On the drive from London to Stratford
Brad in Stratford - background is the new Globe Theatre construction
Bridge over the Avon in Stratford
David Tennant (Doctor Who) signing autographs after Hamlet.
Brad with actor, Edward Bennett (Laertes in Hamlet).
The tree in Stratford that is rumored to be the location of the first production of a Midsummer Night's Dream
A view from our hotel room - ooh la la!
View from our hotel
Paris - city of lights. The Eiffel tower at night (from our room)
Another view from our hotel room - the tower sparkles!
Yasmeen and Brad - Self-Potrait
Bridge over the Seine at night - nice view!
Neo-impressionist photo :)
Champs Elysee - auto dealer
Sidewalk of the Champs Elysees
Arch de Triomphe
Arch at night - 150 feet tall!
Brad and the Arch.
The whole length of Champs Elysees
Getting lost in Paris -
Seine river
Pont Neuf
Autumn in Paris
View of the Islands of Paris
Rainbow over the Louvre
Abstractionist view of the Pyramid at the Loevre
Obama!
Halles - Shopping tres unique!
Halles plaza
Very cool undergroud shopping mall
Balloon and sunset over the Ecole Militaire
The upside down Pyramids- entrance to Loevre
Inside the Louvre
Headless angel - Louvre
The Louvre is HUGE! :)
DaVinci - Louvre
La Gioconde
Coronation of Napolean's wife
cool painting in louvre
cool painting
Egyptian stuff at Louvre
Mummies at Louvre
Long hallway~!
Big hallway at Louvre
Statues - marble and Parisian :)
Inside the pyramid
Highly recommend the Frambois Tart from the Louvre cafeteria!
Entrance lobby
Cool windey elevator
More of Mitterand's Pyramids
Picture of painter copying painting
THE HOLY GRAIL! LOL (DaVinci Code reference)
Really is a big museum... Extrerior view
mini-arch
Another exterior view
Courtyard arch
Approaching the Orsay
Brad on Bridge
traffic on Seine
Bridges over Seine
Musee d'Orsay
Musee D'Orsay - train station clock
Sculpture at Orsay
Orsay sculpture
Interior lamp - Orsay
famous painting in Orsay
Sacre Coure
Sacre Coure from Orsay
Louvre from the Orsay
Water lillies - Orsay
Van Gogh - Orsay
Van Gogh's bedroom - Orsay
Renoir - our wedding RSVP cards
Impressionist potrait of Wagner
Eiffel Tower from Orsay
Seine from Orsay
fun circus painting by Seuratt - orsay
Beautiful Cafe inside the D'Orsay Musee.
Fresco ceiling - cafe at Orsay
Detail at cafe Orsay
Beautiful cafe in Orsay
Orsay cafe detail
close up of water lilies - Orangerie
HUGE!!!! water lilies - Orangerie - took up an entire wall
water lilies detail - orangerie
Close up of Monet's lily - Orangerie
Arch in the rain (it rained for a week-)
Bond premier preparations
Walking under the tower
loooooooooooong way up!
loooooong way up - (bad picture)
Romantic Champaign cruise view
Amazing Euro monument
The magical bridges at night
Pictures do not do them justice - -
Regal bridge at night
Putting on its show.
Sacre Coeur at night
Amelie: This is a location from the movie Amelie.
Walking in the rainy Montmartre
Climbing stairs toward top of Montmartre
VERY cute historic street at top of Montmartre
Awesome villa celebrating wine!
Cute windmill - As seen in movie Amelie
Amelie: this is the cafe she worked in in the movie. Diappointing on the inside, rather rundown. After taking us two hours in pouring rain to find it, I was a little crushed. We ate somewhere much better.
