Yesterday I started a small painting of a landscape from a photo I had taken in France. After all that inspiration in the museums I thought I could sit down and a beautiful landscape would just flow out of me. Well, it didn’t. I was going to ‘fix’ it today, but I never did, mainly
The kids are back to school today, I’m still cleaning up my studio. What I thought was going to be a one day job is turning out to be a two day job. Though truthfully if I actually worked the whole day on it, I could get it done in a day. I take lots
We arrived home late yesterday afternoon. The 10 hour flight wasn’t bad at all, the plane wasn’t full so the four us of were able to spread out and have a set between each of us. And, my favorite part. . . the movies. On the way to Paris we all had the little built
Today was a quiet day, many things were closed because of a holiday for the annunciation of Mary. Sunbathers lined the Seine, that was something to see. We went to the Natural History Museum this morning, then had a long lunch at an outdoor cafe next to the Seine. I have grown to love the
Well we did it, today we went to the Louvre and I’ve got the sore feet to prove it! We woke up at 7:30 am, out the door by 8:00 am, a quick stop at the corner bakery for breakfast, then 2 Metro’s to the Louvre. We were at the doors of the museum 20
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Today was an amazing day, we took two subways, a train, and a bus, but we made it to the small village of Giverney to tour Monet’s gardens and home. All I can say is: WOW! The gardens, the lily ponds, I loved every minute of it. Monet lived in his house at Giverney the
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Yesterday was day 7 in Paris, we decided to take the train to the small town of Chartres. The train ride was an hour, but taking the Metro to the train station, buying the tickets, and waiting for the train added another 45 minutes to the trip! The important thing about Chartres is it’s beautiful
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Here we are in Paris. We’ve been busy and it seems like we’ve been here a lot longer than 4 days. The plane ride over was the usual – uncomfortable – but it was uneventful. I just find it hard to sleep on an airplane. We’ve all adjusted to the time change (7 hours) fairly
