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Vive la France!
Posted on: May 28, 2018
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We are back from our wonderful time in France. It was a driving holiday and Dot came along. She proved to be an excellent little traveller and was happy to see her Spaniel friend in France. The French countryside was lovely and I finally got to see Paris! It was everything I dreamt of and more. So much history, culture and great food. Our friends were the perfect hosts and tour guides. They made sure we saw everything possible in the time we had. More dreams came true for me. Here are just a few of our special memories.
Our first view of the Eiffel Tower. Loved that families picnicked on the lawns.
Even someone having a nap by the tower.
The impressive Arc de Triomphe at the end of the Champs-Élysées
The Famous Opera House (no phantom in sight)
The Seine and one of the many bridges to Île de la Cité
The Louvre, Palace Royal
The Louvre Pyramid
Musician at the Louvre
The Seine with Notre Dame Cathedral in the background
Notre Dame Cathedral (no hunchback either)
Napolean in front of the Miltary Museum
The Dôme des Invalides which houses the tomb of Napolean
Place des Vosges, a palace built by Henri IV in 1605, now a trendy shopping area with cafes and art galleries
Victor Hugo resided at Place de Vosges, a fashionable square to live in during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Shakespeare and Company, a well-known bookstore featured in a few movies, at Kilometer Zero, the point at which all French roads begin.
Of course, I bought a book!
Place Colette, a typical Paris street scene
Many wonderful cafes and restaurants. I think I found the hunchback!
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity on all the government buildings.
The other Statue of Liberty
There was so much more, like the Musée d’Orsay, the Ceramics Museum, Monet’s house and garden and the Palace of Versailles. But they will have to wait for another post or two!
“He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo.
Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic.
Nothing is more sublime.”
― Victor Hugo
