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Spring Postcards From Paris: 2014

All of the pics are from my iPhone. What an amazing device. These are some of the things I will miss when we leave on Saturday.

Our neighborhood in Montmartre IMG_0769 Our apartment – “old Paris style” IMG_1249 Bakeries like Du Pain et des Idees (Bread and Ideas) in the Canal St. Martin district Bread and Ideas Baguettes from our local boulangerie, Maison Laurent IMG_1248 Our favorite restaurant: Au Virage Lepic on Rue Lepic Au Virage Burrata: A soft Italian buffalo cheese from Italy at Oggi on Rue Lepic. It’s the best appetizer ever Burrata The Seine from Quai Voltaire IMG_0904 Musee d’Orsay: Sacre Coeur through the Clock window IMG_1169 View of Notre Dame from the Batobus IMG_1151Giverny: Lily ponds and Monet’s dining room IMG_1084   IMG_1097 Monet paintings Water Lilies The painting that gave Impressionism its name Impressionisme Painting Chagall’s Palais Garnier Opera ceiling Chagall's ceiling Break dancers on Rue Montorgueil Break dancers Roland Garros: M watching the Djokovic match on the giant screen Roland GarrosAnd the friends we saw and spent time with here – Johnny Price and Margherita, Jon and Leslie Maksik, Ruti and Gerard Mesnil, Steve and Karen Demorest, Susan Ireland – and all the Parisians who put up with my butchered French and still made us feel welcome. read more