Flower Shop on Boulevard Arago - Day 1
Airport, first morning
Jet Lagged in front of Notre Dame, waiting to check in our rooms
Roger, middle, was delayed getting home by two weeks as he awaited proper US re-entry paperwork.
Notre Dame
Charlemagne, beside Notre Dame
St. Michel fountain: students play pranks...
...note the computer chair. Bubble bath is common.
David takes a picture
How many does it take to figure out the subway?
Brasserie near Marriott
Rue Monge?
Hotel, Rue De La Sante
Rue Monge
Window, Rue de la Sante
Boulevard Arago
The Chambers', me, Rob L., Dan McK., Roger H., Amy N.
Carol makes it to Paris
Roger Henry makes it to Paris
Eiffel Tower
Blue Eiffel, for the first day of the EU presidency
Eiffel Tower - blue, for the first day of the EU presidency
From Boat on Siene in Paris
From Boat on Seine in Paris
Bridge to the Louvre
The Louvre in Paris
The Louvre
Venus de Milo
Julius Caesar
Marcus Aurelius
The Louvre Entry
Louvre Courtyard
Botticelli at the Louvre
The best Dan and I could get
...and this surrounding crowd tells why
David and Goliath
Napoleon, Crowning Himself
View from the room at Marriott Rive Gauche
Our penthouse flat at 20 Rue Pierre Lescot (that's a bird house up there)
That's our apartment at the very top.
Our Door - opens up to a winding stairway and a tiny elevator
Inside the flat at 20 Rue Pierre Lescot
Rue Pierre Lescot
View from the window at 20 Rue Pierre Lescot
Out the window at 20 Rue Pierre Lescot. See the Church, St. Eustache (more later)
Out the window at 20 Rue Pierre Lescot
Shopping Mall and Metro/RER center
Cafe Downstairs on Pierre Lescot
Entertainment on the Train to Versailles
Roger solves the train riddle
Hotel at Versailles
Walk from train station to Versailles
Says it all at Versailles
Golden Gates at Versailles
That's a hunting lodge beyond the gates
Roger and Dave at Versailles
Versailles Great Hall
Versailles Chapel
Chapel Ceiling
Hall of Kings
Charlemagne at Versailles
Gardens, as viewed from window at Versailles
One ceiling of many at Versailles
Another Ceiling of Many at Versailles
Louis XIV at Versailles
Hall of Mirrors, where the royal chambers were at Versailles
In Hall of MIrrors at Versailles
Versailles from Garden
Garden at Versailles
Versailles from front
Chez Omar! in Paris
Inside Chez Omar in Paris
Dave and the happy waiter in Paris who did the Obama dance
Pont Neuf Bridge in Paris
The Orsay : The following artwork and statues are all from the Orsay, the museum of impressionist and pre-impressionist works
Manet - Olympia at the Orsay in Paris
Whistler's Mother at the Orsay in Paris
Degas Ballerina at the Orsay in Paris
Monet at the Orsay in Paris
Monet - Gare Saint-Lazare at the Orsay in Paris
Rita and Monet at the Orsay in Paris
Renoir at the Orsay in Paris
Painting of Claude Monet by Auguste Renoir at the Orsay in Paris
Van Gogh at the Orsay in Paris
Cezanne at the Orsay in Paris
Signac at the Orsay in Paris
DeGas at the Orsay in Paris
Pissaro at the Orsay in Paris
Monet - The Rue Montorgueil in Paris at the Orsay
Van Gogh - Fritillaires couronne impériale dans un vase de cuivre, at the Orsay in Paris
The Continents: Statues at Orsay at the Orsay in Paris
Australia at the Orsay in Paris
South America at the Orsay in Paris
North America at the Orsay in Paris
Asia at the Orsay in Paris
Europa at the Orsay in Paris
Africa at the Orsay in Paris
Eiffel--the sequel
Carol on Eiffel Tower
View from Eiffel
Trocadero from Eiffel
Sacre Coeur from Eiffel
from Eiffel
French Statue of Liberty as seen from Eiffel - she faces New York
Champ de Mars and Ecole Militaire from Eiffel
Pointing to Pierre Lescot and St. Eustache. The Louvre is the enormous U-Shaped building in the middle ground.
Cafe, Etienne Marcel
Peugeot at Champs Elysees
Cartier Champs Elysees
Tired Rita in front of Arc de Triomphe
Arc de Triomphe
Changing of the Guard
From Bus 69 in Paris
Grand Palis and Alexander III Bridge From Bus 69 in Paris
Dome Church and Invalides From Bus 69 in Paris
Dome Church & Invalides From Bus 69 in Paris
Conciergerie From Bus 69 in Paris
Cemetary From Bus 69 in Paris
Place Gambetta in Paris
After the Bus 69 ride in Paris
in Paris
This 500-year old church, St. Eustache, was two blocks from our flat in Paris. Taken at Sunset.
From St. Eustache park in Paris
St. Eustache at Sunset in Paris
St. Eustache Sunset in Paris
From St. Eustache to Rue Coquillere in Paris
Rue Coquillere evening in Paris
Rita and Dave in the Park in Paris
Metro at Etienne Marcel in Paris