Category: France

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Paris – Villa Savoye

in the outskirts of Paris there is this very interesting and modern looking home built in the 1920s by a famous French architect. Below is a link to further information.

Villa Savoye

The cars parked down below in a garage inside the area color in blue. What was unusual at that time is the servants quarters were built on the first floor.
The master bath
The problem that plagued the house for years was water. What many architects now know is that building roofs and tops of buildings with flat areas creates many opportunities for water to start leaking below.
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Paris – around the city

Very traditional French café
A small park near our restaurant
The Arc in the rain
Christian Louboutin shop was explained to us as the shop of the designer who invented the stiletto heel
The smaller version of the statue of liberty
The long, skinniest boat I have ever seen
Ponte Alexandre III, a symbol of Russian French alliance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_Alexandre_III

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paris – museum of modern art

i’m visiting the museum of modern art in Paris we focused on the Palais de Tokyo. The interior cement lining infrastructure was constructed by a Japanese artist.

This speaking mouse is also present at several museums throughout Europe
These old people in the retirement home move around this section of the museum, completely automated.
Pablo
He designed the mirror floor of the center part of the museum. I found it walking around the floor and looking down at it was extremely mesmerizing
Looking down you see the glass dome
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Paris food

A local bistro’s idea of fish and chips
And their idea of Caesar salad
This was my hamburger with sauce all over it, very French, sauce on everything
Some wild animal
Beef tartar on the right in abundance. The portion was way too much for me but I learned it was named after the tartars who often didn’t have time or the proper cooking equipment to grill the beef. I suspect they had it raw because they had to go kill some people on a fixed schedule.
Coffee ice cream dessert. I was surprised this time all the desserts were extremely sweet, much more than I had remembered.
The menu from the restaurant in Versailles
Multicolored cauliflower
Very tasty ice cream
Another dessert
Scallops
An orange flavored dessert
The typical morning breakfast at the hotel
This is a very local and traditional cuisine restaurant. The food is not fancy but it seems it is very well known for its excellence
Our friend has a niece who works in this restaurant. It has been open only for less than a year but a few days after we ate here they received their first Michelin star
Potato skin and sauce
The central theme that night was potatoes
Dessert
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Paris

You can rent this Lamborghini to drive around Paris in style
The ride on the TGV was very comfortable and pretty fast
People were lining up for at least window shopping and maybe a few of them were actually interested in dropping a few thousand euros for something they probably didn’t need. But then again, the name is everything in Paris.
Even Kenzo has a presence near the Champs Élysées
The Champs Élysées is the street where the elite meet to eat and also where they celebrate the heroes of World War II; Churchill, Roosevelt, and of course Charles DeGaulle.
We did see a few Lamborghinis here and there and of course they were gold
What would Paris be without an accordion player entertaining us with the 1940s music of Edith Piaf while keeping company with a dog with sunglasses
This guy looking at me, was about ready to approach to try to get me to delete the photo of this scam game of ball under the glass
The Basilica of Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre
Leprechauns in Paris, driving old Citroen
For some reason, I was captivated by this model
We found our way to Little Africa
Even in the train stations, the French have to show us how artistic they are
I just had to have the recommended steak and it was pretty good
He was crying because he lost his clothes
As I said, before, every city has to have its ferris wheel
So this is where Louis add, Marie-Antoinette lost their heads
The tunnel to the Arc de Triomphe
I found out my friend Alain can’t get a job back in Paris, driving his old Citroen for tourists
These guys have a cloth with grab loops on each corner, so when the police show up, they grab the loops and it becomes an instant runaway bag
Flexible kids
We found a very good Chinese restaurant
Notre Dame is on the mend
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Paris Louvre 2

As you may remember from French history, there were no more attached heads to put crowns on so this museum seemed to be a good place to keep them.
I wonder if Napoleon was putting the crown on Josephine in front of the pope
This was the zigzag line to view the very tiny Mona Lisa
What I read is the Venus de Milo is so famous because of its most perfect preservation, and it was one of the few artifacts left in the museum after the looting Post Napoleonic war
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Paris Louvre 1

Millions of people go to visit this museum every year. I really recommend it. Not because of the inexpensive price of €17 but it is just worth your time and effort so plan to spend at least three hours to five hours walking around. Plan to go before 3 PM because it closes at 5:30. It is better to go at about 1 PM or in the morning. The one attraction is the Mona Lisa and there are hundreds of people lining up to get close so that is at least a 15 minute line.

This permit is the entrance
Not just the artworks, but the building it’s just as attractive and impressive as the works inside
What would a museum be without a Caesar?
We were in a hurry since we entered at 3 PM so I didn’t stop to see what this attraction was and why they were so many people interested in it
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Bordeaux

Of course, we have a sangria in France?
Really hard to make a decision. It all looks so delicious.
Of course I have to have duck
Église Saint-Louis des Chartrons
Of course, every city needs to have karaoke venues
This is one of the few traditional French bakeries
Many cities we visited seem to need Ferris wheels
A very French symbol
This was a very old Merry go round
When I asked for a Coke this is what they gave me
Very crowded during the beautiful warm weather
An old style store front
Blue cheese spaghetti. Maybe once every year, this would taste very nice, but not much more than that.
Before
After
Waiting for some aliens to arrive
Inside our Italian café
poke bowl is everywhere but I don’t see any Hawaiians
I can’t go without my favorite Quattro formaggi (4 cheese)