Friday Nov 14th

Today we went to the Opera House to see the building architecture and an inside tour. It was breathtaking. This is Ed in front of the Opera and you can you see our Hotel in the background.



This is the front of the Opera House building.


This is Ed with his new found friend, Bourdeaux, overlooking the Siene River.







Our friends. David and Jackie arrived this morning and we went in a Dinner Cruise. It is David's Birthday today!!



Ed and David, after several glasses of wine!



The Eiffel Tower is in blue to celebrate that France is currently presiding over the European Union.

We had a lovely time at the Dinner cruise. The food was wonderful and it was great to be able to share it with our friends!

Tursday Nov 13th

Church of Sacre Cour














Funicular at Sacre Cour





















Montmartre artist village



















































Oyeme tu. George, MaryLou, we found this Cuban Cafe and thought of you guys.

















Pont Nuf.














Nothing like Isle of Cite!










Ed found his new friend, a bottle of Bordeaux!



We had another beautiful day and it got better in the afternoon. We visited the Church of Sacre Cour, and walked around Montmartre artist village. Then we took the metro to Isle of Cite and walked around Pont Nuf (Bridge Nine). The tip of the island with a Weeping Willow is said to be the most romantic place in Paris. We left the island and walked to Las Halles. We had not been there before. It was like Winter Park, Orlando on steroids. Lots of bistros and cafes. There was also a beatiful church Las Halles. You can see the Pompedeau Museum. This is a close as we will get to this Museum.
Then, we walked to the Opera and around the shops there. I had to drag Ed away from the Bvalgari store. But, we had our bottle of wine and plastic cup. We had lunch at the Tuleries garden.
Our friend David and Jackie will join us tomorrow. They should be arriving in Paris sometime Friday morning.

Wednesday Nov. 12th

Ferna, we have a Full Moon!


Alex, this a concept car from Peaugut.

Notre Dame


Luxemburg Gardens


Today was a bit cloudy but it not rain. We went to the Luxemburg Gardens and walked around the Pantheon and St. Germain shops and restaurants. We also visited Notre-Dame and had dinner at Champs-Elysees.

Tuesday Nov 11th

Profiteroles and Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream


Nice parking job!












We could not have had a better day that this one. Check out the sky!














We arrived in Paris at 6:30am this morning. It had just finished raining and it did not rain again until around 7pm in the evening. In fact, we had clear blue skies throughout the day. It also happened to be a Holiday in Paris. It is the celebration of the end of World War I. So we had Paris almost to ourselves for the entire morning and more people came out to jog, shop or eat later in the day.
Today, we visited the Royal Palace Gardens, just one block up from out Hotel. Then, we crossed the Seine and went over the Les Invalides to visit Napoleon Bonaparte's tomb along with the museum of World War I and II. We had Onion French soup and red wine for lunch before we headed for the Eiffel Tower. Many people were having picnics on the lawn and kids were riding their bikes or skating around. It seems that there were more locals than tourists!
For dinner, we went to a restaurant located across from the Hotel De Ville. We have been there twice before. While we were having dessert, we asked the waiter to tell us about a night club with Latin Music and he gave us direction to one that plays Salsa. Before we had finished with our dessert, the waiter had Salsa music playing in the restaurant: Oscar de Leon (a popular salsa singer from Venezuela) nonetheless. So, Ed and I ended up dancing in the restaurant. Not bad for our first day. :-)
Cheers!

COUNTDOWN

Two days and counting. We'll be traveling all day Monday Nov 10th, so we'll start posting our news on Tuesday. Stay tuned...