Paris. Paris is a city filled with history and amazing architecture. Today is a traveling day for me, but I wanted to share a Thursday Door. Place de la Concorde. This door is from Place de la Concorde. Place de la Concorde is one of the major public squares in Paris. It is located [...]
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Hotel de Ville
Paris. Paris is a city of beauty and wonder. As I strolled about the city, I constantly found new things which caught my gaze because of their splendor. Hôtel de Ville. I love the architecture found in Paris and the Hôtel de Ville was quite spectacular. It is located in the 4th arrondissement on place [...]
Houseboats of Amsterdam Part Twee (Two)
Amsterdam. Although my time spent in Amsterdam was very brief, I loved every minute of it. We filled our days with many adventures. One of those adventures was a boat tour through the canals of Amsterdam. Houseboats. Amsterdam's canals are filled with houseboats. In fact, there are around 2,500 legally moored houseboats in the more [...]
A Stroll Along The Seine
Paris. Isn't it strange how once you've visited a place, there is a different type of familiarity when you hear about the location on the news? That has recently been the case as I hear about the flooding along the Seine in Paris. There RER C line is temporarily closed. That was the line we [...]
The Queen’s Hamlet
The Queen's Hamlet. Place d'Armes, 78000, Versailles, France. Also known as Hameau de la Reine, the Queen's Hamlet was the place I most wanted to see when we toured the Palace of Versailles. Passport Ticket. We purchased the Passport ticket which included admission to the entire estate at the Palace of Versailles. While the [...]
Shakespeare and Company
Shakespeare and Company. 37 rue de la Bûcherie. Paris, France. Shakespeare and Company is an Independent Bookstore in Paris. From the moment that Helen commented that I should visit there while in Paris, I knew that this was one of the destinations on my "must see" list. As I mentioned, after our visit to Sacré [...]
In The Shadow Of Sacre Coeur
Sacré Cœur. 35 rue du Chevalier de la Barre. After a morning spent making our way to some shops on rue d'Hauteville in Paris, we realized that if we had traveled all this way that we should continue on to see Sacré Cœur. We had already covered 2.2 km (1.37 miles) making our way from [...]
Doors of Paris – Part Deux
Doors of Paris. Part Deux. As promised in last week's Doors of Paris post, I'm back with another set of doors from our strolls around Paris this past spring. 66 Boulevard Saint-Germain. I was able to find the location of this door because it's located beside Jeff de Bruges. Now I'm wondering why I didn't [...]
A Corner Of Paris
Paris. The City of Love. La Ville-Lumiére. The City of Lights. Two beautiful nicknames for a beautiful city. A Corner of Paris. Last week when I shared some doors from Paris in this post, I realized that I had shared very little about the Paris portion of our trip this past Spring. The best place [...]
Doors of Paris
Paris. When I traveled to Paris this past spring, I saw many beautiful sights. I've shared a few of the highlights from places we visited while there. We purposely aligned our hotel location in the first arrondissement in order to have the ability to spend the majority of the time walking and also to have [...]