Waiting in Frankfurt for the flight to Paris
On the RER train to Paris
Our room at the Hotel Luxembourg Parc
Jaclyn getting ready to head out
Saint-Suplice
Votives
Jaclyn pays the 2 euros and lights a candle
View from the entrance of Saint-Suplice
Where they sometimes do readings
Organ and clock
Ornate statue
Front alter
Back chapel
Back chapel at Saint-Suplice
Very nice statue
Picture of a picture of the organ controls
Jaclyn outside Saint-Suplice
More outside Saint-Suplice
Fountain outside the cathedral
She's french
He's french
The thing you push to make the walk sign turn on
The stick-figure walk-sign guy
Inside a guard box at Jardin de Luxembourg
Jaclyn takes her turn
O HAI
Jaclyn on a bridge over the Sienne
Self-shot attempt 1 @ the Sienne
Self-shot attempt 2 @ the Sienne
More Sienne
Bridge over the Sienne
The fake beach on the bank of the Sienne
Riverside -- The Sienne
More Jaclyn and more Sienne
The back of Notre Dame
Back of Notre Dame
Jaclyn outside a concert behind Notre Dame
The front of Notre Dame
Another of the front
Digital price signs at the department store. Crazy awesome.
Eating at a small cafe in the Latin Quarter
More eating at a small cafe in the Latin Quarter
Ready for bed with the face-mask
Oh, quite the face-mask all right
10 Euros for good wine, cheese, and bread.
Cafe au lait and decimated croissants (we ordered these unexpectedly when the waiter came over without a menu and started speaking in French)
Fountain with St Michael and the dragon
on the way to Notre Dame
Facade of Notre Dame
Rose window
High Altar
Reliquary in the Treasury
Stained glass in the Notre Dame Treasury
More reliquaries
Cameos
steeple of Saint-Chapelle
Jonathan by the Seine
in the Musee d'Orsay
To the Impressionist wing!
Van Gogh self-portrait
more Van Gogh
Monet
Clock face in the Musee d'Orsay, from the back (this was a train station before it became a museum)
The Louvre, on the opposite side of the Seine
clock in the main hall of the Orsay
Rodin's “Gates of Hell”
The Last Day of Corinth
In Tuileries garden, looking down at the Place de la Concorde, and the Arc de Triomph further on
Monet's Waterlilies, in the Orangerie museum in Tuileries gardens
The rooms are ovals, with huge canvases on four walls
a Picasso on the lower level of the Orangerie
the obelisk on the Place de la Concorde
the Champs-Elysees
line and plaque at the base of the obelisk
Musee des Beaux-Arts
Citroen concept car at the dealership on the Champs-Elysees
Peugot concept car
Arc de Triomphe
up up up!
Arc in miniature
Monument to unknown soldiers
On the top of the Arc!
Eiffel tower from the Arc de Triomphe
back down!
Celebratory tart with baby strawberries at Laduree
tart and mini macaroons
walking to the Louvre
small Arc in front of the Louvre
underneath the Louvre pyramid
the Winged Victory on the stairs to the Denon wing
the crowd on the way to Mona Lisa
Madonna of the Rocks
Mona Lisa
In one of the hall mirrors
Venus di Milo
sculpture of Diana the huntress
the inverted pyramid
Jonathan in front of the inverted pyramid
The Pantheon
Jaclyn outside the Pantheon
watching Foucault's pendulum
Lunch! (this place had the world's greasiest crepes)
Monument on the Place de la Bastille
Jaclyn outside the Place des Vosges in Marais
Place des Vosges
Jonathan's self-portrait
Picasso Museum
A giant mirror on scaffolding, that reflects the other half of the building
Picasso's impressionism
more Picasso
dinner at Mondrian
outside Luxembourg Gardens
looooves the magnifying mirror
walking down the Champ de Mars toward the Eiffel Tower
900 feet up
heading towards the Trocadero
on the Trocadero looking towards the tower
Metro station
Monet Museum
the first floor of the museum is preserved to look like a residence
Waterlilies in the stairwell
Waterlilies in the Monet gallery
heading back to the tower
Yeah, we took the stairs.
On the first mezzanine (200 feet up)
To the second level!
From 400 feet up
The poem engraved on our wedding rings, scratching into the tower railing
the Trocadero from the tower
trying out the timer on the camera
made it down!
dinner at Peres et Filles
on the boat tour of the Seine
Alexander III bridge
light show on the Eiffel Tower
Mobs of tourists at Versailles
back of Versailles (faces into the garden); the Hall of Mirrors is on the second floor
looking out into the garden
No sunglasses :(
Stairs down to the Orangerie
baby oranges!
more oranges
fish in the pond
the King's garden
sneaking through the hedge
looking back towards the Chateau
The Apollo Fountain
Dragon Fountain
The Grove of the Three Fountains
Crossed L's for King Louis
In front of the Chateau
In we go...
