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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Paris 2014: Napoleon and Monochrome Madness
We visited Napoleon’s Tomb at Les Invalides during our stay in Paris last Spring and I shot this photo of his statue near the tomb. The sculpture by Pierre-Charles Simart is about 30 feet from the tomb and stands over … Continue reading
Posted in Paris, Travel
Tagged Jacques-Louis David, Les Invalides, Louvre, Monochrome Madness, Napoleon, Napoleon's Tomb, photography, Pierre-Charles Simart, travel, travel photography
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Back to Yosemite with Monochrome Madness
Yosemite Valley is 167 miles due east of Crow Canyon but I only get there every fifteen years or so. We had a family wedding in June of this year in nearby Evergreen (just outside the park) and I got … Continue reading
Posted in California, Travel, travel photography, Uncategorized
Tagged Monochrome Madness, photography, travel, Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Valley
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Paris 2014: Our Hemingway Walk, Part Three
Note: This is the third of three postings on Our Hemingway Walk, following Forever Paris by Christina Henry de Tessan. Click here to see Part One, our walk from our apartment on Rue de Condé to Stops #6 (Shakespeare & … Continue reading
Posted in Paris, Travel
Tagged A Moveable Feast, Avenue de l'Oservatoire, Boulevard du Montparnasse, Brasserie Lipp, Christina Henry de Tessan, Ernest Hemingway, Forever Paris, Gertrude Stein, La Closerie des Lilas, Luxembourg Gardens, Luxembourg Museum, Paris walks, photography, Place Edmond-Rostand, Place Port Royal, Rue de Fleurus, Rue Ferou, Rue Notre Dames de Champs, Rue Vaugirard, travel, travel photography, Woody Allen
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Paris 2014: Our Hemingway Walk, Part Two
Christina Henry de Tessan’s Hemingway Walk in her book Forever Paris (see my posting here on my favorite Paris books) starts with the apartment on Rue du Cardinal-Lemoine where Ernest Hemingway lived with his wife Hadley during the early 1920s. … Continue reading
Posted in Paris, Travel
Tagged A Moveable Feast, Boulevard Saint-Michel, Cafe Delmas, Christina Henry de Tessan, Ernest Hemingway, Japanese restaurants in Paris, Luxembourg Gardens, Lycée Henry IV, Midnight in Paris, Paris Forever, Paris walks, photography, Place de la Contrescarpe, Place Edmond-Rostand, Rue Blainville, Rue de l'Estrapade, Rue Descartes, Rue du Cardinal-Lemoine, Rue Monsieur le Prince, Rue Soufflot, Rue Thouin, Saint-Etienne du Mont, the Pantheon, travel, travel photography, Woody Allen
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Paris 2014: Our Hemingway Walk, Part One
It was a sunny Saturday morning and we were off on our Hemingway Walk, our copy of Forever Paris by Christina Henry de Tessan in my hand. Christina’s starting point for the walk was a mile away in the fifth … Continue reading
Posted in Paris, Travel
Tagged 1920s Paris, A Moveable Feast, Blaise Pascal, Carrefour l'Odéon, Ernest Hemingway, Forever Paris, George Whitman, le Polidor, Luxembourg Gardens, Midnight in Paris, Paris walks, photography, Rue de l'Odéon, Rue Monsieur le Prince, San Francisco Book Compnay, Shakespeare and Company, Sylvia Beach, travel, travel photography, Woody Allen
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Paris 2014: Reflections in Monochrome
We were nearing the end of our Hemingway Walk one sunny Saturday last May and we were walking past a store down the street from Gertrude Stein’s home when I noticed the reflections. At first I just noticed the window … Continue reading
Posted in Paris, Travel
Tagged Gertrude Stein, Hemingway Walk, Monochrome Madness, photography, travel, travel photography, window reflection
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Paris 2014: Researching Our Paris Trip
For me part of the enjoyment of travel is reading about our destination and planning our itinerary. I may start reading six or seven months before our trip and most always bring along a couple of books to read during … Continue reading
Posted in Paris, Travel
Tagged A Moveable Feast, Adam Gopnik, Christina Henry de Tessan, David McCullough, Ernest Hemingway, Forever Paris, Paris book reviews, Paris books, Paris research, Paris to the Moon, Rick Steves, Rick Steves' Pocket Paris, The Greater Journey, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, travel, travel planning, Victor-Marie Hugo
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Monochrome Madness — Week 32
I went back to our first trip to Ireland in 2002 for this week’s entry to Laura and Leanne’s Monochrome Madness Challenge over on Leanne’s website. We spent five weeks all over Ireland that year including a few days in … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Canon G2, Ireland, Killarney National Park, Ladies View, Monochrome Madness, photography, Queen Victoria, Ring of Kerry, travel, travel photography
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Paris 2014: The Museums of Paris
Whenever we go to a big city we find one or two museums to visit. Last year we stopped by the British Museum and the Tate Modern during our stay in London. We visited the Van Gogh in Amsterdam the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Paris, Travel
Tagged Maisons de Victor Hugo, Musée d'Orsay, Musée de l'Armée, Musée de l'Orangerie, Musée de Louvre, Musée du Luxembourg, Musée national du Moyen Âge, Musée national Eugène Delacroix), Musée Nissim de Camondo, Musée Rodin, museum pass, museums, Napoleon's Tomb, Paris museums, photography, travel, travel photography
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Paris 2014: The Man Who Saved Notre Dame
The French Revolution began in 1789 as a revolt against the power of the Monarchy and the Catholic Church in France. By 1793 the king and the queen were executed and all church property was confiscated. The famous cathedral of … Continue reading
