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Paris celebrates Pekin

February 22, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 4 Comments

Some of you may know that I have family in Pekin, Illinois. I wanted to include the evidence I’ve found so far that shows that Parisians hold Pekin in high regard.

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More about the Parc Floral de Paris

February 16, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 11 Comments

After Brenda’s escape from being locked in the park, we went back the following day and took some photos. Parc Floral is one of 4 botanical gardens in Paris with 75 acres of gardens and park space, complete with lots of big toys for children as well as ampitheater, duck pond, and many other things […]

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Cour Carrée et Pyramide du Louvre

February 15, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 2 Comments

You might be thinking that so far in Paris we’ve mostly been goofing off trying to make things work, the phone, the washing machine, the bank account, etc. In many ways you are correct, but occasionally we make it out into town and trip upon what makes the city famous. We were looking at neighborhoods […]

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Trapped after hours in Parc Floral De Paris

February 12, 2013 by Brenda Prowse 17 Comments

Today I got locked inside the Parc Floral de Paris, not far from our hotel. I walked there  late this afternoon and did not notice that the French signs say that in winter the park closes at 5 PM. About 5:30 I started noticing that there were no other people around so decided to head back towards the […]

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Standing Up to the Eiffel Tower

February 11, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 3 Comments

This Wall St Journal link tells of a developer who moves to a different apartment in Paris every few years. His latest effort on the Champs Élysées he purchased for $8 million and put another $2 million into remodeling. Very nice but I don’t think this place will work for us. Standing Up to the […]

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[Notre-Dame de Paris] Ringing in the new: a new set of bells for Notre-Dame’s towers

February 2, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 4 Comments

Our first day in Paris we saw a motorcade parading some huge church bells. It turns out to be the new bells for the Cathedral at Notre Dame, part of the Church’s 850th Anniversary Celebration. It turns out that the replacement bells installed in the 1850’s after the revolution weren’t so great. Now the music […]

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