France

These are photos from my summer trip to France.

Our neighborhood in Paris

View from our hotel room

Typical parking in Paris

At the local market

Fresh rabbit, anyone?

The fruit section at the grocery store

Bicycles for rent

A separate escalator for shopping carts!

Public toilet: free to use, but €2 to clean it first.

Métro station entrance in Paris

Pastries in the bakery

Montmartre cemetery

Funicular ride to the top of Sacré Coeur

The Basilica of Sacré Coeur

View from the steps of Sacré Coeur

Street musicians:

they're everywhere,

playing anything!

A very tiny car!

And a very tiny table for two!

The Tuileries Gardens

You can buy bread,

seafood,

or even garlic from stands on the street.

In Luxembourg Gardens you can play Pétanque,

or watch a competitive chess match,

or do whatever else you need to do.

In the métro

A métro train arrives in the station

Cemetery seen from Montparnasse Tower

First view of the island of Mont St. Michel

View from our room in Mont St. Michel

13th century street in Mont St. Michel

Our hotel in Mont St. Michel

Making the famous "Mère Poulard" omelets

Mme Tooley and me eating our €38 omelets!

Inside a 13th century tower

Touring the home of a 13th century Count

Sometimes translation is tough.

Stairs are everywhere in Mont St. Michel,

and so are beautiful views!

The top of the Abbey

The cloisters in the Abbey

The view looking out from the cloisters

Another view down

View of the island's carpark from above

A lucky day for drivers!

Mont St. Michel at dusk

The galette store in St. Goustan

I love meringues!

Rue du Château in Auray(Bretagne)

Really fresh escargot

Gardens in Carnac

A hobbit door, maybe?

Prehistory museum in Carnac

Menhirs in Carnac

The menhirs and dolmens of Carnac

la Trinité-sur-Mer

Me and Madame Tooley at a café

St. Goustan

Flowers in Locmariaquer

Site of Franklin's landing in Auray, 1776

Dining in a really pink restaurant!

Basilica of Sainte Anne d'Auray

Beautiful stained glass windows

The cloisters at Sainte Anne's Basilica

A really cool door outside Sainte Anne

€1 for a cart, but you get it back upon return

Flower outside our hotel in St. Goustan

More of France's beautiful landscaping

Parade before the 2008 Tour de France

Awarding the 1st stage's Yellow Jersey

And they're off,

followed by their support teams!

Campaign against dog poo on public sidewalks

Dogs are everywhere! Making friends...

guarding the neighborhood...

or napping at work.

Interesting (and large) art

Sailing toy boats in Luxembourg's fountain

Foucault's Pendulum in the Panthéon

The Architecture Museum in Paris

The Radio France building

Streetlamp at Place de la Concorde

Bâteaux mouches on the Seine

An impromptu street performance

La Tour Eiffel