Started out in the apartments of the daughters of Louis XIV
a library
Window latch
Organ
Trompe l'oeil in the guard's room
The Dauphin's trunk
the Dauphin and Dauphines' apartments
Fountains are on!
Royal chapel
looking up the staircase
The Hall of Mirrors
The Neptune Fountain, off
The Neptune Fountain, on
dinner at Le Cafe Paris
on the train to Amboise
hotel in Amboise--Le Manoir Les Minimes
our lounge
our bedroom
bathroom
view of the Loire from our window
trying to break into the secretary
view of the Chateau d'Amboise out our other windows
walking up to the Chateau d'Amboise
made it!
chapel on the grounds
tile in the chapel
the Loire, from the Chateau ramparts
chapel from another angle
in we go
Empire-style rooms on the second level
bridge over the Loire
gargoyle waterspout
grapes on the Chateau vines
the courtyard of our hotel, from the Chateau ramparts
Leonardo da Vinci was buried here...
until they up and moved him into here...
...though exactly where “in here” no one currently knows.
Dinner
Packed and ready for Avignon
On the train to Avignon
Still on the train
At the main square in Avignon
More of the main square
Shops in Avignon
Tiny street, lots of tourists
Eating at Les Artistes outside the Hotel D'Europe (our hotel)
View down the stairs in Hotel d'Europe at night
“This is a *restaurant*, madame” ... we left soon after this photo.
And found refuge in our hotel's courtyard
Stairs of the Hotel d'Europe
Stairs in the daytime
Tapestries!
Paintings and a nice clock
Hotel d'Europe courtyard
Place de l'Horloge
Palais des Papes
Avignon cathedral (feat. Golden Mary)
Inside the Avignon Cathedral
Side chapel
Another side chapel
The stained-glass window casting onto a statue
Yet another side chapel
The main altar
Back of the chapel
A shot from the back
Avignon cathedral from the front
Looking out over the Palais and Place des Papes
Heading to the adjacent gardens
A view over Avignon
Jaclyn looking out at Avignon
Awesome guy in front of a good view
The Rhone river
Fort St. Andres in the distance
Mt. Ventoux!
Mt. Ventoux way off in the distance (hard to see)
Jaclyn and Jonathan and a View
More fort.
Jaclyn carries everything
Pont du Benzenet (Pont d'Avignon)
Fountain in the park
Beer and wine at the cafe
Mmm ... bread
All the beer glasses are marked with fill lines
More bread
Assiette de Fromage et Quiche
Pont d'Avignon
Walking to the bridge
Bridge entry
Jaclyn and the Rhone
On the bridge
Handsome guy
The end of the bridge (and canoers)
The Rhone
Pointy stones on the bridge that hurt your feet
Jaclyn and Jonathan on the Pont d'Avignon
Statue in the St. Nicholas Chapel
Ramparts!
Chain that moves the entry to the bridge
To the ramparts!
Guards patrolled this walkway..
(Those rails aren't original)
You shoot arrows through that
On the ramparts
A model of Pont d'Avignon
About to climb the rampart tower
Up top
That's not a cloud below the puffy cloud, that's Mt. Ventoux!
Palais de Papes
Palais de Papes courtyard
Inner courtyard of the Palais de Papes
A view out a window of the Palais
Grand Tinnel
Kitchen tower
Sculpture in the sacriment
Grand chapel
Jaclyn and the audioguide
Suisse Guard uniform
Palais des Papes and the Avignon Cathedral
View from the top of the Palais
Place outside the Palais
An entry into the Palais
Walking the backstreets of Avignon
Beef tartare I didn't finish
Jaclyn and the raw boeuf
We stayed into the night and had coffee and tea
The Mediterranean, through the window of the train
Checked into the Hotel Le Royal
More of our hotel room
One of our two balcony windows
View from the room
Parasailers
What a hat
Pizza for dinner on Rue Messina
strawberry ice cream for dessert
Jaclyn and the sea
our hotel
Lounging up off the beach at night
French bulldog!
Uh oh..
Palais de la Mediterranee (casino/hotel)
L'homme est vert
Jaclyn on the beach
Relaxing..
Jonathan on the beach
Need shoes for the rocky beaches
Jaclyn hits the water
Jaclyn swimming
Beer & Beach
More beer, more beach
Jaclyn and Jonathan go parasailing
Water landing
Zzzzz
Ferrari F360
Jaclyn eating mussels
Castle Hill in Nice
Live music
The F360 again
Sunburn recovery
On our way to Monaco
Walking in Monaco
Long stairway..
Monte Carlo casino in the distance
Principality of Monaco!
Sky Mirror and casino
The Monte Carlo casino
Inside spy shots (no cameras allowed)
Lotsa Yachts in the port of Monaco
Looking out into the sea from Monaco
“It's so hooooot.”
Lone sailboat amongst all the yachts
Fountain that goes down the sides of the stairs
The “Shopping Mall” in Monte Carlo
Very tasty wine for our final meal
Jaclyn at our final meal before leaving at La Cambouse
Jaclyn got wasted on the plane (kidding!)
