mike and dena go to paris
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Our tripTRANSCRIPT
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Paris with
Mike and Dena
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Notre Dame de Paris
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Notre Dame de Paris sits on an island between two rivers
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A great example of Flying Buttresses – one of the architectural aspects for which this 12 century
Cathedral is known
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The official center of the City of Parisand therefore, France -
(and therefore some would say, the world) It is in front of Notre Dame - If you have your GPS it is:
48° 51′ 12.24″ N, 2° 20′ 55.68″ E48.8534, 2.3488
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Saint Denis – was the Bishop of Paris in the 3rd century, was executed and
carried his head while still preaching a sermon along the way.
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LouvreYou enter today by going into a very modern pyramid and going down below ground level.
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Before the Revolution the Louvre was a Royal Palace. There is so much art work in the Louvre that I don’t think anyone really “sees the Louvre.” They see parts of it.
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The Louvre has a lot of artifacts from all over the world in addition to a huge collection of famous
art.
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Eiffel TowerTruly a magnificent piece of architecture, much
more impressive than it shows in photographs. You go up several floors to the restaurant, named for he
famous French author, Jules Verne.
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The Hall of Mirrors at Versailles
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As I walked through Versailles (outside of Paris) I kept thinking how these French really needed a
Revolution!
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The King’s bedchamber – real gold thread!
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That summer I got to see Cambridge and the Sorbonne. The Sorbonne is in the Latin quarter of
Paris – named for the Latin spoken by students there back in the Middle Ages.
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Where Napoleon is entombed
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The Emperor’s Tomb
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Famous things in France . . .
Book sellers on the left bank of the Seine River -
Sidewalk toilets – you put money in, it gives you 20 min and then the door opens! This one was right in front of a restaurant.
This was in our apartment in Paris . . . I guess it is for cleaning your boots?