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IMG_8564 * we past more interesting buildings...

IMG_8569 * including this one where Van Gogh once lived on the top floor.

IMG_8572 * Around the corner we find many food shops full of spices, coffees and chicken heads!

IMG_8574 * We finally realize that moulin is french for windmill as the Moulin Rouge translates to red windmill... duh!

IMG_8575 * The Place Pigalle, a formerlly nice boulevard...

IMG_8577 * is now overrun with sex shops.

IMG_8578 * Back to the subway which is very clean...

IMG_8545r * and comfortable.

IMG_8579 * Arriving at our next stop, we tried to figure out the meaning to these letters to no avail.

IMG_8581 * The Place de la Concorde was the site of beheading, include that of Marie-Antoinette but now marked by an oblisk from the temple of Ramses at Luxor.

IMG_8582 * We walk along the Rue du Rivoli toward...

IMG_8585r * the Louvre which we visited last in 1976 before the installation of the pyramid designed by Pei.

IMG_0990 * Once again on the subway...

IMG_0997 * we arrive in the Trocadéro which affords a great view of the Eiffel tower...

CRW_8592 * which is hourly marked by flashing lights that give a purple appearance...

CRW_8591 * and in any light is quite spectacular. A long day, with lots of walking end a great, but short visit to Paris which Carol liked a lot even though it was most expensive.

IMG_0965 * The next morning, we carefully navigate the apartment stairs...

IMG_1003 * bid farwell to our apartment and head down the street...

IMG_1006 * to stop at our favorite breakfast spot...

IMG_1007 * for coffee and rolls before heading to our next stop... Champagne country!

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