...recounts the retirement travels of Mark and Vicki Sherouse since 2008...in Asia and the Pacific, New Zealand, Europe, South America, and Africa, as well as the US and Canada. Our website, with much practical information, is: https://sites.google.com/site/theroadgoeseveron/.Contact us at mark.sherouse@gmail.com or vsherouse@gmail.com.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Ile de Cite, Rive Gauche, etc.
Between being Parisii and Paris, it was Lutuce, a Roman city, many of the remains of which are on the Ile de Cite and beneath Notre Dame; this is part of the baths
Depiction of Lutuce's Coliseum
At the east end of the island, the interior of the French war victims' memorial
Shakespeare's
Notre Dame
South river view of the great cathedral
Our crew again
Charlemagne statue outside the Cathedral; I thought his capital was Aachen
Celing
Rose eindow
One of many windows
Diorama of medieval construction of cathedral
When the cathedral was renovated in the 19th century--thank you, Victor Hugo--the architect had himself portrayed examining the new spire he had constructed
Work continues...and I don't find the scaffolding as objectionable as I used to
Louvre I
Our crew consulting a local map
Before the Louvre was the Louvre, or even the Palais Royal, there was a six-towered royal fortress on the site, much of which remains beneath the present Louvre
At the outbreak of WW2, the major assets of the Louvre were packed up and distributed around France for safe-keeping; there is a great exhibition on this under-way
Unusual stern view of Venus de Milo; by this time I was getting restless
Another sculpture hospital
Still my favorite, the Winged Victory
Closer view
It was a warm day in Paris
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Pompidou I
Le Apartment
Rebecca and Rachel, and their boyfirends, Jeremy and Will, had rented an apartment for the week in Paris, on Boulevard Sebastopol, 3rd Arrondisement, about two blocks or so from the Pompidiou, four or five from the Seine, a great location. It was their home and family headquarters. Vicki and I stayed, as always, at the campground in the Bois Boulogne, a bit further out, a bus ride and then the Metro, but quite manageable. It is still one of the best and most popular campgrounds in Europe. Anyhow, we spent the week in Paris, sometimes together, especially meals, sometimes apart given different interests and priorities. The succeeding posts will capture some of what we did and where we visited. It was a most memorable family vacation.
Rachel had put together a large bound notebook of Paris
and France resouces, sites, maps, timetables, descriptions,
etc., and this itinerary, which we adjusted for weather and
other exigencies
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View from the apartment, fifth floor |
Boulevard Sebastopol from the apartment |
St. Jacques Tower, near Chatelet, from the alley behind Sebastopol |
Sebastopol street level |
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Down on the Ferm
Rouen
700 half-timbered structures in old Rouen
Not all are completely up-right
The very famous Rouen clock
A flamboyant Gothic church, not 100m from the Cathedral (the place is full of churches); the flags make it even more special
At the flam church...not Brussels
Monet and Joan of Arc own this town; here is where she was tried (the first time)
And here is where she was burned
Statue in the Joan church
Black Death victims were buried in this square
Detail
Bodies, by the 1000s, deposited down this well
On a cheerier note, employees of the tourist office are outfitted by Printemps (Travel Montana note)
Moving day in the city
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