This year, we celebrated Arlene’s birthday in January by enjoying an extended weekend in Paris. We flew from Rome to Paris-Orly and stayed in a small hotel footsteps off the Rue Cler in the 7th. The atmosphere was traditional Parisian residential with specialty food shops, cafe’s, small restaurants plus a short walk to the Eiffel Tower. January in Paris is bound to be ‘seasonal’ but the over riding benefit is being tourist low season. Paris is an under two hour flight from Rome and budget air connections make the wonderful experience very attractive.
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- Gran Palais and Champs Elyseess
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- Eiffel Tower in the clouds
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- Eiffel Tower from Champs de Mars
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- Eiffel Tower and birthday celebrant
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- Eiffel Tower base
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- Louvre pyramids at damp dusk
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- Louvre pyramid stair
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- Louvre pyramid stair study
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- From Louvre pyramid – old plus the new
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- Louvre pyramid entrance
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- La Gioconda behind bullet proof glass
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- Picasso at the Louvre
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- Venus d’ Milo
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- Diana the huntress
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- Psyche and Cupid
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- Louvre interior
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- Notre Dame
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- Notre Dame Interior
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- Notre Dame Rose Window
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- Notre Dame nativity
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- Notre Dame Nativity
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- Nativity detail
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- Notre Dame exterior nativity
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- Paris restaurant nativity
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- San Sulpice Altar
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- San Sulpice Sunday organ concert
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- San Sulpice organ
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- Rue Cler Cheese vendor
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- Sunday bird market
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- Sunday bird market
6 Comments
Larry your wonderful photos capture the beauty and essence of Paris, even on cloudy, rainy days. But then, Paris is just beautiful anytime! Thanks for sharing them.
Yes, Paris is beautiful any time and I am so lucky to have spent my birthday there.
Hope you both had a wonderful time,Happy belated birthday wishes to you Arlene. Paris is wonderful any time of year but especially so without the summer tourist hordes. We will be there in June for the EURO 2016 soccer championships so it will be crazy but hey C’est la vie! Wonderful photos, continue to keep loving and living life to the full. We applaud you both as always.
Thank you for the birthday wishes, Helen. It was fabulous. Are you staying near Rue Cler or elsewhere in Paris in June?
Happy birthday again to my one of my BFF!!! Live the life, girlfriend!!! Xo
Thank you Terri. Larry made sure that turning 65 was not too painful. XO back!