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The wonderful covered passages in Paris are overlooked by most tourists. As a photographer, that suits me just fine. The lack of crowds gave me the opportunity to take this photo in the Passage du Grand Cerf (cerf translates to deer). This arcade is in Les Halles in the 2nd Arrondissement. Its entrance can be found at 145 rue Saint-Denis. This is one of the oldest streets in Paris, dating from the 1st Century. Passage du Grand Cerf was built between 1825 - 1835, predated by a famous pre-revolution hotel of the same name.

I followed the two women as they window-shopped and captured them in mid stride engaged in a French-English conversation. They exited the passage at rue Dussoubs.

From Wikipedia: The Covered Passage of Paris (French: Passages couverts de Paris) are an early form of shopping arcade built in Paris, France primarily during the first half of the 19th Century. By the 1850s there were approximately 150 covered passages in Paris but this decreased greatly a...

Gary Karlsen is a writer and amateur photographer. His rich and varied travels have included sailing the oceans of world on deep-sea freighters, circumnavigating North America by thumb, riding the rails across Canada, flying single engine airplanes into mountain lakes, traveling half the globe as a merchant mariner, and speaking at international conferences as an educator. He has travelled through careers in the construction industry, the teaching profession, and as a television producer. Karlsen continues to explore the world with his lifelong companion, Joanne and share it with others through his writing, his photography, and videos (See YouTube). He lives with his wife in British Columbia, Canada. See travel Blog, IN FRANCE WITH...