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PARIS
Monday Evening, June 5, 2000
by Judy Sadler
After dinner our second night in Paris, we set out to tour this Grand City on the Seine in a bateau. We took another bewildering string of metro rides to our destination. Our route took us across the overpass where Princess Diana lost her life. The memorial flame was already there commemorating another event, but it was now seen as a memorial to her. The family in the picture were "pilgrims" visiting the site.
The Seine and our bateau were just a very short walk from here. The photo opportunities were incredible and even though it was nearing dark, my pictures came out beautifully. I will only put a few of them here, but if you want to see more, you must send me an e mail requesting them, and I will send them to you.
Note the Eiffel Tower in the distance.
THE LOUVRE
MUSEE d'ORSAY
The Old Train Station
THE PANTHEON
This is a copy of the famous one in Rome, except on this one the dome is pulled up above the triangular front and has columns connecting the two different styles, the Greek triangle, which was thought to be the perfect structure, and the Roman domed building.
Note the steps
Going down Into the Seine
NOTRE DAME
NOTRE DAME
NOTRE DAME
And now I must insert our sad tale. As the end of our ride on the bateau neared, Melissa visited the ladies' room, left her package with her yellow jacket and many of the teaching items she'd purchased at the Louvre in the bathroom. When she realized that she had left them, she returned, but they were gone, never to be retrieved again - proving Suzy's words to be true - "if you leave it, say goodbye to it as you'll never see it again." A bitter pill to swallow, but I suppose it's better to be robbed than to be a thief - so we came out on top in the end (however, we were on top without our yellow jacket).
THE METRO
This sign very kindly warned us
to not catch our fingers in the metro door
We were sad and weary as we took one more chain of metro rides, arriving at the station near our hotel. Even Suzy must have been tired as she first started off in the wrong direction. But indomitable pathfinder that she is, she soon realized her error and hands on her hips marched us in a "u" turn and headed swiftly up the steep hills toward our hotel.
At this point, we were dragging, and begged her to slow her pace. She did slow a bit to accommodate us, but we could see that she was exercising great restraint as she herded her weary soldiers up the hill to Parc D'exposition, our hotel
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