Friday, December 16, 2011

Correspondence from the States

Bonjour!  Hello!

Well, we have been back in the swing of things stateside for about 3 weeks now.  Yes, my faithful followers, Customs let us back in the States. 

When we actually had time to review the pics we took I was taken aback.  There are 799 photos, many of which are too dark, not really clear or just plain unidentifiable.  A CS client works at a photo place and will take a look at them to see what can be cleaned up.  I love to take pics, enlarge and place in intricate places.  For instance, I have a metro sign leading down to my basement and I pass under the Eiffel Tower every time I go up or down my stairs. 

Well, here are some top pics for now:


This is the Seine from Pont Neuf (we believe).  Pont Neuf was the bridge we walked over most often.  Anyway, this was our first day in Paris, just hours after arrival.

Here I am in front of the Pyramid in the Louve courtyard.  We entered the Louve thru the pyramid.  Below are pics of the Mona Lisa.  I included both so you can see the actual size of the Mona Lisa.  While its not as small as many have said, it isn't massive either.


We lit candles at Notre Dame, which we were at nearly every day.  Notre Dame was about 1/2 mile (at most) from our apartment.


Well, here is a view of the Eiffel Tower right smack dab in front of it.  We visited early in the day as we took our first adventure on the Metro so see how long it would take us to get there so we weren't late for dinner that evening.

This is our view from our dinner table at the Eiffel Tower!  Magnificent.  We had a table for 2 right in up to the window.

This was my appetizer at the Eiffel Tower.  Andy had the same thing.  It is a prawn with avacado and that thing sticking up tasted like a tortilla.  Very tasty!


Well, I've tried to load more pics but I keep losing them so this covered Day 1, 2, 3 for the most part.  More to come in later days. 

  Until next time.......