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Home after almost 8 weeks in Europe. I got up at 4:30 on Friday in Vienna, saw the sun rise at 5AM...

Flew to Paris where I had 4 hours before the flight home. I decided that instead of floundering in the lounge, I'd make one last swing into the city and hopped the RER and went to my fav spot across from Notre Dame.

Back to the airport and a flight to Minneapolis, 2 hour wait then finally home to see the sun set at 8PM (which is 5AM in Vienna) meaning a 24 hour sun day!

What is this strange land. Everyone seems to be speaking English!

Shooting Weak 5

Finally working means less posting... sorry.

Here's the crew trying to make the 4th festive for us pesky Americans:

Finally made it to the top of the Arc Du Triomphe.

Bloody set.

Thwarted trying to make it to Marche Aux Puces:

But made it there today:

Then the bird market on Ille-de-Citi:

It was so hot that this barge on the Seine in my fav picnic spot had a pool on top:

And I noticed that the church (Saint Eustache) near my apartment has a sundial for a clock:

Bone Jour

Well, after being here for 5 weeks, I finally made it to the reason for coming... The Official Tour

Versailles

Whirlwind

     

Quiet Again

The ladies left this morning after a week crammed with sightseeing and ducking from the rain.

We went up the Eiffel Tower on Thursday finally completing our try at taking Siena (15 years ago we couldn't because the elevator operators were "on strike").

Movie wise we just passed the 1/2 way point this weekend. 15 out of 30 days behind us. I'm not sure I'm ready to leave yet. This has been a really fun trip and I've felt unusually comfortable here. A bit lonely now that my place has cleared out though I must admit.

Time to start catching up on the various things I have cooking like time lapse and photos!

Way Out, Way Under

We were in Nucourt today...

View quarry in a larger map

 
At a place where (supposedly) the Germans assembled V2 rockets(!). It's also the quarry that bore the stones that were used to build the Arc Du Triomphe.

Beautiful and surprisingly cold inside.