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PARIS IN THE RAIN

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Winter in Paris means rain. What better use of a rainy day then to visit museums.

THE CAT AND THE MOON

PULLING THE DEVIL BY THE TAIL

DOWNSPOUT

PLACE DES VOSGES

FOUQUETS

GARDEN AT THE MUSEE CARNAVALET

HOTEL DE SULLY

HOTEL DE SULLY

CARNAVALET

CARNAVALET

ABOVE PARIS

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TROCADERO

SEINE

L'ETOILE — L’ETOILE

EIFFEL TOWER

CEMETERY OF MONTMARTRE

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Winter weather in Paris is variable. the morning sun quickly gave way to light rain. However the temperature rarely approaches the lows we experience in New England.

CIMETIERE DU MONTMARTRE

CIMETIERE DU MONTMARTRE

CECI N'EST PAS UNE PIPE — CECI N’EST PAS UNE PIPE

DALIDA

SUNRISE IN PARIS

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WHAT MORE CAN ONE SAY? GLORIOUS SUNRISE

LOOKING EAST

LOOKING WEST

DINNER FACING NOTRE DAME DE PARIS

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SEINE AT NIGHT

NOTRE DAME AT NIGHT 2

NOTRE DAME AT NIGHT

STAIRCASE IN PARIS

Dinner next to Notre Dame with lifelong friends last night. Dinner was warm and charming, as it can be among friends. The view no less astounding.

THE CATACOMBS OF PARIS

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It is difficult for me to know what to think of the Catacombs. I am fascinated, awed, humbled, terrified, and horrified all at the same time. The bones of six million dead, moved and stacked with great care; and then shown as a spectacle for everyone to see.

PARIS

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I love Paris. The sights, the smells, the sounds, the food; even the language. French is my second language, I studied it starting at a young age and continued through college. I married a french woman, whose family embraced me wholly. I freely confess that I know France largely through their perspective, one I could never have known any other way.

How do I select the photos to represent this city where there is a new and exciting discovery on every corner.

The French love their language and enjoy playing with it, which they do well. The are proud of their country as well; that said the French have had a fascination with America since before the Revolution; which has never waned, despite the idea we have that the French do not like us.