Paris & Versailles, France

June 9, 2004



A portrait of Marie Antoinette- before she lost her head of course

Anabelle outside the Louvre



Anabelle feeding the pigeons under the Eiffel Tower


Annie is too tired for her first glimpse of the Eiffel Tower

Annie watches a woman copying a painting in the Louvre

Arch in the Bosquet De La Collonade in the Versailles Gardens




Belly playing airplane with Daddy in the Versailles Garden




Ben is facinated by real hieroglyphic tablets at the Louvre.jpg

Charlemagne statue outside Notre Dame in Paris

Closeup of carvings on the Arc de Triumph

Emily, Ben and Grandpa at the top of the Eiffel Tower

Em_Grandpa train to Paris.jpg


G and my Dad eating in a cafe outside Notre Dame.jpg




Gordon and Em in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles


Gordon and kids admire the paintings on the ceiling of the Hercules Drawing Room

Gordon, my Dad and the kids outside the Louvre.jpg



Inside Notre Dame... not as impressive as we thought it would be.

Just Mona

Kids with -Woman Bathing- a painting by Edgar Degas.jpg


King Louis XIV's bedchamber.jpg

Leaving the hotel parking garage- pull in those mirrors!.jpg

Louis' throne room.jpg





More Notre Dame gargoyles





My Dad and Mona.jpg


My Dad and the Arc de Triumph.jpg

Notre Dame across the Seine.jpg




Notre Dame gargoyles


Notre Dame- famous for its creepy gargoyles!

Outside the front of Versailles- it is HUGE!



Queen Maria Teresa's Bed Chamber.




Renoir i nthe Louvre.jpg




Stef and Gordon under the Eiffel Tower.jpg

Stef in Paris!



The Arc de Triumph



The backside of Notre Dame- look at those flying Butresses!


The front of Notre Dame


The gardens behind Versailles- they go on for 4 miles!.jpg



The kids wait to get some cold orange juice, freshly squeezed from Versailles oranges!

Venus de Milo



View of Paris, looking toward the Trocadero.jpg

View of Paris, the Seine.jpg






You know you are in France when there is dog doo everywhere- just one question....how exactly did a dog manage that....