Saturday, February 26, 2011

Paris Day 8: Museum Mania

a morning walk through the Tuileries. Stunning.
Orangerie
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Loved this. A bunch of foreigner tourists were standing around laughing at this lady.

our walk through the Tuileries to the Musee d'Orsay
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The Hotel de Ville. One of my favorite buildings in Paris.

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We were so exhausted after 3 museums in one day that we could hardly walk afterwards.
I loved it.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Day 7: Latin Quarter Love

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After the Mona Lisas and Marie Antoinettes, a quiet peaceful trip to the Musee Cluny was one of our favorite outings. We loved the Lady and the Unicorn.


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After a grecque-frites we capped off a perfect latin quarter day with a visit to the jewel of Paris, the Sainte-Chapelle. Magic.

Saturday, February 05, 2011

Day 6: Versailles

On our 6th day, we moved from the apartment we were renting in the 15th arrondissement. This was the view from the roof. It was such a great location.

We moved to an apartment father outside the city in St. Denis. It was in a sketchier part of town, but Bremen's colleague was kind to let us stay there for practically free. The apartment was really nice and much more spacious. We were grateful for it.

After moving up there we grabbed a train to Versailles...

Let's just say that I'm Marie Antoinette's biggest fan. I really do admire her. I bought Antonia Fraser's biography of the queen at Shakespeare and Co. and reading that made my visit to the chateau that much more meaningful.

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This was my favorite part of the trip. It only would have been better if it had been a private tour. That pic of me to the upper left with my arms flung out was me complaining about how the Palace was "SO much worse than Mona Lisa!" Darn Italians and Japanese.

We went home to this:

Friday, February 04, 2011

Shoes You This Day: spiral jetty dream come true...better than I ever imagined

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Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Paris Day 5: The Louvre

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Shoes You This Day: Puget Sound Edition

Mags, Alisa, and Owen on the beach.