A Ministry with a view
Thursday, January 28, 2010 Publié par Eric Tenin
Yesterday morning (Wednesday) I attended a presentation of the new blog of Anne-Marie Idrac, the French Minister in charge of foreign trade at the Ministry of Finance, also referred to as "Bercy", because it is located in an area precisely called Bercy! It's a magnificent building, very modern and very impressive, on the edge of La Seine. The presentation took place on the 7th floor and you know me... While I was waiting for the Minister, I took my camera and started shooting! It's not every day that you get to overlook Paris from that part of town.
January 28, 2010 12:12:00 AM GMT+01:00
See, even when you're working for you, you're working for us! Cool shot, too. Did you enjoy the presentation?
January 28, 2010 12:23:00 AM GMT+01:00
Wow, a formal presentation for a new government blog of all things.This is the future, after all. Must keep up!
January 28, 2010 12:50:00 AM GMT+01:00
A lot of beautiful blues in this photo.
What? A presentation that didn't involve the iPad? ;-)
January 28, 2010 12:54:00 AM GMT+01:00
Good angle. I love the layering of the bridges. That is so cool.
January 28, 2010 1:03:00 AM GMT+01:00
Very Nice...
January 28, 2010 1:58:00 AM GMT+01:00
O, gorgeous view and shot!
That is very cool that you were at the presentation of a new blog with that kind of gravitas. :)
January 28, 2010 2:04:00 AM GMT+01:00
Ahhhh.....
January 28, 2010 2:39:00 AM GMT+01:00
yes, all the blue tones are lovely........so is Paris!
January 28, 2010 3:05:00 AM GMT+01:00
Lovely shot! The light is just right to enhance the bridges.
January 28, 2010 5:58:00 AM GMT+01:00
Gorgeous shot! I love the blue of the water...so beautiful.
*sigh* A place with no snow.
January 28, 2010 6:16:00 AM GMT+01:00
Ah, to be strolling along the Seine or chilling on a houseboat...another good day in Paris! Merci for the Bercy and for bringing this to us Eric.
January 28, 2010 6:18:00 AM GMT+01:00
this scene has such a nice warm feel to it.
January 28, 2010 7:12:00 AM GMT+01:00
Bercy?? Pas mal! The weather looks quite good for January..nice!
January 28, 2010 7:20:00 AM GMT+01:00
I love Monica comment !
As I'm drinking my tea before starting to be really awake (waking myself takes me quite a long time, I know!) I'll just ditto Monica... I love this blue. I need it too.
January 28, 2010 8:22:00 AM GMT+01:00
Hope you will show us the building sometime. It sounds cool. I would love to poke about that quay sometime and maybe find a houseboat.
-Kim
January 28, 2010 8:30:00 AM GMT+01:00
Ooops, just clicked the link. . .wow, what a design! Thank you for showing us where you were when you shot the photo.
-Kim
January 28, 2010 9:16:00 AM GMT+01:00
Thanks for the photo Eric. It brings back memories of taking the Metro line 5 from Place d'Italie to the right bank and of ice skating in Bercy the first week of December.
In this photo, I feel like Paris is just laid out in front of me.
January 28, 2010 1:06:00 PM GMT+01:00
Glad you took the opportunity. Lovely. Just been hearing that Sarkozy's attempt to knock um Dominic? out of his way has failed. So - more sparks will fly as this opponent re-enters the boxing ring?
January 28, 2010 1:50:00 PM GMT+01:00
I have to ask: Eric, what is your opinion about the new iPad?
P.S. Nice view of the bridges( I counted 3)
January 28, 2010 6:57:00 PM GMT+01:00
They actually wasted taxpayer's money to present a blog? What's next, a Facebook presentation?
January 28, 2010 7:47:00 PM GMT+01:00
I am, as always, impressed ;-) Both by this beautiful photo and by the the high circles you attend, LOL :-D
January 28, 2010 8:47:00 PM GMT+01:00
Je ne sais pas si le personnel de Bercy qui profite de cette vue magnifique gagne en efficacité et/ou en sérénité mais je veux bien faire l'expérience - de la vue !!!
Aujourd'hui, Palais de justice de Paris (+ Préfecture) étaient à mon agenda : dommage pas Bercy!...
Mais le quartier de la Cité a quand même beaucoup de charme :)
Merci beaucoup Eric pour vos très belles photos et désolée, pour mon Français ici! A bientôt.
January 29, 2010 3:23:00 AM GMT+01:00
«Louis» knows exactly where this building is. He attended Ècole Boulangerie et Pâtisserie de Paris, also located in Bercy.
The building looks like a Galactic Battle Cruiser. Part of it is over the freeway that takes you to suburbs like Villecresnes, Mandres-les-Roses, Brie-Compte-Robert, etc. Every time «Louis» passed under that part of the building over the freeway, he imagined the Battle Cruiser over head sucking his wallet out of his pocket and emptying it of Euros....
January 29, 2010 6:05:00 PM GMT+01:00
Photographers always need to be opportunistic!
January 30, 2010 6:52:00 AM GMT+01:00
Wow--Some view!!! This is spectacular! I clicked on the link also. I'm not always a fan of modern architecture in Paris, but that building is really something! I think I quite like it! I KNOW I'm crazy about its view!
January 30, 2010 7:21:00 PM GMT+01:00
Impressive that's right and you could also say udge building !
Impressionnant et gigantesque.