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Monday, July 30, 2007

Viva la France




More of Paris. I went back many times to the Musee Cluny it is full of medieval treasures - including The Lady and the Unicorn Tapestries. San Chapell is the jewel box of all cathedrals and that's saying a lot. Musee Carnavalli is free and full of Paris history and art. It's quaint gardens are a great place to relax. I supported the arts while I was there - I never passed a street musician without throwing in a few euros, I did skip a few accordian players. Another adventure was finding all the Passages, they are enclosed streets of restaurants and shops, the first malls minus the teenagers. If you want to take a step back in time and see how true parisians lived go the the Musee Nissim De Camondo, close to the Parc Monceau another must see. I could go on and on and I do in my next (and fortunately last) video. Viva La France...

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

My Month in Paris



Fortune favors the brave..... Because of my great husband I was able to spend a month in Paris. For a few days two of my best friends explored with me and the last week Mr. B came. The rest of the time I was alone and I went to every cathedral that I passed and all the museums at least once. Paris is filled with art and the food is pretty perfect too. This video's highlights and must see's are the Saint Ouen Flea Market - full of french antiques you can take home for a song or two, The Luxembourg Parc - I could pitch a tent a live there - it's beautiful, beautiful (a quote from French Kiss), Notre Dame - go to the top and say hello to the gargoyles, both big museums - D' Orsay (my favorite) and Du Lourve (get a map you'll get lost especially in the basement, Versailles - Marie's little french village is all that little girls and big girls dream of, and of course the food.......... I dream of the hot chocolate at Angelina's and a fresh chocolate baguette. The whole time in Paris I never ate a pastry I didn't like...and believe me I ate a few.