Bride and groom posing for photos, July 12, 2008 on the bridge overlooking Notre Dame, Paris.
Joy.
Hand-in-hand. "...the triumph of hope over experience." - Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784.
Meanwhile, on the bridge to Ile Saint-Louis, a crowd is assembled...
...waiting to see this guy balance a bicycle on his nose!
Talk about balance!
After that spectacle, somehow balancing this tiny bicycle doesn't seem quite so impressive. But this 12-year-old steals the show.
I went to Paris in August with a friend. And saw the very same show. :-) Amazing to suddenly see these photos here. My first visit to Paris - and I want to go baaaack.
Jette/Denmark
Posted by: Jette K | 01 September 2008 at 21:43
There is what strikes me as a neat symmetry between marriage and balancing a bicycle on one's nose.
Posted by: maitresse | 17 July 2008 at 05:57
Love the title on this one!
Posted by: Sharon | 16 July 2008 at 04:30
Thanks for the fun! Such joy in the wedding couples faces!
Also, aren't busker's amazing? Just thinking of performing in public makes me shake! Great photos. Makes me feel like I was there with you.
Will be thinking of you Tara. For smooth sailing with no glitches.
That you will have an amazing time with the blogging gals. That it will be wonderful, how could it not? Have fun friend!
xox
Constance
Posted by: rochambeau | 14 July 2008 at 13:20
only in Paris.........
Posted by: paul | 14 July 2008 at 10:48
Good luck to them. She looks beautiful. how fabulous.
:)
Posted by: amber | 14 July 2008 at 01:56
the video....i am so glad you posted it for us. i thought the 'adults' listening might burst into tears. i know i would have. how courageous!
xo
Posted by: robin bird | 14 July 2008 at 01:18
There is hope for optimism...
Posted by: stephanie | 14 July 2008 at 00:56
A bike on a nose?? Marriage bliss... Paris is full of all kinds of fun things!!!
Optimism... Good to carry in bundles I believe... Especially when being interrogated by awful Airport security... Oh Miss Tara... That is why I have not traveled in a long time... I don't think I could handle it... Could I?? ;)
xoxoxoo
Posted by: A Fanciful Twist | 13 July 2008 at 23:56
I think the quotation was incomplete. The definition of a second marriage: It is the conquest of hope over experience
Hope is a good thing! (But experience shouldn't be short listed either!) LOL
Posted by: nutster | 13 July 2008 at 23:15
aaaahhh, hope. Yes! and balance too. Hope and Balance. Good things to focus on in these interesting days... and Paris too, how I miss her...
Posted by: Liz | 13 July 2008 at 21:18
These pictures make me want to get married all over again. Of course- to the same sweet man I have been in love with forever : )
Posted by: Christina | 13 July 2008 at 21:01
And I believe I've been to the first bridge. I was at a conference dinner in Paris at a restaurant called Le Crayon?
Beautiful pictures!
Posted by: Leslie M | 13 July 2008 at 20:35
And I believe I've been to the first bridge. I was at a conference dinner in Paris at a restaurant called Le Crayon?
Beautiful pictures!
Posted by: Leslie M | 13 July 2008 at 20:33
you were there!! and i wish i had been. i have never been to paris. you do have a way of making it seem very accessible tara. i will watch the video now too.....
Posted by: robin bird | 13 July 2008 at 20:14
I love this bridge. It is the bridge where I first heard the magic of an accordion being played on my first solo trip to Paris.
It is special to me.
Thanks for the memory.
Posted by: My Mélange | 13 July 2008 at 19:05
This is true balance! Weddings and feats of strength....I miss the bridges of Paris. xoxo
Posted by: Colette | 13 July 2008 at 18:49
Wouldn't it be lovely to be a bride in Paris? And as you say, such hope. Lovely pics.
Posted by: Carla | 13 July 2008 at 18:49
Oh what a happy bridge. Were I in Paris again, this bridge would be a destimation place in the hopes of seeing and sharing in the joy that can be found there.
Posted by: Annie | 13 July 2008 at 16:10