Paris, France

Diane had never been to Paris.  I thought it would be better to break the 13 1/2 hour flight home into segments.  After the cruise was over we flew to Paris and cut 4 1/2 hours off the flight from Istanbul to Atlanta.

My 1983 visit to Paris was not pleasant.  I felt unwanted, avoided and frankly the Parisians were down right rude.  Not this time!  We were stopped by a pedestrian who actually smiled, spoke good English and asked if she could help!  Every restaurant was cordial.  They asked if we spoke English and then sent over the waiter that could communicate with us -- some in rather broken English but at least they made us feel warm and fuzzy!

The weather in Paris was cold and windy, I hardly saw my shadow.  We bundled up with layers of shirts, sweaters and wind breakers.  Although we did walk most of the way we did get on the "Big Red Bus" that took us around on a huge loop of downtown Paris.

French like to protest!  Air France went on strike the day Will and Jane were to head to Seattle.  They wound up taking a train to London and had 2 day delay before heading home.

Armory

Flowers for my lady!

Lunch in a pub -- we ordered cheeseburgers!

Look, they left the ducks head on so you knew which kind of duck you were buying!

Distant view of Eiffel Tower

Mr. Eiffel

On the Big Red Bus -- on top where the wind added a further chill to the air.

Busy streets!

Almost noon!

This is probably correct lighting, each day was bit gloomy to say the least -- but DRY!

Notre Dame

Arc de Triumphe du Carrousel built in 1805 to honor Napoleon's victories.

Glass Pyramid outside the Louvre

Inside the Louvre looking towards the east wing through the Pyramid.

Mona Lisa -- Jane posed for the artist.

Artist copies painting in the Louvre

The further along in the process the better the copy looks.

She'll be adding lots of dark soon!

The Wedding

"Hands" is the name of this one!

Mary and Jesus

Nike

The real Goddess Diana - Le Grand Palais side entrance.

Le Grand Palais built for the 1900 Exhibition for French art

Seine river was not frozen but we were!

Charles de Gaulle

Avenue Des Champs Elysees

Arc de Triomphe

Arc de Triomphe

For some reason I can't pass up flowers.

Winston and me

Diane fulfilled her dream to see Paris and loved every minute of it!

Eiffel Tower was often in the background

Seine

Drivers seem to know where the other driver is going.  Not nearly as crazy as Istanbul!

Grand Palais dome is striking.

Jane awaits diner but has that Mona Lisa look.

Mr. Will can point but not read!  Crazy French have a different way of spelling words.

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