Upon living in France, John Adams said , "If human nature
could be made happy by anything that can please
the eye, the ear, the taste or any other sense, or passion or fancy, this
country would be the region for happiness."
View from the Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel & Conference Center
Taking the trains around Paris
Gay Pride Parade outside our Hotel
The Louvre
Diane at Entrance
Entrance
Richard at entrance Honored Dead:Athenian
Kouros
Amphora 6th C. Euphronios early 6th. c
Hellenistic Toys
Metopes from Temple Metope from the
Venus Egyptian Jewelry from
Statue of Osiris Lion
frieze from Darius'
of Zeus at Olympia Parthenon
de Milo the New Kingdom
(25th Dyunasty) Palace at
Susa
Code of
Code of Hammurabi
Nike of
Hammurabi (rear)
Corinthian helmets
Samothrace
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Champs-Élysées
Arc de Triomphe
Versailles
The Grand Trianon
Petit Trianon (a small château located on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles given to Marie Antoinette by Louis XIV)
Eiffel Tower
Notre Dame
Abbey of St. Denis (the first Gothic cathedral)
The Stohrer pastry shop (in continuous operation since being opened by Louis XV's pastry chef in 1730; I'm not even a lover of pastries but was overwhelmed by the wonder pastries in this shop)
Opera House
