Paris - Oct. 3-6, 2003

Excerpts from John and Lauren's travel journal

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This was our first glimpse of the Eiffel Tower our 1st night in Paris.

The Eiffel Tower in sparking lights.

The Eiffel from across the Seine river. 

One of John's creative photos, the light streak you see is from a passing boat.

This is my favorite photo of the Eiffel Tower, engulfed in fog yet still glowing.

Looking up the Louvre Pyramid from inside the museum.

Hermaphrodite in all his/her glory. The marble pillow looks mighty cushy!

Roman copy of a Greek statue.

In the Louvre Sully wing.

Aphrodite...

Venus de Milo

Lauren & Venus de Milo

Ceiling art in the Louvre

A long stretch of paintings...

The throng of tourists in front of the Mona Lisa. Yes, she is that small.

Lauren in front of her favorite paintings by Guiseppe Archimboldo.

John in front of his fave painting...

One saint said to another: "Say, you got something on your head."

John & half-dome painting.

The Louvre Pyramid entrance

A panel of reverse-painted glass

Awesome architecture in the Louvre

French sculpture in bronze

Sculpture again

Lion biting some guy's butt.

John in the sculpture courtyard

Lauren in the Rubens Room

Lauren trying to read French

Lauren on Rue Cler

Lauren in shoe heaven 

Musee d'Orsay amazing architecture

Until now, we've only seen this in photos

Lauren in Musee d'Orsay

Musee d'Orsay central gallery

The palace of Versailles, front courtyard

The chapel in Versailles

Ceiling in Versailles chapel

Lauren's new bed

Ceiling in Hall of Mirrors in Versailles

Lauren outside Hall of Mirrors

Throng of tourists in Hall of Mirrors

The ladies of Versailles

Versailles "side yard"

Relaxing outside her new lodge.

Our first attempt at taking remote control pictures

The French poop chute, and bride & groom.

How would you like this for your backyard?

One of the fountains in Versailles

Fountain again...

Fountain detail...

Frog-headed men

Taken with camera at arm's length

Versailles Palace

The Eiffel against a blue sky

The base of the Eiffel at dusk. See the moon in the sky?

From the 2nd level of the Eiffel Tower, temperature about 50 deg F.

John keeping warm, top of the Eiffel Tower.

Palais de Chaillot from the summit of the Eiffel tower.

Sparkling lights on the tower

John at Eiffel Tower

Last look at the Eiffel Tower on this trip, until next time...
July 11, 2004