{"id":324,"date":"2012-10-31T06:46:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T06:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/uncategorized\/a-mini-tour-de-paris-for-a-pot-of-lavender\/"},"modified":"2021-05-13T10:12:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T10:12:20","slug":"a-mini-tour-de-paris-for-a-pot-of-lavender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/2012\/10\/a-mini-tour-de-paris-for-a-pot-of-lavender\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mini Tour-de-Paris for a Pot of Lavender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1612\" src=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139854404_4f45eece9b_c.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" alt=\"IMG_7751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139854404_4f45eece9b_c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139854404_4f45eece9b_c-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139854404_4f45eece9b_c-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were walking around the Ile de France yesterday when we stumbled across a row of plant shops and I decided to buy a lavender plant for 4\u20ac. Unfortunately we were nowhere near the end of the day, so I had to carry the pot of lavender everywhere with me.<\/p>\n<p>Here proceeds a photographic tour of the day out with said plant, which I have now dubbed &#8220;Georges&#8221; (for this is a suitably french name).<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1615\" src=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139826289_2811c74160_c.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" alt=\"IMG_7756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139826289_2811c74160_c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139826289_2811c74160_c-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139826289_2811c74160_c-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/center>Georges walks along the River Seine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1618\" src=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139826753_34b7c054be_c.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" alt=\"IMG_7757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139826753_34b7c054be_c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139826753_34b7c054be_c-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139826753_34b7c054be_c-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Georges crosses the road.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1622\" src=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139856024_1e17f65ddc_c.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" alt=\"IMG_7754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139856024_1e17f65ddc_c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139856024_1e17f65ddc_c-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139856024_1e17f65ddc_c-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Georges sits on a bridge that connects the Ile-de-France to the rest of Paris.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1626\" src=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139835611_043923d208_c.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" alt=\"IMG_7770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139835611_043923d208_c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139835611_043923d208_c-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139835611_043923d208_c-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Georges looks at a row of bells at the BHV on Rue de Rivoli, a DIY mega-store of epic proportions, which I intend to visit again soon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1632\" src=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139859425_ab777b805b_c.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" alt=\"IMG_7808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139859425_ab777b805b_c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139859425_ab777b805b_c-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139859425_ab777b805b_c-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Georges sees on the TV a news report that Hurricane Sandy has hit. Everyone went silent for a second to watch the news.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1637\" src=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139858417_31b6c49eb3_c.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" alt=\"IMG_7807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139858417_31b6c49eb3_c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139858417_31b6c49eb3_c-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139858417_31b6c49eb3_c-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Georges at the pub (a place which is a favorite of mine, which we have been frequenting on the Rue des Coutures Saint-Gervais)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1646\" src=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139867281_007706cc02_c.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" alt=\"IMG_7818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139867281_007706cc02_c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139867281_007706cc02_c-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139867281_007706cc02_c-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Georges on the Metro.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1649\" src=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139866429_830164bf42_c.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" alt=\"IMG_7817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139866429_830164bf42_c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139866429_830164bf42_c-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139866429_830164bf42_c-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Georges back home at the Gare de L&#8217;est<br \/>\nIt could have been more epic but my left arm was getting tired&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were walking around the Ile de France yesterday when we stumbled across a row of plant shops and I decided to buy a lavender plant for 4\u20ac. Unfortunately we were nowhere near the end of the day, so I had to carry the pot of lavender everywhere with me. Here proceeds a photographic tour [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[544],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8139854404_4f45eece9b_c.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1654,"href":"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions\/1654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}