Rain's Thursday Art Date - A Fond Memory

 

Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art Date's 'A Fond Memory' theme.  I chose  'The Arc De Triomphe' in Paris as my fond memory. 

 In March 2007 I spent 5 memorable days in Paris with my husband and kids.  Daughter L was 14 son K was 11.  We got a great deal on the flight from then Zoom airlines which went out of business months later.  I did so much research and planning for this trip.  I used a Rick Steves travel book and even used Google Earth to look at the area.  Google is a lot easier to use these days.

We stayed in an old apartment right next to the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysees.  It was similar to booking an airbnb although that company had not yet started up.  It even had a view of the Eiffel Tower from a window.  We took a train to visit the Palace of Versailles.  We took a boat ride on the Seine at night with the Eiffel Tower twinkling away. We visited the Louvre and saw many other sights.

Fond memories indeed, I wished it had been 7 days instead of 5.  Being chilly March, the city was not yet overrun with tourists but as always one had to be wary of pickpockets.  It did mean that the fountains of Versailles were not yet turned on.