 1 Once we finally got to Paris our first stop was the Pompidou Center |
 2 The top floor of the Pompidou offers a grand view of Paris |
 3 View of Mont Martre and the Sacre Coeur in the distance |
 4 Max lost her head in this exhibit |
 5 Dave takes a rest in the Chanel guillotine |
 6 Schoolchildren getting an explanation of the strange blob sculpture |
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 9 Hard to tell which are the sculptures and which are part of the building |
 10 The children now get an explanation of the strange rug and rope wall hanging |
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 12 More strange "constructions". Rope circles on the floor and woolly poles leaning against the wall |
 13 Colored sand in a box, is it art? |
 14 A large illuminated cargo container converted into a picture frame |
 15 After the Pompidou, we returned to our hotel via Place Concorde |
 16 On Thursday, we went across the street from our hotel to the Louvre |
 17 The entrance hall to the Louvre, under the glass pyramid |
 18 One of the interior sculpture gardens |
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 20 Venus de Milo |
 21 The Code of Hammurabi |
 22 The Code of Hammurabi translated into French. There were a lot of ways to get sentenced to death! |
 23 The main courtyard with the large pyramid |
 24 One of the many long halls |
 25 One of the wings of the Louvre and the small arch |
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 27 The Mona Lisa |
 28 She resides in a hermetically sealed case |
 29 Back to the Louvre for more culture.... Another interior sculpture garden |
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 31 We take a break from the Louvre to go get chocolate |
 32 The attendant prepares the best cup of hot chocolate we have ever had |
 33 Our hotel, across from the Louvre |
 34 The rear of our hotel Sat evening |
 35 We meet the Paris-based members of my team at Les Cloche des Halles wine bar. LR: Christophe, Vincent, Patrick, Adrian, and Ty Ly who is visiting from Calif |
 36 After the wine bar, we went to dinner at Le Villaret |
 37 Friday, we walk over to the Musee d'Orsay |
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 39 The main hall of the Musee d'Orsay, an old converted train station |
 40 The signature clock that overlooks the Seine |
 41 You can see the Louvre on the other side of the river |
 42 Degas' famous ballerinas |
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 44 Monet |
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 46 Van Gogh |
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 49 Renoir |
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 53 View of the Musee d'Orsay as a we go back to our hotel |
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 55 We cross the courtyard of the Louvre to get back to our hotel |
 56 To cap off the day, Max drops my knife point-down on her foot |
 57 Friday night we eat at Au Bon Acceuil, close to the Eiffel Tower |
 58 Saturday, we visit Mont Martre. This is the Abesses metro station with the prototypical carousel nearby. |
 59 Sacre Coeur |
 60 Harpist playing on the steps of the Sacre Coeur |
 61 The main nave inside the Sacre Coeur |
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 65 We descend outside to the crypt entrance |
 66 This urn contains the heart of Alexandre Legentil, one of the two men who built the Sacre Coeur |
 67 Somebody's bones, preserved as relics |
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 69 Some reenactors find lunch in Mont Martre |
 70 It's a long way down from Mont Martre |
 71 Another musician, a wonderful bass player, in a small square |
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 73 Our tour of Mont Martre is almost over |
 74 The proprietor of this little pen shop made our day (and we made his) |
