In August I spent 48 hours in Paris visiting my boy (the excuse for going) and soaking up the sun (the fringe benefit). Here's a pictorial account of my time in the city of romance.
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| Matthew's flat had functional shutters! I love shutters! |
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| La cuisine francaise. Chopping cheese to add to our baguette sandwiches. |
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| Devouring our baguette sandwiches. |
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| What would a trip to Paris be without sampling the many pastries from your local patisserie? |
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| On Ile-de-la-Cité on our way to Notre Dame we found this flower market! |
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| Fabulous French doors on Ile-de-la-Cité |
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| Showing off my sun hat along the Seine. |
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| Matthew, la Seine, et Notre Dame. |
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| A wonderful bookstore to explore, and it is right near Notre Dame. |
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| One of my favourite things we did was sit in this lovely garden just enjoying the heat. Well, Matthew hid in the shade but I worked on my tan! |
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| More garden and Notre Dame. |
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| J'aime cet jardin! |
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| Matthieu et moi. | |
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| Gargoyles waaaaaaay up on Notre Dame. |
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| I cannot believe that Philippe Petit walked between these towers... |
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| The massive doors of Notre Dame. |
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| Matthew with his new favourite French saint, Denis. He's holding his head. One of the many statuatorial gems to be found on Notre Dame. |
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| Matthew and the Seine. |
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| Paris had beautiful architecture. :) |
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| The mayo and mustard corner at a tiny grocery store... No wonder Julia Child was obsessed with perfecting her mayonnaise recipe! |
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| L'Arc de Triomphe! We ran across that huge round about to get to it (good thing it was a holiday!) before discovering the underground tunnel. Now why did the metro signs lead us up to our deaths? |
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| Matthew and the arch. |
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| Voila! L'autre coté |
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| Yes, the outside of cette musée is covered with plants! |
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| La tour d'Eiffel c'est très grand! And the top is ugly hence it not making the cut. |
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| Found me another sunny garden beside the Eiffel Tower. |
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| Canadian and British Embassies. :) |
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| 81 Rue de Loo! As Julia Child would say it. We made a pilgrimage to her flat on August 15th, her would-be 100th birthday! |
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| A pretty metro station. :) |
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| La Musée de Cluny. Where we saw Roman baths and the Unicorn tapestries. |
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| Matthew taking a Roman bath. Oh wait, there wasn't actually any pool, or water..... |
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| The Unicorn Tapestries need to be kept in the dark. This was the least-blurry photo we could get to prove that I was there. |
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| Birthday crepes with Catherine! |
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| The creperie at night. |
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| Balconies, shutters, sidewalk cafe, windowboxes.... |
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| Catherine & I (accompanied by our fabulous sun hats) hit the Paris Plages for some serious heat-soaking-up. :) |
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| Lounge chair by the canal. I got a tan! |
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| The perfect Parisian good-bye. Sun, sand, and a pineapple/ coconut beverage. |
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