I write this on the train to Barcelona, having left Paris this afternoon. It’s been an incredible month of adventuring, and we’ve logged many miles walking the streets, museums and galleries. There have been so many highlights, I don’t know where to begin, but will pick some of my favorite images/moments to share. In a funny turn of events, it’s Dan who’s been dedicated to a daily journal, and he’s working to catch up and document each day. Me… I’m too busy eating escargots and onion soup, planning adventure (though Dan’s come up with some great ones, too), and working threads of surrealists and sacred feminine (will leave those for another post).
Our last meal at Rita, our favorite local restaurant
One of the great things about staying for a month is that we’ve had the luxury of settling into a neighborhood… our regular boulangerie, grocery store, café—places where we’ve got to know the people and become familiar faces to those who live here. I love that feeling, and am grateful to be able to travel this way. It’s also a whole lot cheaper to rent by the month, so recommend if you’re on a budget (hey all you remote working friends, take note!).
Adding our lock to the Sacré Coeur fenceI’ve been eating these since I was a baby. Yum!La SeineTuileries GardensTracking surrealists in Montmartre cemetaryThen things get surrealTour EiffelJust before full moonHappy touristsFriend reunion after 30 yearsShe holds the stories of my youthNot all of us made it this far. Remembering Todd Bourgeau and all the fun we hadBois de Boulogne on a hot dayNotre Dame CathedralNotre Dame CathedralBehind lies the crown of thornsZero point of Paris. Kaydra the Vortex Hunter searches for ley linesChocolate chaud and cream. Don’t be fooled by the photo, I had most of this!Dan incognito in Canada shirt and happy with his kosher sandwich, Le MaraisPantheon in backgroundPhilharmonic building in La VilletteCan’t get enough of this buildingPracticing altered viewsHall St Pierre exhibitionThis is what I went to see instead of the Musée d’Orsay 😉Crypts below St. Sulpice ChurchLuxembourg GardensChillaxin’ in Luxembourg GardensTomb of St. GenevièveGalleries LayfayetteView from top of the Gallieries LafayetteArc de TriompheAlso Arc de TriompheGreat graffitiJardins d’AcclimatationPrettiest bird I’ve seenNeeds no introductionSculpture garden, Louvre12 mile day walking the Louvre (and we went back again!)Line to see Mona Lisa, a little crazyI fell in awe, in love, in inspiration, in adorationGood night, LouvreQueen’s Hamlet, VersaillesQueen’s Hamlet, VersaillesQueen’s Hamlet, VersaillesVersailles PalaceWe rented bikes to tour around the Versailles Palace canal and surrounding forestsVersaillesVersailles fountainVersailles fountainRoyal Carriage House exhibitionVersailles OperaPlaying with cameraLouvre day 2Keep dreamingSaint Chapelle. No photo can do this justiceIn the LabyrinthFirst thing we find… a hookah smoking catepillarCome have tea with meThe compass… key symbol in my novelKay loves dragons… burn that palace down, baby!Such fantasyAnother labyrinth, slightly smaller scaleOldest tree in Paris, Black Locust planted in 1601The Lady and the Unicorn single panelTomb of Heloise and Abelard, Pere LachaiseOn my first trip to Paris, I visited Jim Morrison’s grave before anything else. This time, at the end of my time here. Still cried.Surreal? Can’t keep them apartLet me tell you how I used to get flowers when I was poor and lived next to the cemetery…Never forgetThe rose is realOur apartment staircaseIncredible metro systemThe cat loved her furInspiration… Will try this with my montageMontmartreStairs to RitaLast dinner in ParisThis is the end, beautiful friendGare de Lyon train stationFrom the train, sunset on the France/Spain border
