The Corner Garden
Situated to the west of the palace, the gardens of Versailles cover over 800 hectares of land, much of which is landscaped in the classic French [...]
Busted
Everywhere you look at the Palace at Versailles, or Château de Versailles, you see the unexpected. Paintings on the ceilings, modern art and outstanding architecture [...]
E.T. Phone Home
Driving through the French countryside, off in the distance, you would see something that, just for a moment, made you think the aliens had [...]
The Rainy Church
For the two weeks we were in Europe, it only rained hard one day. Even then, most of that time we were returning from [...]
Paris from Above
Like many older cities, Paris has its historical part of downtown and the more modern sections. This view of downtown Paris is from the [...]
The Lion Guards at Versailles
Gardes are two warlike lions in white lace napkins by Franco-Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos, the first woman to exhibit in the garden rooms of Versailles.
Honfleur, France
Leaving the Normandy countryside in northwestern France, our tour group stopped at a small fishing town on the Seine called Honfleur, close to the [...]
The Palais Garnier
The Paris Opera House, or The Palais Garnier, is an elegant 1,979-seat opera house. Built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera, it is sometimes referred to [...]
Les Invalides
Les Invalides officially known as L’Hôtel national des Invalides (The National Residence of the Invalids), is a complex of buildings containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history [...]
The Horses of the Grand Palais
Europe seems to be a continent of statues and monuments and Paris is no exception. Atop the two corner entrances to the Grand Palais [...]