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