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On The Road After Dark – Steve from Mendocino – Paris 6/10

by WaterGirl|  January 11, 202110:00 pm| 15 Comments

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Steve from Mendocino – Paris

When Notre Dame burned, it rocked my world.  It represented yet another milestone in the apocalypse that we are living.  Given my age and my disregard for personal health, all of what we are experiencing gets included under the umbrella of my mortality.  The world may or may not go on, but my life is in its final chapter (which I hope will not be a short one).

On that happy note, let’s look at Notre Dame and Sainte Chappelle.

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Barge, river, cathedral – Paris at its quintessential.

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On The Road – Albatrossity – Big Bend National Park #2

by WaterGirl|  January 11, 20215:00 am| 14 Comments

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Albatrossity

A few more pics and commentary from our December 2017 trip to Big Bend National Park. On the way out we went through Terlingua YX, which was a trip by itself, and ended up in West Texas for a couple of days, staying at the Turkey Hotel in Turkey TX. If you ever get a chance to do that, it is worth the trip!. We spent a day in Palo Duro Canyon as well, and some of those pics are in a previous edition of On The Road.

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Big Bend National ParkDecember 24, 2017

Here’s a longer and wider view of the Chisos Mountains, looking west from a jeep trail in the high desert. The Chisos Basin Lodge is on the other side of those.

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On The Road After Dark – Steve from Mendocino – Paris 5/10

by WaterGirl|  January 8, 202110:00 pm| 18 Comments

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On the Road: Week of January 11  (5 am)
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On the Road: After Dark: Week of January 11  (10 pm)
We are still in Paris, with 5 more Paris posts from Steve from Mendocino.

🌺  And now, back to Steve from Mendocino, Paris part 5.

Steve from Mendocino – Paris

“Opera, Concorde and Madeleine”

The Eglise de la Madeleine (famous church) is situated between Place de la Concorde (one of the major public squares) and the Palais Garnier Opera house, in Haussmannian Paris.

 

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We usually just see the river from street level, and, while it’s wonderful, down at water level one gets a more intimate private experience.  I wish I’d remembered to spend more time soaking up the sounds and smells and slowness of the banks.

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On The Road – Origuy – Road Trip 2006 Part 3

by WaterGirl|  January 8, 20215:00 am| 10 Comments

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Origuy

This is the third and last part of my August 2006 trip through the Southwest. I left Mesa Verde and headed toward Grand Canyon Village, on the South Rim.

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Four Corners Monument

On the way, I stopped at the Four Corners Monument. This is maintained by the Navajo Nation and there is a small cluster of vendors selling Native arts and crafts. I bought a lovely little pot as a gift.

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On The Road After Dark- Steve from Mendocino – Paris 4/10

by WaterGirl|  January 7, 202110:00 pm| 17 Comments

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With the day we had yesterday, I’m not sure how many people will have actually looked at the submission from last night, so here’s a link in case anyone wants to take a look at part 3 today.

Steve from Mendocino – Paris

The Palais Royal is a vast complex of government offices, apartments, etc.  It used to house the Louvre until the construction of the pyramid.  I have no photos of the pyramid, partly because of my reactionary distaste for modern architecture next to the surrounding classic Parisian architecture but mostly because, by the time it was built, I’d abandoned the practice of schlepping a camera around with me at all times.  The pyramid has vastly improved the organization and presentation of the Louvre collection, so I consider my aversion to be wholly invalid.

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The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is near the Palais Royal, so I include it here.  This photo shows its alignment with the obelisk in the Place de Concorde and with the Arc de Triomphe – a nine kilometer stretch.

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On The Road – Sherparick – Pets who we lost

by WaterGirl|  January 7, 20215:00 am| 21 Comments

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Sherparick

This is a picture of Murphy I took in 2017 while visiting.  I knew him from the time he was a puppy, in 2006.  My sister and brother-in-law had to put him down yesterday.  A really good, sweet dog.

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Home Dublin OhioJune 27, 2017

This is a picture of Murphy I took in 2017 while visiting.  I knew him from the time he was a puppy, in 2006.  My sister and brother-in-law had to put him down yesterday.  A really good, sweet dog.

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On The Road After Dark – Steve from Mendocino – Paris 3/10

by WaterGirl|  January 6, 202110:00 pm| 20 Comments

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Steve from Mendocino – Paris

Sacre Coeur has an exotic feel to it largely because of the contrast of its architecture with that of most other architecture in Paris.  Being at the top of Montmartre and offering the best view of the Paris skyline other than the Eiffel tower, it attracts large numbers of tourists just milling about.  Street performers congregate here, and there are plenty of touristy snack outlets serving ice cream, crepes, etc. to visitors tired of moving from monument to monument around the city.

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An iconic vista from the steps below the cathedral.  I remember seeing this view in some movie and saying to myself “Wait!  That’s MY shot!”

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