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Luxembourg Gardens with Luxembourg Palace at its crown. This is where...
Luxembourg Gardens with Luxembourg Palace at its crown. This is where Parisians come to sunbathe, sit far too close to each other, and visit a smaller-scale model of the Statue of Liberty tucked away...
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From the top of Montparnasse Tower, which is just a 59-story office tower...
From the top of Montparnasse Tower, which is just a 59-story office tower that happens to have a great view. Kind of like the Empire State Building! Unlike the Empire State Building, there was...
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Walking across the Pont des Arts to dinner, a tiny little Eiffel Tower in the...
Walking across the Pont des Arts to dinner, a tiny little Eiffel Tower in the background. Photo taken at: Pont des Arts View in Instagram ⇒
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Walking home from dinner across the Pont Royal toward the Louvre, the streets...
Walking home from dinner across the Pont Royal toward the Louvre, the streets were mostly ours. Photo taken at: Louvre View in Instagram ⇒
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With no one around but the security guards and one random bride and groom...
With no one around but the security guards and one random bride and groom with their wedding photographer in tow, we stopped at the Louvre to take long-exposure nighttime photos. Photo taken at:...
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The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, which is half the size of the more famous...
The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, which is half the size of the more famous Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile on the Champs Élysées. Still pretty, though! And this one has a ferris wheel in the background,...
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A corner of the Louvre, a lovely moon, and cars zooming by.
A corner of the Louvre, a lovely moon, and cars zooming by. Photo taken at: Musée du Louvre View in Instagram ⇒
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The next morning, we took the train to Versailles to spend the day wandering...
The next morning, we took the train to Versailles to spend the day wandering the extensive, I mean EXTENSIVE, grounds originally built on by Louis XIII in 1623 and then made into a palace by Louis XIV...
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Louis XV had this little palace, the Petit Trianon, built for his mistress on...
Louis XV had this little palace, the Petit Trianon, built for his mistress on the grounds of Versailles, but Louis XVI ultimately gave it to Queen Marie Antoinette so she could escape the extreme...
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The French Pavilion in the Versailles garden, for all of your formal lunching...
The French Pavilion in the Versailles garden, for all of your formal lunching needs when you’re the queen. Photo taken at: Versailles, France View in Instagram ⇒
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The Jussieu Pavilion at Versailles. PERFECT.
The Jussieu Pavilion at Versailles. PERFECT. Photo taken at: Gardens of Versailles View in Instagram ⇒
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Frais Pavilion in the Versailles gardens.
Frais Pavilion in the Versailles gardens. Photo taken at: Pavillon frais View in Instagram ⇒
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Spring in the gardens of Versailles!
Spring in the gardens of Versailles! Photo taken at: Château de Versailles View in Instagram ⇒
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What it looks like to go to church at the Palace of Versailles. Needless to...
What it looks like to go to church at the Palace of Versailles. Needless to say, you probably couldn’t discreetly play Tic-Tac-Toe with your mom instead of listening to the preacher like I used to...
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A little fairytale area in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles.
A little fairytale area in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles. Photo taken at: Palace of Versailles View in Instagram ⇒
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Obviously my favorite picture from the Versailles estate.
Obviously my favorite picture from the Versailles estate. Photo taken at: Palace of Versailles View in Instagram ⇒
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We spent most of our afternoon at the Palace of Versailles in Hameau de la...
We spent most of our afternoon at the Palace of Versailles in Hameau de la Reine, the Queen’s Hamlet. Built in 1783, it’s a little village that Marie Antoinette had built to give her a quaint, rustic...
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Last night from my rooftop, lights marking the site of the Twin Towers.
Last night from my rooftop, lights marking the site of the Twin Towers. Photo taken at: One World Trade Center View in Instagram ⇒
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The mill in Marie Antoinette’s little village at the Palace of Versailles.
The mill in Marie Antoinette’s little village at the Palace of Versailles. Photo taken at: Palace of Versailles View in Instagram ⇒
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The main farmhouse in Marie Antoinette’s little village at the Palace of...
The main farmhouse in Marie Antoinette’s little village at the Palace of Versailles. I don’t know if you can see this, but the backyard is full of big, fluffy BUNNIES! This was a real working farm...
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