Decadence, Thy Name is Versailles
“In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed. They produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace. And what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.” Orson Wells, The Third Man Sites/Topics covered in this post: • […]
Picasso Museum and More
“To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, to gain all while you give. To roam the roads of lands remote, to travel is to live.” Hans Christian Andersen Sites/Topics covered in this post: Architecture Museum Picasso Museum Sidewalk voyeurism Go-Date: Day 133, Tuesday, June 4 Lesson Learned: Paris has some amazing city parks. You […]
M’O Better Museum
“Some people have no idea what they’re doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.” George Carlin Sites/Topics covered in this post: Musee d’ Orsay Sunday Walk in Paris Go-Date: Day 131, Saturday, June 2 Lesson Learned: We’ve been here in Paris for two weeks, and we still have so much more […]
Boats, Booze & the Eiffel Tower
“Just say the lines and don’t trip over the furniture.” Noel Coward Sites/Topics covered in this post: • Petit Palais • Paris Walking • Night trip on the Seine Go-Date: Day 130, Saturday, June 1 Lesson Learned: A boat ride on the Seine is the best bargain in Paris. Ten Euros for a one-hour ride. […]
The Streets of Paris
“When was the last time you did something for the first time?” – John C. Maxwell Sites/Topics covered in this post: • Walking the Streets of Paris Go-Date: Day 129, Friday, May 31 Lesson Learned: Its expensive to eat in Paris. Even if you are careful to pick spots full of locals instead of tourists […]
MNAAQ – Muse’e National des Arts Asiatiques – Guimet (National Museum of Asian Arts and Antiques – Emile Guimet)
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Lao Tzu Sites/Topics covered in this post: MNAAQ Go-Date: Day 128, Thursday, May 30 Lesson Learned: Always, always carry an umbrella with you in Paris…..always! I can count on a single hand the days which not a drop of rain fell while we’ve been here. Oh, […]
The Louvre – Too Much to Comprehend
“Life offers you a thousand chances… all you have to do is take one.” — Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun Sites/Topics covered in this post: The Louvre Street Scenes Go-Date: Day 127, Wednesday, May 29 Lesson Learned: When you get overwhelmed, sit down and have a drink. World’s Largest Museum The Louvre is the world’s largest […]
Day of the Dead
“To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache […]
Ile de la Cité -The Island of Paris
“A hangover suggests a great night, jet lag suggests a great adventure.” J.D. Andrews Sites/Topics covered in this post: Ile de la Cité Walking Tour Sainte Chapelle Musee De Cluny Meet John Robinson Go-Date: Day 126, Tuesday, May 28 Lesson Learned: Search engine fare trap. Airlines are devious bastards. Does anybody really enjoy air travel […]
Hip-itty, Hop-itty, On-itty, Off-itty Bus
“Paris was all so… Parisian. I was captivated by the wonderful wrongness of it all – the unfamiliar fonts, the brand names in the supermarket, the dimensions of the bricks and paving stones. Children, really quite small children, speaking fluent French!” David Nicholls, Us Sites/Topics covered in this post: Paris sites from the Hop On, […]