We Went To Paris A Few Years Ago And Had A Great Time. The Experience Changed Our Photography, Inspired Us And Opened A lot Opportunities. We Shot Over 5000 Photos And Wanted To Share A Few. Enjoy The Images!
Lynne Does Not Like Heights So We Did Not Go Up The Tower. This Opportunity Lead Us To See Some Really Cool Parts Of The Park.
Shot From Directly Under The Tower. There Were several People Sitting Around The Base Of The Eiffel Eating Lunch And Feeding The Flying Rats, I Mean Pigeons. When I Fired The Camera Hundreds Of Pigeons Flew Away From Me And Into The Lunchers. I Got Cursed Out In Several Languages And We Left The Grounds Quickly.
Joan Of Arc Statue
Lynne Bought Rick Steves Book On Paris. I Teased Her About The Many Bookmarks Until She Told Me To Sit On The Left Side Of The Bus For The Night Tour Of Paris. You Get The Best Photos From The Left Side. Stop Teasing Lynne After That.
Love The Tower!
Hagen Das After The Night Tour! We Met A Mom And Her Daughters There From Greece. They Were Convinced Lynne Was Greek, So I Took A Family Photo!
I Watch A Lot Of Old Movies And TV. In The Movie, Is Paris Burning, This Pharmacie Is Seen In Actual Footage Of French Resistance Fighters Saving Paris. We Saw Several Other Parts From The Movie On Our Tour. I Loved Shooting In The Rain In Paris. Kept Thinking About The Famous Painting Rainy Day In Paris.
Paris Taxi Drivers Are Much Like Chicago Taxi Drivers And Many Come From The Middle East Making Communication Familiar.
We Got Lost Walking Back To Our Hotel From The Eiffel Tower On Day One. How Hard Is Paris To Navigate? Very! We Wound Up In A restricted Area Of The French Department Of Defense. When Confronted, I Innocently Explained That I Did Not Know France Had A Department Of Defense.
Monet’s Home Was On The Top Of Lynne’s List. It Is One Of The Most Inspiring Beautiful Places In The World.
The Driveway To The Home Is The Subject Of Many Famous Monet Paintings
Monet Had A Garden That Is 5 or 6 Acres Of Beautiful Flowers. Lilies Grow In The Grass Like Weeds.
Water Lilies!
I Love The Color Of Every Day Paris. In Art School I Was Told That You Must Go To Paris To Be A Complete Artist. When Shooting This Photo, I Felt That. It Is True, Going To Paris Changed Me As An Artist.
What To Eat? This Looked Good But I Did Not Eat It. Sandwiches Are Made And Placed In The Window All Day Long. We Did Eat At Some Cool Places And Promised Ourselves, No McDonalds. We Broke That And Ate At McD’s A Few Times For The Fast Food And Cost. Coca A Cola On The Champs Was 10 Euro At One Of Those Cute Sidewalk Places.
Notre Dame Cathedral! A Must See. Go Irish!
Lynne Lit Candles At All The Churches We Visited. 2 Euro Per. Beware Of All The Fake Priests, Nuns And Scams At These Famous Churches.
Side Chapel At Notre Dame That Cost 12 Euro To See. Relics From Dead Popes, Napoleon’s Church Gown. I was Told No Photos And Do Not Stand Behind The Pulpit.
Life Size Statues In Notre Dame Cathedral
Morning Walk On The Rue de Bac Over The Seine. The Orsei In Morning Light
The Orsei Art Museum Is My Favorite In The World! This Was A Train Station At One Time.
They Keep The Monet On The 5th Floor And Make Them Hard To Find.
Cool Wedding Dress
Another Cool Dress. No Escape From Weddings!
All The Cool French Designer Stores Could Be Found. We Did Not Buy Any Designer Stuff But We Did Get Some Cool Photos.
Napoleon Promised To Be Less Ostenagous When He Became Emperor. Then He Built The Opera House.
Gold Ceiling In The Opera House
Marc Chagall Painted The Ceiling In The Auditorium Of The Opera House. Very Cool!
Versailles Was Very Cool. I Had A Hard Time Walking On The Cobblestone.
The King’s Bed. Marie Antonette’s Bed Is On The Other Side Of The Wall Behind The King’s Bed. There Is A Passage Door Between Them. The King “Entertained” Here Often After ROugh Days Of Hunting, Eating Drinking, Etc.
Pan Handler In Front Of The Louvre
We Stayed At 2 Great Paris Hotels. This One Is Next To The Louvre And WIthin Walking Distance To The Opera House And Many Other Cool Places. We Did Not Steal The Towels. Lynne Would Not Let Me.
Top Of The Arch de Triumph. Best View Of Paris!
Climbing To The Top Of The Arch Was Tough. 13 Stories Of Circular Stairs, 2 Stories Of Straight Stairs. Then You Have To Walk Back Down! Worth It.
This Is The US Cemetery Just Up The Hill On Omaha Beach. France Gave The US This Property. THIS IS US HALLOWED GROUND. Only US Citizens Can Work Here. Both Of Our Fathers Were WWII Veterans, Lynne’s Uncle Was In The D Day Invasion. In The Movie, Saving Private Ryan, There Is Scene Filmed Here. Nothing Could Have Prepared Us For This Emotional Part Of Our Trip. Lynne Made All The Plans For The Trip. My Only Input Was That We Take The Normandy, D Day Tour. This Fell On Our Wedding Anniversary And Turned Out To Be The Highlight Our Trip, If You Go To France, Take This Tour. Thank A Veteran!
My Knees Were Shaking By The Time We Left The Cemetery. Reading The Headstones Became Very Personal And Emotional.
Point Du Hoc. American Rangers Climbed 150 Straight Up This While Being Shot At. Once They Got To The Top They Held This Position For 2 Days Waiting For Reinforcements. Losses Were Heavy. Note The Choppy Sea. Weather Conditions On The Day Of Our Tour Were Identical To D Day. First Time Since June 6, 1944. Almost Impossible To Get On The Beach.
Me Posing In A Bomb Crater. These Craters Are All Over Normandy And Are A Reminder Of The 40,000 Plus Civilians Who Were Killed In The Days Just Prior To D Day From The Allied Shelling.
The Beauty Of This Place Is Overwhelming. The Contrast Of The Remains Of The Battle And The Flowers Is Stark But Lends Hope Of Peace.
Andy With One Of The Paris Gifts
Great Party!