This is where we had our best French meal (in Montmarte)
Moulin Rouge - (actually quite a dump) :)
Moulin Rouge from afar - better view of it
We ate lunch with the birds right before going to the modern museum of art - Yasmeen's favorite
Tower of course from the Pompidou Centre
lovely housetops - inspiration for La Boheme... Sigh!
paris is beautiful from above
Sacre Coeur
Montmartre from Pompidou
Cool abstractionist at Modern museum - Pompidou
Picasso at Pompidou
Calder mobile at Pompidou
Yasmeen looking at Picasso - :)
Whole display case of abstractionist art - Pompidou
Expressionist Hitler - from before the war - Pompidou
Close up detail of Jackson Pollack - pompidou
Yasmeen really loved this museum - Pompidou is very well laid out!
Exterior of Pompidou
National Archives - in the Marais neighborhood
Hotel Deville - close up - "Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite"
Beautiful Isle St. Louis
Door of the Notre Dame - gateway to heaven
Close up of Notre Dame
Detail of facade at Notre Dame -
Side view of Notre Dame
More boat traffic between the Islands
Side view of the "Dame" - showing her flying buttresses :)
Side view of the cathedral
Colorful Latin Quarter!!!
Ancient garden in the Latin Quarter church
Church in latin quarter at dusk
Local flavor at square in latin Quarter
Night life among the cobblestone streets in Latin Quarter
Greek restaurant in the Latin Quarter.
We ate with a cat at a Greek restaurant in the Latin Quarter. She was very friendly and very happy to eat our extra chicken.
Beautiful Notre dame at night
Notre Dame at night...
Looks like an Impressionist painting - (Because Brad is a bad photographer!)
Notre Dame at night
Really romantic view
Same view as before - Isle St. Louis at night... My FAVORITE picture of all...
Obelisk at Plaza Concorde - Parisians love their certain "male" symbols - LOL
L'Orangarie - Brad viewing Monet Waterlilly painting upclose
Incredible - how long it must have taken for Monet to cover an ENTIRE wall - huuuuge paintings
Love this! :)
Taking it all in - Monet at Orangerie - 8 room size paintings.
Purple is my favorite color. How many tubes did Mr. Monet use...
Certainly looks like a dream
Still life with Gerber Daisies - hotel room
Another day with this view - hard to get used to!
Sun setting over 7th arrondissement. (Hotel room view)
19th century baloon over Paris - looking at the sunset
Spent the day soaking up the sun from our hotel room - hard to imagine our views...
Miniature Statue of Liberty in the Luxembourg gardens. Beautiful park to bring lunch and people watch!
Luxembourg garden in fall
Orignal Statue of Liberty - (model for the big one) on election day!!!
Bust of Chopin in the Luxembourg Gardens
Kids playing in the most beautiful park in Paris - Luxembourg Garden
Hanging in the park - Luxembourg
Vibrant fall color display
Mosaic tile detail in Luxombourg
Beautiful fall day
Nice kitty!
The only patch of grass in Luxombourg where they WILL let you walk on.
Sculpted rows of trees. - Luxombourg
gardens at Luxombourg - This is the French Senate house in background
Still blooming in November!
Statue in front of Senate building
it was a FANTASTIC day to hang out in front of the Senate building
KISS ME!
Garden still in bloom in november
Fountain south of Luxomberg
Nice shot Yasmeen!!! :)
View of the long boulevard and spitting turtles - :)
Poster in the Metro station. Also a cautionary tale for Princess kitty if she is naughty!
Jardin des Tuileries (by the Orangerie and Concorde obelisk)
Jardin des Tuileries - reflecting pool with Orangerie in background
Jardin des Tuileries
Cool garden - looking toward the omnipresent Tour Eiffel
Jardin des Tuileries - with the Louvre in the distance
Jardin des Tuileries - pictures of trees
Grands Palais
Sunset from our hotel window.
Just lookin' out the window...
GORGEOUS view out our room - dramatic sky
sun going to bed over paris
Close up of the Ecole Militare at sunset
How do the parisians get used to the beauty?!?
Again - from our hotel...
Trying to grab a hold of these memories!
Yasmeen took an excellent shot for us to remember our vacation - the palate of paris at sunset
Election day in Paris!
In London, at the new mall we had a very yummy meal of pie, mashers, and pea mash. My pie was lamb with rosemary. Yum!
Inside view of the new mall in London. Wouldn't mind popping over to go shopping again!
