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This has become a very popular romantic gesture: your initials on a lock that is hung on the railing of one of the bridges over the Seine.
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More bridges over the Seine with locks. The Grand Palais in the background.
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Notre Dame. Celebrating its 850th birthday with tulips.
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Fabulous Berthillon ice cream. We got ours. Everyone else is waiting in line.Just across the river from Notre Dame.
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Celebrating 100 years of the Tour de France with pictures on the Luxembourg garden fence.
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Putting in new color at the Luxembourg Gardens.
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One of our favorite Paris gardens—the Parc Floral. The first time we have been early enough to see rhodies and azaleas in bloom.
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The tulip display at the Parc Floral. We saw Dahlias last time we were there.
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At Monet’s garden in Giverny.
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The famous water lily pond and Japanese bridge at Giverny.
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Plantings to match Monet’s house at Giverny.
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One of the lakes in the Bois de Boulogne park. You can almost see the Eiffel Tower in the background.
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The Bois de Boulogne is a popular place for dog walking.
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Parc de Bagatelle—the fantasy of rich royalty and now public.
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The Pompidou Center. All the insides are on the outside.
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A plaza outside the Pompidou Center, where the Modern Art museum resides.
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A view of Paris and Sacre Coeur on the hill from the top of the Pompidou Center.
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Torino has lots of grand plazas.
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Torino has beautiful shopping arcades.
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The river Po crosses the city. It was very high from rain when we arrived, but dropped about 3 feet in a couple of days.
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A famous landmark called the Mole Antonelliana. It now houses a fun Museum of Cinema.
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One of the best museums of Egyptian antiquities in the world is in Torino. The museum building is currently under construction.
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Scenes from the Giro d’Italia bicycle race.
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Scenes from the Giro d’Italia bicycle race.
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Important thunderstorm warnings and castles in the hills above the river.
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Really good gelato!
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The Frecciarossa super fast train we took from Torino to Milano.
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The Frecciarossa at 272 km/hr. It topped out at 300 km/hr.
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The Milano train station.
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The local trains. We took one of these from Milano to Lake Como.
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At the train station in Varenna—across the lake from where we stayed. The train goes through a tunnel on the way north.
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At the ferry dock in Varenna on the way to our hotel.
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Our walk to the hotel and views from our window.
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Things you can see in a walk along the lake.
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Walking up the hill to the bicycle museum.
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More sights on the way up the hill to the bicycle museum.
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The Museum of Cycling at Madonna del Ghisallo.
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The Madonna del Ghisallo chapel named for the hill it tops. The pope admitted the Madonna as the patroness of cycling.
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Ferries on the lake and “Vias” (walkways) in the towns.
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The Villa Melzi gardens on the lake.
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Rainbow out our window after a thunderstorm, one of our favorite restaurants and more villas on the lake.
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Villa Carlotta gardens and inside the villa.
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Moon on the lake near the hotel.
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At the ferry docks in Stresa and Baveno. Swans on the lake.
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Our private park below our apartment in Lesa and our view from the balcony.
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Lakeside after dinner in Lesa.
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Villa Pallancino zoo and gardens near Stresa.
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Oak at the entrance to Villa Taranto garden.
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Villa Taranto
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More Villa Taranto with tornado damage.
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La Posta—our favorite restaurant in Baveno.
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The island gardens on the lake. Isola Bella in the foreground.
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Gardens and grotto at Isola Bella.
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Isola Madre garden with sculptures & birds.
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More silly birds hiding from the rain at Isola Madre.
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More sculptures in the Isola Madre garden.
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The famous Cashmere Cypress at Isola Madre was toppled by a 2007 tornado. It was winched back up by helicopter and is back in place with peacocks roosting in the branches.
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The train station.
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The Milan Cathedral on the Plaza Duomo. The main tourist attraction. Setting up for a rock concert on the plaza for the weekend.
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More Milan sights:The Peace ArchSforza castleModern Art museum garden
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And great gelato!