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| Stealing a French Kiss |
What can one say about Paris!? Nelson had visited Paris before but it was a first for Allie. Wow, did we have a blast! We also had other visitor, Allie's Mom who gave us the royal tour of the city of lights. How romantic it was. Allie's high school french lessons came in handy, enough to get by. We took a day trip to Versailles and also met up with our dear friend James who lives in Paris! A brief trip, but an excellent one! J'adore Paris!!! Next up, we travel to Switzerland but train where we checked out Zurich and Lucerne and also met yet another visitor, Allie's Dad!
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| It had been a long 5 months since Allie's Mom had seen her! |
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| Nelson and Allie with the Arc de Triumph |
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| Climbing to the top of the Arc |
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| View from the top of the Arc, overlooking beautiful Paris. |
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| The Eiffel Tower at night. |
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| Enjoying the views. |
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| The original Arc... |
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| And the new modern Arc! |
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| The Palace of Versailles |
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| The Palace of Versailles was the home of the royal family and King Louis XIV, pictured here. During the French Revolution the people of France stormed the palace and threw them from power. With the extravagant living going on at this Palace, as you will see in our pictures, you can sort of understand why they were so mad at their royal family! |
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| Beautiful spring flowers. |
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| Allie and her Mom |
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| This is just the side of one wing of the Palace! |
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| On to the gardens. |
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| Allie with one of the many fountains. |
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| Beautiful trees. |
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| And this was just the summer home in the back of the property... |
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| Fancy huh? |
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| Typical Parisian bicycle. |
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| Beautiful ceilings. |
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| Nelson and Mom taking in the grand palace. |
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| Baguette anyone? Delicious! |
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| The Eiffel Tower! |
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| The happy couple with the tower. |
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| Allie and her Mom with the tower! |
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| Red, white, and rose |
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| The tower at night. |
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| Allie was quite excited to be in Paris and see the Eiffel Tower! |
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| Macaroons! |
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| Locks of love on a bridge in Paris. |
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| Allie outside of Notre Dame church |
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| Beautifully lit church |
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| Notre Dame |
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| Beautiful candles in Notre Dame |
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| Chocolate crepe a la mode! |
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| The French love their cheese! Over 365 types of cheese, they can have one for every day of the year! |
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| A famous, delicious pastry shop in Paris. |
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| Chocolate delicious-ness |
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| Sacre Coeur, a beautiful church at the highest point of Paris |
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| Our good friend James, showing us some sights of Paris! |
Magnifique! It was so much fun. Loved showing you all the beautiful places, from Laduree to Versailles, to Il Sorrentini, etc, etc...and the shopping, where are the photos of the Lafayette Galleries and all those shoes:)
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