Late Fall in Paris

Fall can be a stunningly lovely time in Paris.With fall comes fall flowers, such as these in the Jardin Du Luxembourg:

Then, the trees begin to loose more of their leaves.  The colors are charming, and give you a sense of the dying of the season.

Pierre Roche's L'Effort Statue in Autumn

It's now late November, and the leaves are disappearing with all the endless rain.  

Yet fall leaves can decorate the otherwise dreary back wall of a city building.

In Paris in the fall, it rains.  But this year more than most.  The Seine is rather high and looking muddy too:

Many rainy days have made the Jardin du Luxembourg muddy too.  During some of my walks I have had to be careful not to go sliding in the mud!

It is quite possible to enjoy even cloudy days.  Here's Chuck sitting in Parc Montsouris in the very south of Paris.  This time of fall is on the chilly side!

And there was an almost garbage str--ke (it's bad luck to say the word, I think)!  Fortunately it didn't really happen (whew), but garbage piled up for a day:

November 21st is Beaujolais Nouveau Day in France.  Here's the scene at  the BN Party at Alliance Francais where I take French classes.  Not a wild party, but tasty food and the new wine.

Now there is the sense of the winter Holidays coming, with lights on the streets near our apartment (Rue de Rennes towards the tower of Montparnasse),

and Xmas trees in shop windows, like this one in a nearby bakery, as well as the decorations in the window of a restaurant on our block.

We are going to miss the main week of Xmas in Paris as we are going to the Cape Verde Islands off the  coast of Senegal to find the sun and some warmer weather.