We took a cruise on the Seine after dinner tonight. What a beautiful trip.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Venus at the Louvre
The Louvre was crowded although since we've not been there before we have no basis for comparison. Lots of people, lots of crowd. Fantastic collection, beautiful and huge building. We probably saw 5% or less. We did get down to the crypt where we saw the foundations of the original fort.
An interesting phenomena I had not noticed before is the insistence of some visitors on having their photo taken with a well known piece of art in the background (vs. looking at the art!). Eager subjects and photographers would actually gently give me a shove to move as a looked at a piece. More about them being with the art, than the art.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
eating
What a pleasure. We had a delightful lunch yesterday at a very small brassirie - beef bourgignon (sp?) and duck - with some house wine. It was a big lunch so for dinner (believe it or not) we had antipasto and a small pizza from a tiny italian place across the street from the hotel. A real wood oven made the pizza special as did the other very friendly guests in the crowded place.
Attitude
An observation. We have seen no evidence of negativity toward Americans on this visit. On the contrary, we have been very well received and graciously treated. Our cab driver from the airport made it abundantly clear to us that, from his point of view, Americans did the right thing electing Obama. This made a big impact on him, and, we would guess other French men and women.
Walt at Notre Dame
Here I am in front of Notre Dame. We had not expected to walk so far, but our room was not ready and we had time on our hands. We were kind of bleary though. Sharon had trouble with her camera and it was drizzling. C'est la vie.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Getting Ready to Go!
Well, we are packed (well packed) and waiting now for the cab. No time to start some new project. With any luck we'll take off on time (5:21p) and get going. I'll have dinner and some wine and doze off, book in lap. Sharon will do much the same - but she's not much for sleeping on planes. She has her iPOD videos.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
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