mfurfur: .off to France for a cruise from Paris to Normandy
mfurfur: the night before the cruise at Hotel Barriere Le Fouquet's
mfurfur: shadows of the railing outside the window in the afternoon sun
mfurfur: Out our window is Gustave Eiffel's centerpiece for the 1889 World's Fair.
mfurfur: As Patrick Ryan famously said, "What do they do to this butter? It is so good!" A quote from our 8 year old grandson this summer when he and his family visited Brittany.
mfurfur: Hermes window
mfurfur: The Hermes store was all decked out for Halloween
mfurfur: Hermes
mfurfur: Hermes
mfurfur: Every morning a line formed outside of the Louis Viton store and it never seemed to get shorter.
mfurfur: The Luxor Obelisk was "gifted" to France sometime after Napoleon's army visited Egypt.
mfurfur: The Fountain of the Seas
mfurfur: a beautiful thought posted outside the Tuileries Gardens
mfurfur: a statue made of glass marbles that had been fused together; just outsied the Musee de L'Orangerie where Monet's massive canvases of water lillies are exhibited.
mfurfur: Gustave's creation
mfurfur: looking down the Avenue des Champs-Elysees toward the Arc de Triomphe
mfurfur: Gustave's gift to Paris
mfurfur: Our cruise ship was docked just south of Paris. After we boarded and checked in, we cruised toward Paris to see the Eiffel Tower up close and to see one of several Lady Liberty statues scattered around the city.
mfurfur: fishing in the Seine
mfurfur: an evening tour through the Louvre
mfurfur: large ball of colorful cloth were made from clothing and fabrics carried by African migrants who died in the Sahara trying to escape to better lives.
mfurfur: Venus de Milo
mfurfur: that enigmatic smile.....
mfurfur: Liberty Leading the People
mfurfur: Louvre pyramid is beautiful at night
mfurfur: another Lady Liberty
mfurfur: a stroll through the Luxembourg Gardens and the Latin Quarter
mfurfur: beautiful fall foliage AND places to sit and enjoy it