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Paris, France 2016

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  • Paris, France 2016

    St Sulpice

    14 listopada 2016, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C

    This church was in the book/movie the DaVinci Code written by Dan Brown, starring Tom Hanks. For those who saw the movie, this church is the one that had the "Rose Line" in it that Silas visited and later Robert Langdon (Hanks) and Sophie, all looking for the keystone. While there really is a line there, its not called the Rose Line and the information about the line in the movie is pure fiction. Czytaj więcej

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    Eiffel Tower

    14 listopada 2016, Francja ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

    We took the stairs to the first 2 levels. Oof. All 669 stairs. My feet hurt. We had been walking a lot already before this trek up the stairs. And now my calves hurt too. But, if we hadn't done it, we would have been standing on our feet in the long line waiting for the elevator for just as long or longer. Here are some photos of the tower one before we went up and a couple after we came back down (note how dark it got!) and then the line up to up the elevator...and the empty line for the stairs. Czytaj więcej

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  • Paris, France 2016

    Catacombs of Paris

    15 listopada 2016, Francja ⋅ 🌫 9 °C

    Nobody told me there would be a bunch more stairs today! The catacombs are very deep down a creepy spiral staircase. It was almost nauseating going round and round the stairs. It was super cool though. Glad I went.

    The Catacombs of Paris are underground ossuaries that hold the remains of more than six million people in a small part of the ancient Mines of Paris tunnel network. From 1786 to 1788, bones were transferred from cemeteries in the city to the mines to resolve Paris' problem with overflowing cemeteries.     Czytaj więcej

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  • Paris, France 2016

    Hopital la Salpatriere

    15 listopada 2016, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    This wasnt the most visually exciting stop of our trip, but for me it was special. I have family history here... going back more than 350 years. The story behind it is a bit of a read, but here it is if it interests you:

    The filles du roi, or King's Daughters, were some 770 women who arrived in the colony of New France (Canada) between 1663 and 1673, under the financial sponsorship of King Louis XIV of France. Most were single French women and many were orphans. Their transportation to Canada and settlement in the colony were paid for by the King. Some were given a royal gift of a dowry of 50 livres for their marriage to one of the many unmarried male colonists in Canada. The filles du roi were part of King Louis XIV's program to promote the settlement of his colony in Canada.

    My ancestor is Anne Pineau. She was one of the filles du roi, or King's Daughters. She married Gilles Gotreau {or} Gaudreau in 1671 and had 6 children. (spelling depends which source you look at... our last name seems to have changed spelling a few times over the years)

    This place I visited today is where she was from before being chosen to be a filles du roi. Two hundred and forty of the 770 women came from the Salpatriere. I have come across a couple versions of the story... Im not certain which is accurate. Here are both:

    V1. The Salpatriere was an orphanage before it was a hospital.

    V2. The Salpatriere was a prison for prostitutes and the mentally disabled, criminally insane and housed the poor.

    Let's pretend the first story is the true one because it sounds nicer, ok? Ok!

    And as an added bonus, if you look at the sign above the map in photo 1, the courtyard there is named after St. Claire! What a lovely name, don't you think?

    As another extra tidbit of information, Anne belonged to the St Eustache Parish... which if you look back to posts from 2 days ago- we were there!

    And yet another interesting fact - Princess Diana was taken to this hospital after her tragic cat accident. So she actually died here as opposed to the tunnel.     Czytaj więcej

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  • Paris, France 2016

    Bateaux Parisiens

    15 listopada 2016, Francja ⋅ 🌫 12 °C

    We took a dinner cruise on the Seine River. Very enjoyable. Pictures taken were not that great because of the reflection of the inside of boat on the windows plus it had rained a bit earlier so the glass was covered in raindrops. So, instead I will focus on sharing photos of the dinner! Yum... Czytaj więcej

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  • Paris, France 2016

    Stairs

    15 listopada 2016, Francja ⋅ 🌫 12 °C

    Oh good. More stairs.

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