Buren's expression, was lacking the beauty that I sought.

If beauty is a subjective concept, then one would be free to add the value of one's own thought processes.
Masculine art fails miserably without the injection of its antithesis.

There was an obvious and simple solution.
With the laughter and the pleasure of the lunch we had just shared, we stormed into the cour d'honneur and set about adding the loveliest form of beauty.
We couldn't fail, we had the tricolore - bleu, blanc, rouge, with us, but we also had a secret weapon.
This is how I will always remember the cour d'honneur of the lovely Palais-Royal.

Thank you Guille, you made my day - and my favourite photo. This is how I will remember Paris.
And thank you Michael for shooting it.

Monday, 13 October 2008

Paris la nuit






Le long de la route vers notre hôtel

Une soirée sur le toit de Paris






After an action-packed day there was still so much to do. Together, we hungrily strode into the Centre Georges Pompidou in the Beaubourg area of the 4e arrondissement for another well deserved dinner with Michael and Eric.

Michael's inspired choice of restaurant turned out to be a thrill. The roof-level Restaurant Georges had some of the finest panoramic views of Paris one could hope to see.

We probably ate and drank most of the 'carte', interspersed with taking hundreds of shots of Paris, of the sunset and ourselves.

This was bliss. This was the way life was meant to be. Our gracious hosts had really given us their time and their hospitality in bucket-loads.

Tomorrow; A day of Beauty........

Le Jardin du Luxembourg : suite






A garden wouldn't be a garden without people. Here's just a few.

Le Jardin du Luxembourg






We descended into the Métro again at Pigalle. The Métropolitaine is marvellous and gets you everywhere in just a blink.

On the train, Michael advised Madame that a certain gentleman near us was not in his right mind, and she rightly worried.

From Pigalle, - nous nous sommes dépêchés vers Notre Dame des Champs dans le sixième arrondissment, - and believed more of what the chimney pots had predicted.

For it was here that one finds the magnifique Jardin du Luxembourg and le Sénat.
What's more, we had arranged to meet Eric at the gate by the Rue de Assas.

Every man and his dog was here, this hot 30° day; but when we saw the sign, so unusual in Paris, "Pelouse Authorisée"; (sitting on the grass permitted) we thought ,"how civilized". (Crikey, - what else is grass for ?) They're not very Australian in some parts !

Next; more of these beautiful and inspiring gardens...

Sunday, 12 October 2008

L'EXCITATION : Plus tard le matin : jour 4 : suite





L'EXCITATION : Plus tard le matin : jour 4






With la Basilique du Sacré-Cœur glaring down from behind we were guided through vibrant, pretty little allées with names that nearly disclosed the history of the place. Rue du Chevalier de La Barre and Rue du Mont Cenis led us to the fabulous little Place du Tertre, the pulsing heart of le Quartier de Montmartre.

With artists setting up their easels each day for tourists, this picturesque little square in the 18e, is a reminder that Montmartre was the mecca of modern art. In the early 20th century, penniless painters including Picasso and Utrillo lived here.

We stopped for coffee at Le Sabot Rouge, and even though Michael forgot to wear his Red Clogs, we laughed and carried on like pork chops !
So much so, that le Maître and a pretty little French girl, (all French girls are pretty, - no exceptions ! ), came and sat with us to see what all this enjoyment was about.
Le Maître knew more about Adelaide than was possible and so we kept on laughing; - in French, of course !

Michael, having re-fuelled and not even looking like slowing, directed us to the Rue Saint Vincent and La Vigne de Montmartre, the last surviving vineyard in Paris.

Moulin Rouge was slowly getting closer......