Paris

Yes, after moving back to the US, we (Bella and Elisa) visit Paris again!

March 8-18, 2003


Hotel des Invalides

Napoleon is buried here

Rodin's "The Kiss"

"The Thinker"

Isabella and Mom

Chasing pidgeons

Napoleon's tomb

St-Louis-des-Invalides (the soldier's chapel)

Mom and Dad

Bella at the Eiffel Tower

From the tower - Sacre Coeur is the high point on the horizon

Invalides at center

Champ-de-Mars

The Louvre at left center, above the river

Sunset

Mom and Dad - happy to be in Paris

Mom

Tower

The Winged Victory of Samothrace

Mona Lisa behind inches of glass

Isabella dancing on the air vents

I don't remember, but I just loved it

Venus de Milo

Venus reflected in the window, a projection on the walls, and the tent for a huge dinner party

The Palace of Versailles

The Hall of Mirrors

The crystal turned violet in the sunlight

One of the formal gardens

The siege of Yorktown

Musee d'Orsay

Degas dancer

Someone's wife

Notre Dame

Sainte-Chapelle

Stained glass windows

Palais de Justice (with Sainte-Chapelle on the left)

Metro station

Erin the unicorn (narwhal horn)

Grotto / fountain in a public park

Putting on her chap stick

Neat fountain and building

Chartres Cathedral

Moulin de la Galette

Notre Dame

with the flying buttresses

The gals

The moon over the Eiffel Tower

and through it

Dancing at Sacre Coeur

Back home - relaxing in a laundry basket!