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Pony rides in Luxembourg Gardens (man follows ponies with pail to sweep up!)
Palais du Luxembourg, within the Luxembourg Gardens, built in 1600s
Église Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas (5th arr.) has been there in one form or another since the 1300s
Beautiful green door -- home of Édouard Branly
Panthéon (Quartier Latin, 5th arr.)--Victor Hugo, Voltaire and Marie Curie are laid to rest here
A tiny stairway leads up to a door at the top of the dome
Église Saint-Étienne du Mont houses the tomb of Saint Genevieve. I felt an inexplicable pull to this church before I knew what it was. I so wanted to enter, but it was closed.
Restaurant Perraudin--delicious French home cooking
Simple dish of pasta with cream sauce and smoked salmon was amazingly delicious
Pedi taxi over to Isle de Cité
We asked to go to Sainte-Chapelle. He took us to ... ?
He agrees to take us to our real destination. I felt sorry for him--it was 90+ degrees.
Notre Dame
Sainte-Chapelle
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2017 Paris-Sainte Chapelle
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2017 Paris-Sunset cruise down the Seine
Sunset cruise down the Seine
Meet Mr. Yellow Shirt. Yellow managed to block or appear in all my good shots, standing while the rest of us sat.
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2017 Paris-Musée D’Orsay
Musée D'Orsay
Restaurant of Musée D'Orsay
Religieuse pistache and me
Religieuse pistache
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2017 Brighton, England
Lovely Norwegian 787 Dreamliner
First glimpses of England
Streets of Brighton
A day filled with writing and writers -- followed by much food and fabulous conversation -- in an artsy British town by the sea. What more could I want? (Hint: A published book, perhaps?)
Afternoon Tea at the Grand Hotel Brighton
Afternoon tea at the Grand Brighton. I love this hotel! Looking at the sea, listening to 1940s jazz. I'm in heaven.
I'm afraid I forgot to take a pic till I'd already eaten all the sandwiches...
Exquisite tea. It's called Napoleon. (Grand Brighton Hotel)
The Grand Brighton lobby
Ceiling on Grand Brighton lobby
I'd had 4 hrs of sleep in 48 hours....
Naturally, I found a piano (Grand Brighton Hotel).
The lovely Maria, who so kindly took my picture
First glimpse of Brighton's unique pebble beach -- and one of two major merry-go-rounds on the beach!
Carousel -- on the beach!
Never too old! Carousel on the seafront.
First glimpse of the beach, Brighton, England
Brighton pier
The Workshop begins! Started with a Full English Breakfast, of course (veggie version): egg, haloumi, baked beans, bread, butter, avocado, grilled tomato, mushrooms.
Royal Pavilion
She's playing a beautiful Chinese lute
With fellow writer Alan Margolis at the Deep Writing workshop in Brighton
With the wonderful Eric Maisel at the end of the Deep Writing workshop -- thank you for a wonderful experience!
Deep Writing workshop -
Eric Maisel and Magda Fres
Brighton railway station. European trains are clean and beautiful--and they run on time!
