October 23, 2016
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October 23, 2016
No visit to Paris is complete without a visit to the Eiffel Tower! Made for the 1889 World's Fair, this monument has become one of the most well-known sites in the world - and definitely was the ONE place we HAD to go. We kept waiting for a perfect weather day, so when it came, it was just what Mom was hoping for...
October 22, 2016
We received many recommendations for both of these! The first is a river boat tour on the Seine, the river that flows through the heart of Paris. It takes you by many major sites and historical bridges - a MUST do for visitors - then on to Berthillon, heralded as the best ice cream in Paris!! It is located on a small island on the Seine called Ile St Louis and was well worthy of all of the laurels it has received!...
October 22, 2016
Luxembourg Gardens is a beautiful area in Paris created by Mari de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France in 1612. She built the palace for her residence but now it houses the French Senate. It features beautiful fountains and lovely manicured gardens and is a place where adults can relax and children can play. What a beautiful place to spend a weekend after noon!
October 21, 2016
The largest cemetery in Paris, and the first garden cemetery there. Named after the confessor to Louis XIV, Père François de la Chaise, this large cemetery holds the remains of over one million people. Buried here are some of the most famous people from Paris - Delacroix, Moliere, Chopin, Oscar Wilde, Sarah Bernhardt, of course Jim Morrison... and since Barton is obsessed with Edith Piaf, he had Muz watch La Vie en Rose the...
October 20, 2016
So, there's a wonderful english-speaking cooking class right near the Seine behind Hotel de Ville in Paris. We've been there before, and make a point to try a new class every time we go back to Paris because it's really wonderful. Everyone who works there is so friendly and the chefs that teach are AMAZING - only downside is that they don't allow video! In previous lessons we learned baguettes and crepes, but today, we took...
October 19, 2016
20 kilometers (12 miles) southwest of Paris is the Palace of Versailles. Muz was here 55 years ago and loved it. Her favorite was the Hall of Mirrors. Here we have our first picture recreation! She and two of her friends posed for a picture in the gardens behind the palace! We will attempt to remake that memory!
Also, we had a few recommendations for this adventure. Ladonna Burns suggested...
October 16, 2016
One of the most quintessential dishes in all of France is Coq Au Vin - a chicken dish cooked with red wine, lardons, onions, and a bunch of other stuff. Since sunday dinner has always been important to my mom - and hitting a stand for a crepe or a sandwich just wouldn't be proper for a Sunday.
Mom has been a bit under the weather (didn't want to go anywhere other than church today), so while she was in church, w...
October 14, 2016
A few people requested that we see the Moulin Rouge - and even though we couldn't get her in a can-can dress, she wanted to go see the windmill! I was telling Muz that when the movie came out in 2001, I was fortunate enough to be one of Nicole Kidman's dancers in NY and for part of the European press tour, and she joked that if Nicole Kidman danced with me, than she wanted to as well!
Well, this...
October 10, 2016
Mom went to the Louvre 50+ years ago, what a great opportunity to revisit and see what she remembers!
She loved being back there, and even did the picture with her finger on the top of the pyramid! She really loved some of the roman sculptures, of course the Mona Lisa, we had a great lunch overlooking the Tuileries, and she just seemed to enjoy the day.. Success!