Mercure Paris Roissy Cdg 3m

... their answer to be that we'd have to wait in line again, ... but instead, the guy made a special phone call and connected me to the front of the line in the right place. All with a big smile. Awesome! ... The rumor of the rude Frenchman is dead in my mind. We finally begin our climb. A good challenge with a backpack full of picnic stuffs and two small kids. I get a nice workout burn in my legs carrying Sam and Ella at various times to help them along. And then we ...

... cafe (minus cafe and air con). In case I haven't mentioned it, not many places actually have air con, but we honestly don't mind. It's Paris!!! We made it! We walked from the city centre to the Arc deTriumph!! What?! 10 euro's per adult? (around $30-40 aust) Let's catch the gtrain back and do this another day D'accord! (OK) A long day of walking means a very early night...well 1030-11pm isn't that early. Besides...breakfast tomorrow from 7am... ~snore~

... were upstairs with the Monets et al. And what do you know? There was a L'Hermitte painting which was the 'next chapter' in the story of my favourite L'Hermitte painting in the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam. I have a poster copy from Amsterdam, but the D'Orsay only had postcards of this one. So disappointing! I'll do Friday evening as the next blog - stay tuned! K

Allô le monde, Enfin, la Tour Eiffel. Aujourd'hui, on s'est levé vers 11h. Le petit-déjeuner au lit comme d'habitude. Puis, on a appelé Josée au téléphone. Micheline a passé toute la carte : 60 minutes. Moi, j'ai eu le temps de dire bye bye Josée. Puis, on est parti sur le métro et on est débarqué au Trocadéro. Je ne sais pas pourquoi çà s'appelle comme ça. Tsé, tu penses que t'as vu la Tour Eiffel partout, dans des films, des ...

... know it your hand is out and they are winding and braiding string. Then once they have finished they try to get you to pay for it. "I made it just for you" they say. Its all part of the elaborate game. I told the girls maybe that would be a good summer job in Woodstock. Then we grabbed a bite to eat at a small cafe, watched the local sketch artists wander around, one with his dog and then proceeded to wander ourselves. Down side roads ...

... including the Mona Lisa (sorry no photos), Venus de Milo, Roman statues, Egypt exhibit and basically all of the Renaissance. We bopped on over to the Latin Quarter (which is much less "latiny" if that is a word than it was in the past....less Bohemian, more upscale art galleries) for some coffee and brie to eat with our mooched baguettes from breakfast. Then over to the Cathedral of Notre Dame (lit a candle at Saint ...

... the ship doing whatever they wanted. It was really cool. It was a nice way to head to France. We arrived in France. I took some pictures of the country-side. It was gorgeous. We got to see a bunch of sites in Paris. We had a four course meal for dinner... ahh they know how to eat over in Europe, lol. Then they surprised us and we got to see the Effiel Tower. We jumped the lines (a bonus when you are traveling with ...

... journals, it's hard for me to photograph something I haven't established a feeling for while I'm on the move. For my WWII theme, I knew what I was shooting, and by the time I got to Poland, I was so ready to be done because the theme was really depressing-war, death, emptiness, despair. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed shooting all of it, even when my 6X7's mirror had a permanent palpitation issue and still needs to go to the ER (I've tried HARD to fix the thing ...