DECEMBER
29-JANUARY 2
December 29, 06 (arrival)
Coach
B - Loading Up at
(borrowed image)
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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
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 )
(
borrowed image from web source)
Winged Victory
La Liberte' guidant le peuple, 1830, Eugene Delacroix
de Monna Lisa, 1503-1506, Leonard
de Vinci
(borrowed
images)
Venus
de Milo detail
of de Napoleon
Sacre de' l'empereur
Napoleon 1st,
1806-1807,
Louis David
(borrowed image)
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
- 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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