FranceÎle-de-FranceParis 01Paris 04 Ancien - Quartier LouvreEglise Saint-Louis-du-Louvre48°51’38” N 2°20’12” E December 5, 2021 in France ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
Day 1 of omicron travel. Saw the Mona Lisa (who was maskless), saw the Venus de Milo (she was armless). Also saw tons of rocks, mostly carved into naked statues. The glass pyramid was the coolest.
FranceÎle-de-FranceParisParis 10 Ancien - Quartier InvalidesEiffel Tower48°51’28” N 2°17’40” E
December 6, 2021 in France ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
The first two pictures are from Montemartre, a historic hilltop district that was a favorite of artists and expats, from Picasso to Hemingway (also, the movie Amélie (2001) was set here). I ate lunchRead more
FranceÎle-de-FranceVersailles48°48’16” N 2°7’11” E December 7, 2021 in France ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
Versailles began as a small hunting lodge constructed by Louis XIII in 1623 before the château was built and later converted into a royal palace. In the summers of the early 1800s, Napoleon livedRead more
FranceNormandyLe Mont-Saint-MichelMa Porte du Roi48°38’8” N 1°30’36” W December 8, 2021 in France ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Tidal island with an abbey. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mont Saint Michel has quite the history (that you can read about on Wikipedia). The big-ass stone columns beneath the floor of the gothic choirRead more
FranceÎle-de-FranceParisParis 10 Ancien - Quartier InvalidesPont-de-l'Alma Railway Station48°51’44” N 2°18’8” E
December 9, 2021 in France ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
This museum walks you through a 500-m stretch of operational sewers “under the guidance of sewer workers” (not really, but that’s what the pamphlet says). Unfortunately, tours by boat haven’tRead more
FranceÎle-de-FranceParisParis 14 ObservatoireCatacombs of Paris48°50’2” N 2°19’56” E
December 9, 2021 in France ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Sitting about 65 feet below the city streets, the Paris Catacombs are the largest underground necropolis in the world. Following a series of cave-ins in the middle of the 18th century, the forgottenRead more
FranceGrand-EstCormontreuil49°13’56” N 4°3’2” E
FranceAuvergne-Rhône-AlpesLyonLyon 0145°46’13” N 4°50’16” E
December 12, 2021 in France ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
An evening walk along the Rhône to the mini-mart to pick up some bananas, biscuits, and San Pellegrino. The neighborhood is Puvis De Chavannes - Le Lycée in Lyon.
FranceAuvergne-Rhône-AlpesLyonLyon 0545°45’45” N 4°49’38” E
December 13, 2021 in France ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
The Renaissance architectural style of the old town is much different than the rest of Lyon, which is much more Parisian. In the old town, there are hundreds of secret passageways called traboules…Read more
FranceAuvergne-Rhône-AlpesAnnecyChâteau d'Annecy45°53’55” N 6°7’33” E
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