We left our home in Martinique on an overnight flight on a an Air France Boeing 777-300ER. For us, Martinique is the center, and Paris and mainland France is a distant overseas territory for us to explore and discover.
The morning light is diffuse and the spring colors are cool and the red-roofs look rustic and beautifully aged, arranged in an ancient density.
The Louvre, as seen from the roof of the Musee d’Orsay. The Musee d’Orsay was created as a museum to bridge the periods of antiquity and modernity, captured and displayed by the magnificent Louvre and the Centre George Pompidou.
The Ile de la Cite.
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Sailing boats in the Jardin de Luxembourg, just beside the French Senate offices.
The spectacular Saint Chapelle church, the private church built for the Royal family, defines beautiful ornamentation.
Versailles, where the enormous grounds and gardens go on for kilometers. Worth renting bikes or bringing a bottle of wine and a picnic.
From the Eiffel Tower at dusk.
The neighborhood patisserie.
