Kimberly and Zookie resting on Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge that crosses the Seine river in Paris.
Daniel and Zookie perusing the bouquinistes along the Quai Grands Augstins
Our street corner, Rue du Pont de Lodi and Rue des Grands Augustins
The sign indicates that Louis XIII was made king right on our street corner, after his father, Henry IV, died.
And another sign, just opposite, indicates that this building is where Picasso painted the famous Guernica. (our apartment essentially looks out on this building)
The courtyard of our apartment
The entry-way of our apartment
Our bedroom
Our bathroom
Our kitchen (tiny!)
Our living room
Our living room (yes, that is a sofabed...)
The view south out of our window on Rue des Grands Augustins
The view north out of our window on Rue des Grands Augustins. The buildings you see at the end of the street are actually on Ile de la Cite (on the other side of the Seine, where Notre Dame is).
Zookie checking out what's happening outside
Daniel and Zookie
Zookie LOVES looking out the windowsill!
Just down the street from us is the bustling Buci area...
...filled with great shops, restaurants..
...and boulangeries and patisseries
One Sunday afternoon, we went to the Rennes market, where they have all organic foods (or "bio" as the French call it)
Place Dauphine on Ile de la Cite
The view of the right bank from the Pont Neuf, right near our apartment. The large building on the left is the Louvre.
Daniel and Zookie in the Luxembourg Gardens
We had an amazing brunch at a Salon du The called A Priori The in the Galleries Vivienne
The chocolate brownies were amazing!!
Place Vendome on a particularly beautiful day
Children waiting for their turn on the carousel in the Tuileries Gardens
Parisians relaxing in the Tuilieries on a warm fall day
Look at the dramatic clouds!
The Orangerie is located at the Western end of the Tuileries Gardens. It only recently reopened after a long restoration project
Inside, you'll find Monet's famous waterlillies
We had no idea that they were so large!
The museum was created specifically for this purpose, so it was designed to show the waterlillies in two oval rooms, with the paintings on the appropriate walls (west wall for sunset waterlillies, etc.)
They were amazing!
Look at the clouds reflected in the water
Kimberly in front of her favorite painting
Enjoying an afternoon walk in the Tuileries
The Eastern end of the Tuileries Gardens
In early October, Paris celebrated its 5th annual "Nuit Blanche" or White Night. Many buildings all across Paris are opened to the public with special lighting and/ or contemporary art installations...and it's open ALL night!
The Hotel de Ville dramatically lit up for Nuit Blanche
Daniel with one of our fellow teaching assistants, Neil, and his girlfriend, waiting to go inside the Hotel de Ville (it's 3:30 AM when we took this photo!)
We had to wait 45 minutes to see these random black mobiles spinning around in the HdVille courtyard
Another installation was in a different courtyard: men's dress shoes with candles inside them
And then there were the dolls with their heads all spinning around, like in The Exorcist
A different installation showed a projection of a street scene on a storefront window
In the Marais, these doors at 47 Rue Vieille du Temple lead to where Beaumarchais wrote his famous plays "The Marriage of Figaro" and "The Barber of Seville"
Medusa heads writhe on the heavy wooden doors.
Inside another exhibition, they had artwork of the Google pages
And in the courtyard, there were musicians playing jazz in a backlit white tent
The Seine, near the Conciergerie, at 4:30AM, when we finally went home
There was a special exhibit showing the work of Antione de Saint-Exupery, the author and illustrator of "The Little Prince" or "Le Petit Prince"
The original illustrations were really neat...
...and sometimes a bit odd
The exhibition was in the "Monnaie" or the mint
Kimberly in front of Le Monnaie
Daniel takes Zookie on his first ride in the Paris Metro...we were coming home from the vet!
