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May 15, 2017

Departing from Chicago

Arriving in Paris

This is my first international trip

Free to crawl

Eating a baguette at Café Central

Outside the Army Museum

Cannons and the Eiffel Tower

Le Penseur

At the Rodin Museum

At the Orsay Museum

Musée d'Orsay

Notre Dame Cathedral

By the Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower

Paris at night

Paris at night

Glowing Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower at night

Inside the Louvre

Winged Victory

Venus de Milo

Crowds in front of the Mona Lisa

Crowds in front of the Mona Lisa

Sculptures in the Louvre

Public urinals

Ice crem at Berthillon

Outside Notre Dame Cathedral

Notre Dame Cathedral

Daphney insisting on pushing her stroller

Inside Notre Dame Cathedral

Notre Dame's towers

Stained glass of Sainte-Chapelle

With Monet's Waterlilies at the Orangerie

By the Arc de Triomphe

Reading the public transportation brochure

Outside Napoleon's tomb

Outside Napoleon's tomb

Fountainside bench at Place Saint-Sulpice

Inside the Luxembourg Gardens

Inside the Luxembourg Gardens

In front of the Pantheon

The Pantheon

At Place Saint-Michel

Michael triumphant

Cappuccino and espresso

By the Dragon Basin

Outside the Versailles Château

Château de Versailles

Château de Versailles

Bassin de Latone

Flag over Versailles

Yan in the Versailles Gardens

Among the hedges

Having fun

Zucchini-wrapped appetizer

Salad with sliced artichoke hearts

Asking for more

Stone bass filet

Yan and Daphney

Giving Mommy a kiss

Mint sorbet and strawberries

Trianon Palace Versailles

Lining up at the Château de Versailles

Château de Versailles

Outside the Château de Versailles

Outside the Château de Versailles

Chapel with the organ

Corridor with statues

Hall of mirrors

In the Hall of Mirrors

The Battles Gallery

Charlemagne

The Orangerie

Fields awaiting planting

Le char d’Apollon

By Apollo's fountain

Bosquet du Théâtre d'Eau

At a stoplight while driving a stickshift car

In Arromanches

Commemorating D-Day

Desolate beach

Mont Saint-Michel after dark

Mont Saint-Michel after dark

Mont Saint-Michel at dawn

Going to tour Mont St-Michel

Arriving at Mont St-Michel

Arriving at Mont St-Michel

The Abbey

Walking up Grand Rue

Outside the church

Outside the church

Inside the church

Organ pipes

Details in the Cloister

Seagull and gargoyles

At Mont St-Michel

Perplexed seagull

Visiting Château de Chambord

Visiting Château de Chambord

Room inside Château de Chambord

In front of a spiral staircase

Château de Chambord rooftop

Château de Chambord spires

Château de Chambord rooftop

Château de Chambord gardens

Château de Chambord rooftop spires

Château de Chambord

Da Vinci's last home at Château du Clos Lucé

Château de Pray

Tower room

Tower room

Happy anniversary!

Appetizers

Appetizers

Butter

Asparagus

Artichokes

Tearing paper is so much fun

Tearing paper is so much fun

Tearing paper is so much fun

Dessert

Happy annivesary by the Loire River

Amboise Bridge

Château d'Amboise overlooking the river

Window in our tower room

Ready to leave Château de Pray

Walkway to Château de Chenonceau

Going to Château de Chenonceau

Château de Chenonceau flower arrangement

Overlooking the river

Château de Chenonceau fresh flowers

By the Château de Chenonceau

In the Château de Chenonceau Gardens

Château de Montfort

At La Roque-Gageac

La Roque-Gageac

Dorgogne River cruise

Château de la Malartrie

Château de Castelnaud

Old street in Beynac

Our 12th century room in Sarlat

Dinner at Le Bistrot Sarlat

Cathédrale Saint-Sacerdos in Sarlat

Seared fois gras

Cathédrale Saint-Sacerdos

At Le Bistrot Sarlat

Fish with potatoes, spinach, and carrots

Confit de canard

Cheese and salad

Chocolate dessert

Sarlat town square at night

View out our window

At La Villa des Consuls

Quack quack quack

Sarlat town square

Church organ

Outside the cathedral

Entrance to Cité de Carcassonne

Inside the city walls

Between the outer and inner walls

Going to the inner gate

Arles cafe at night, at Place du Forum

Starry Night Over the Rhône

The Yellow House

Roman Arena in Arles

Roman Arena in Arles

Cheese vendor

Street market

Farm fresh vegetables

Le jardin de l’hôpital à Arles

Cafe at Night in front of the cafe

Arles city view

Arles lamp and windows

All lavender in Les Baux

On the steps in Les Baux

Tower ruins

Underground section

Lavender fields and Les Baux ruins

Les Baux new town

Pont du Gard aqueduct

At Pont du Gard

At the Palace of the Popes

Courtyard in the Palace of the Popes

Windowside rest

Entrance to the Palace of the Popes

Enjoying a banana-nutella crepe

At the Chagall Museum

The Creation of Man, 1956-1958

Abraham and the Three Angels, 1960-1966

Le Cantique des Cantiques II, 1957

Le Cantique des Cantiques I, 1960

Le Cantique des Cantiques V, 1965-1966

Le Cantique des Cantiques IV, 1958

Le Cantique des Cantiques III, 1960

Nice train station

Rue du Poilu in Villefranche-sur-Mer

Villefranche-sur-Mer port

Monaco's Port Hercule

Inside the Cathédrale de Monaco

Port of Nice

At Place Masséna

Miroir d'eau

Miroir d'eau no longer

Breakfast cracker before leaving Nice

Trainride to Venice

←Daphney’s First Birthday

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