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Merry Christmas on the streets of Zurich
They did not laugh at us when we wanted to see all of Zurich in 2 hours.
Der Grutmeister (or something like that)
Zurich
The parks of Zurich
Zurich -> Paris, Christmas day
Paris - city of lights!
Our first views of the Eiffel Tower
And so the harassment of Nicole with my camera begins.
On the elevator up the Eiffel Tower.
One of my favorite photos from the trip.
So hungry, and random back rubs.
And wine was drunk.
Our first views of Paris in the daytime.
Notre Dame
This is as Christmassy as it gets.
Preview to the Moulin Rouge . . .
Along the Seine
Where is the pyramid?
Ah, there is is. And American tourists to take our photo.
Stay along the perimiter.
In english for you stupid Americans.
Items being protected from flood.
The greatest hits tour continues. In fact I do believe we were on "the way of the tour."
Ah, the Champs-Elysees - Thank Heavens for Little Girls!
Street crepes. Nutella!
We have come to review your restaurant.
Thumbs up?
Nicole you are too cute.
Rear view of Notre Dame.
European Vacation
You thought the room was small.
In line behind school children.
The two maggots.
A Christmas market!
I believe it is anatomically correct.
The Rodin Museum
The Thinker
The fuzzy Thinker
Our hotel was full of tapestries
And more tapestries
Our metro stop
Nicole REALLY liked this grocery store
More Christmas decorations
The most excellent grocery store/swanky department store
We became well aquainted with the metro
There is an accordian player on this car somewhere
"Juice" boxes
"Juice" boxes in the room
More fantastic churches
Where to next?
The Pantheon/Parthenon (I can never get those straight)
Ah, croissants! And cafe creme!
Still early morning for me.
We realized later we were at the McDonalds of bakeries
Sweet little square on our way to the market
The market
Nicole browses for some lunch items
I don't know what it is, but it looks good
Something regarding the French Revolution
Across from the kids carnival
Yes, a monument
Ah, Paris!
Love this.
Perhaps my favorite museum - Picasso
Good thing we got there earlier - the line when we left
What the heck is an igloo doing in downtown Paris? Ice skating, naturally.
We wondered about what was in this building all week. I don't think we ever really found out.
Sign of Christmas in Paris.
All roads lead back to Notre Dame
The gift shop across the street from Notre Dame - berets!
And naturally a headless accordian player
The park behind Notre Dame
A lonely rose by Notre Dame
Our street - easy to remember with "hamm" on the corner
Closer
They wanted us to feel at home - next door was as American diner
Our courtyard - up
Our courtyard - down
Le Twickenham!
Jugs of wine - perfect
Nicole can smoke inside
Good think the French smoking ban didn't go into effect until after we left
Back to Notre Dame
This time for a concert of Gregorian Chants
Leaving
The Moulin Rouge
The cafe where Amelie worked
Signs of Christmas on the streets of Montmartre
Someone lived here - was it Picasso?
The original windmills
Another shot of the windmill on the hills of Montmartre
Along our walking tour of Montmartre
Montmartre . . .
One of the original cabarets . . and I believe Lapin Agile is latin
The Lapin Agile and the bunny jumping out of the pot
A vineyard in the midst of it all
Another museum, this time I just waited outside
And peeked in
And watched this woman let her dog poop on the street
Christmas decorations
Some famous composer lived here (such a good memory I have)
The view from Sacre Coeur
Dogs everywhere!
Sacre Coeur
Down the hill from Sacre Coeur
The most touristy spot in Paris
Fun fuzzy street musicians
The way our walking tour was supposed to go
Lots of famous artists had studios here
Fantastic "salads" here
For future reference
And Nicole had just used her french to ask for a light
The view from the Contemporary Art Museum
The Contemporary Art Museum shutting down for the night
Jazz in an underground cave
The artist of the night
Nicole finally gets her fondue
Some live jazz
