More pictures coming soon!
Parlez-vous francais? James and I went to Paris and the surrounding area for a week at the end of July. We had a view of the Eiffel
Tower out our balcony window, and the weather was beautiful while we were there. I had so much fun sharing with James
all the places I went when I was in school in Paris. So much has changed! But it is still the city of love and
light that I remember. I wanted to see it all - again - so we were busy, but of course, we took some time to walk along
the Seine and relax in the gardens. We visited the Louvre Museum, Orsay Museum, Orangerie Museum (Monet's water lilies!),
Parthenon, Tuileries Garden, Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Pompidou Center, Versailles, the LoireValley, Moulin Rouge and
even more if you can believe it! If you ever need a guide in Paris, call Kari. ;-)
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| The I.M. Pei glass pyramid that is now the entrance to the Louvre Museum. |
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| The inverted pyramid at the Louvre. Anyone who has read Da Vinci Code knows why I had to see this! |
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| Caravaggio's Death of the Virgin - such a controversial painting, yet so powerful! |
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| Winged Victory of Samothrace - my favorite piece in the Louvre |
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| Da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks - forget the Mona Lisa; this is the best Da Vinci in the Louvre! |
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| A fountain head depicting the goddess Diana - the original self-reliant woman |
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| I combined two pictures, so you can see how big Monet's water lily canvases at Orangerie Museum are. |
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| Copying the famous Rodin sculpture "The Kiss" |
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| The castle Chenonceau - Kari's favorite castle |
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| Cheverny Castle - owned (and still occupied!) by the same family for almost nine centuries |
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| Chambord Castle - a 440-room castle used as a mere hunting lodge by Frances I |
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| The Seine River - winding its way through Paris |
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| At the top of the Eiffel Tower |
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