Wintry Wednesday

 

 

Place Dauphine in rare winter white in early January.  

 

On an island

 

 

Place Dauphine is sandwiched between the oldest bridge in Paris and the Palais de Justice.on île de la Cité.

 

A place on the place

 

A small walkway off Le Pont Neuf leads to the tranquil Place Dauphine.

Snowed in

Beautiful Place Dauphine, practically deserted.

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Above all, my dear child, do not come to Paris!

No one leaves for fear of seeing this plague fall on us, it spreads like a dry wood fire. The king and Mazarin confine us all to our apartments. - Attributed to a letter from Mme de Sévigné to her daughter, Thursday April 30, 1687

 

Last trees

On the quiet and stately Place Dauphine.

Lone bench

Soon these leaves will be turning brown and blanket this square.

Place Dauphine

Place Dauphine reflected in the windows of a restaurant where photographs of Simone Signoret and Yves Montand, who lived next door, decorate a wall.