PARIS HOLIDAYS
DECEMBER 29-JANUARY 2

December 29, 06 (arrival)


Coach B - Loading Up at deGaulle Airport


Paris First View
 

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December 30, 06 (morning)

Vaux le Vicomte

 

(borrowed postcard images)

Royal Guest Room                                                                            Parlor
 

Bathing Chamber                                                       Lady's Bed Room



 

Reception Room                                                            Ballroom in Holiday Decor
 

Master's Bedroom                                                Dianne Approves Kitchen Layout
 

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December 30, 06 (afternoon)

Musee d'Orsay
(no photos allowed / borrowed images only)


La grande horloge et deux sculptures                                               Olympia, 1863, Edouard Manet

 


Le tub
, 1886, Edgar Degas                                                             Chaumes de Cordeville a' Auvers-sur-Oise, 1890, Vincent Van Gogh
 

Pommes et oranges, vers 1895-1900, Paul Cezanne

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December 30, 06 (evening)

Illuminations Tour



Statue of Napolean                                                                            Arc de Triumph
  


Ave de Champs Elysees                                               Eiffel View from Trocadero
  

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December 31, 06

musee de Louvre
(no photos allowed of paintings /  some borrowed images )

Louvre

( borrowed image from web source)

                                                                                  Winged Victory

 



La Liberte' guidant le peuple, 1830, Eugene Delacroix        de Monna Lisa, 1503-1506, Leonard de Vinci
   
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Venus de Milo                                                              detail of de Napoleon
                                                                                       Sacre de' l'empereur Napoleon 1st,
                                                                                     
1806-1807, Louis David

 

                                                                 
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Gender Surprise


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Notre Dame de Paris (with organ music)
    




December 31, 06


   

 



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January 1, 2007   (Happy New Year)


Walking Tour of Montmartre
(2:00 p.m.)
- site of martyr St Denis
- site of commune uprising (les Miserable)
- site of impressionism

                   Lapin Agile (nimble rabbit)
               -favorite of Toulous-Lautrec and Picasso                           Vineyard with Renoir Studio


 


 Manet influenced bright color painting of homes and businesses


Memorial of much loved singer Dalida (55 gold records in French)


Memorial garden of St Denis
  

Moulin de la Galette
-garden was scene for some Renoir's work


19th century artist loft with window for good light    20th century artist loft with window for good light
 

Famous Bar & Billiards
(sign over door includes Diaz, Pissarro, Sisley, Degas, Cezanne, Toulouse-Lautrec,
 Renior, Monet and Van Gogh as participants of games and frolic)



Place du Tertre (village square)
 


St-Pierre de Montmartre

 (oldest church in Paris) 12th Century                   Post WWII - Replacement Stained Glass  
 

3rd Century - Roman Temple Column
-churches often built on ruins of roman temples

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Scare' Cour - Basilica of Sacred Heart


Evening at Eglise Saint-Eustache (7:00 p.m.)

(borrowed postcard image)

Concert by Les Violons de France
les Tropmpettes de Versailles


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January 2, 2007


(Borrowed Postcard Image)

  Royal Chapel                                                                                  Hall of Royalty
 

Hall of Heroes

 

Royal Level of Chapel


State Reception Rooms

 

Hall of Mirrors                                                                           King's Chambers
 

               King's view of Gardens                          Queen Chambers                          Marie-
Antoinette with Children
  

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Seine Cruise

Seine River views


Grand Palais                                                        Alexander Bridge

 

The Louvre                                                             Notre Dame
 

Getting Dark and Wet

Conciergerie                                                                        musee d'Orsay
 

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