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Monday, March 19, 2012
Wishful Thinking
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Alas, another trip to Paris and I've still not managed to get INSIDE the exquisite Opéra Garnier. It seems I'm destined to spend my time on the outside looking in!
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- Virginia
- Birmingham, AL, United States
- I am a former elementary school teacher, a full-time photographer, lover of all things French ( whose French is slowly improving), obsessive Paris traveler, enthusiastic church and community volunteer, and grandmother to 5 delightful grandchildren.
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I fell in love with Paris in March 2007. It was as the French say, le coup de foudre : love at first sight. As a result of that trip, my photography took another direction. Since that time I have pursued a career of sorts in photography and dreamed of returning to the City of Light. November 2008 found me strolling the streets of Paris once again. My first visit I was so overwhelmed with the incredible beauty of the city, I photographed it as a "tourist". In 2008 I returned and I looked at the city with more of a photographer's eye. I wanted to capture the unique, the small details, and oh yes - the people! This blog was started as a photo diary of that trip, but I have been most fortunate to return to the city j'adore 15 times since. Each time I leave, I wipe a tear and start planning my list for the next trip. Paris may well be a moveable feast, but I think it's best savored in person! Someone told me that once you have been to Paris, you will leave a piece of your heart. I left mine right there, but I brought home some wonderful memories. It is my pleasure to share them with you.
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27 comments:
It's good to keep dreaming about doing a few special things, so you have something to look forward to for a future trip. L'Opéra Garnier would be a good place to keep fantasizing about... Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)
The inside is exquisite and I have stood in this very room. We will put it on the list as I would truly enjoy a chance to photograph the ceiling in the performance hall again... amazing.
This is a great introduction to the opera for those of us who have not been this close. Merci!
Everybody has his or her dreams, but what would life be without deams.
again a very nice shot Virginia......i like your Paris photo's very much.
Greetings and a nice monday,
Joop
Une fenêtre hors du commun! Vraiment, vous avez l'oeil!Merci pour le partage! ;)
bisous
Léia
You ABSOLUTELY have to go inside one day! It´s sooooo beautiful!
Is their stage door at the back you can sneak through?
I guess that your next stay has to last! Your famous "list" gets longer and longer, despite all you have already captured! Now, I feel that your outside photo is already well representing, imagining, the beauty of the place! :-)
Virginia, l I also have this on my list ... Peut-être we can go together and enjoy this beautiful place! In the meantime I will enjoy this wistful capture!
I'd kill to photograph that chandelier. How gorgeous!
Next time ...
I agree...You must see it. The ballroom, staircases,red velvet boxes and oh that ceiling!
Everything is GRAND about this building. The foyer, the stairs, le plafond by Chagall.
There's newly open super modern restaurant built in the gallery on the NE side with curved glass facade. Fantastic design without damaging an inch of a monumental building.
Worth looking forward.
http://jewelyettofind.blogspot.ca
Natalie.
Natalie, oh just you wait. I have photos ( from outside of course) of that beautiful new resto!
Peter, yes, the list goes on and on and on. Now I've add the little cafe at the Madeleine that you feature on your blog today!
Geni, I even resorted to shooting the gift shop through the glass!
It is absolutely fabulous!!! I went there on my 30th birthday to the ballet with two other solitary travelers I met at the youth hostel I was staying at...dinner later on the left bank...walking over to the left bank, we found ourselves on a street where there were women in every door...paying a lot more attention to the guy in our small group...turns out we were walking through the red light district!!!
Grisaille à l'extérieur, or et lumières à l'intérieur, c'est magique.
Think that it gives you the hope to visit something new during your next trip!
I've been inside to the gift shop but not on a tour --- After seeing this photo and reading the comments, I'm adding it to my list as well.
Join the club. I've only taken a peek inside. It's still on my list though.
Don't feel bad, ma chère—hardly anyone gets inside! (But I sure do love your picture.)
Virginia here is something for us both to look forward to. Glorious!
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Well the outside is pretty outstanding at least!!
Vous avez réussi à saisir une magnifique photo, bravo !
Gros bisous
A devine shot Virgina...it's very enticing! Warm, elegant,luxurious....I wonder if it will be like this?
Moi, I've only been inside but not to a show! Maybe this summer when my family and I visit our friends in Paris!
Bonne journee, V de B!
Keep trying...it took us several attempts to finally tour the inside one day when the ballet was not practicing! Well worth the effort. I so enjoy your blog and thank you for the music site that I am also now using in my blog. Our first adventure to Paris was 1992 and like you, I fell in love and continue to return often...we arrive again on April 3rd and have 3 glorious weeks to enjoy Paris!! Thanks for your efforts.
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