Giving Thanks. In Paris.
Aah Paris, thank you for showing us such a wonderful time. I had forgotten how beautiful and special you were!
Revisiting famed sites and discovering unexplored ones with friends and family – you provided the perfect (if cold) backdrop for a Thanksgiving holiday to remember for all of us. All sixteen of us!
- Heavenly baguettes from sidewalk cafes (that made me throw my low-carb lifestyle out the window for five whole days)
- Mostly good and some not-so-good (yes, they exist) French wine
- Walking, walking and more walking until our feet could take it no more
All of it added to a holiday full of memories.
There was no Thanksgiving turkey, no Black Friday and not even a Cyber Monday.
Just love, laughter and creating fabulous memories of a Thanksgiving in Paris.
Simply unforgettable!
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Only one minor (okay, major for one) tragedy marred the time there – a jinxed* Alabama loss in the Ironbowl (did I say, unforgettable??!)
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*Allegedly jinxed by yours truly…by being too cocky before the game. That did Alabama in? Hah!
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Here goes then, a slideshow of our Paris this Thanksgiving – a set of captured memories of this fabulous city for my future look-backs.
But hey you might find them of interest too…interesting enough to plan a visit of your own. You won’t regret it!
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- The Iconic Eiffel Tower Dominating the Paris landscape
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- Folk Heroine and Saint Burned At the Stake at age 19 – Joan of Arc at Notre Dame
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- Bridge of Locks Near Notre Dame
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- Couples Use These Padlocks to Seal Relationships Forever by Throwing the Keys in the River – As easy as that??!
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- Outside the Famed Louvre
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- Louvre – Memories of Da Vinci Code 🙂
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- Mona Lisa – Well Protected From the Madding Crowd of Tourists
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- Napoleon’s Bed Chamber at The Louvre – a rather high platform for a short guy, eh?
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- Napoleon’s Dining Room
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- Notre Dame – Heard the view from the top of the tower is wonderful (387 steps wonderful though?)
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- Inside another incredible museum – d’Orsay
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- Menu from a Fabulous French Neighborhood Restaurant
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- One of the dishes at this fab eating place
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- Thinking Man by Rodin at Rodin’s Musuem
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- The River Seine Flowing Through Paris
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- Napoleon’s Tomb – You can look down at him like the gods or look up at him like the peasants, but you can’t be at equal height and look at the tomb. That’s Napoleon.
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- Typical Street Scene from Montmarte
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- Paris Seen From Above – Impressive!
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- Palace of Versailles (overdone and overrated)
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- Palace of Versailles – Highly(!) Manicured Grounds
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- Super wide, tree-lined sidewalks, uniform mid-high buildings, aesthetically pleasing architecture makes this one beauty of a city
Posted on December 7, 2013, in travel and tagged holiday in paris, paris!, thanksgiving in paris, the great vacation city - paris. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment.
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Wonderful!