FrançaÎle-de-FranceParis 01Paris 04 Ancien - Quartier LouvreEglise Saint-Louis-du-Louvre48°51’38” N 2°20’12” E 5 de dezembro de 2021, França ⋅ 🌧 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.
FrançaÎle-de-FranceParisParis 10 Ancien - Quartier InvalidesTour Eiffel48°51’28” N 2°17’40” E
6 de dezembro de 2021, França ⋅ ☁️ 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 lunchLeia mais
FrançaÎle-de-FranceVersailles48°48’16” N 2°7’11” E 7 de dezembro de 2021, França ⋅ ☁️ 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 livedLeia mais
FrançaNormandyLe Mont-Saint-MichelMa Porte du Roi48°38’8” N 1°30’36” W 8 de dezembro de 2021, França ⋅ ⛅ 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 choirLeia mais
FrançaÎle-de-FranceParisParis 10 Ancien - Quartier InvalidesPont-de-l'Alma Railway Station48°51’44” N 2°18’8” E
9 de dezembro de 2021, França ⋅ ⛅ 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’tLeia mais
FrançaÎle-de-FranceParisParis 14 ObservatoireCatacombes de Paris48°50’2” N 2°19’56” E
9 de dezembro de 2021, França ⋅ ⛅ 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 forgottenLeia mais
FrançaGrand-EstCormontreuil49°13’56” N 4°3’2” E
FrançaAuvergne-Rhône-AlpesLyonLyon 0145°46’13” N 4°50’16” E
12 de dezembro de 2021, França ⋅ ⛅ 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.
FrançaAuvergne-Rhône-AlpesLyonLyon 0545°45’45” N 4°49’38” E
13 de dezembro de 2021, França ⋅ ☀️ 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…Leia mais
FrançaAuvergne-Rhône-AlpesAnnecyChâteau d'Annecy45°53’55” N 6°7’33” E
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