Today is the end of the Tour de France. I've loved watching their trek through the French countryside. Today, I wait with anticipation, as they zoom around Paris, and I catch glimpses of places I know and love.
Me too. My mornings have been spent enthralled by the French countryside and wishing I was there. I dread the end, but there's always next year. Even last night, I was telling my husband, if we left now, we could get to Paris for the finish.
Wasn't the finale one of the most amazing things you've ever seen? I was just thrilled and excited! I rushed home from the lake afraid I'd miss it -- but made it home. Sigh...
We flew to Boston this day where I thought I would be able to watch the finale on the TV in the apartment. I was wrong. The TV service there didn't carry that channel. So I missed the end of La Tour!!
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.
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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Me too. My mornings have been spent enthralled by the French countryside and wishing I was there. I dread the end, but there's always next year. Even last night, I was telling my husband, if we left now, we could get to Paris for the finish.
such a cool repetition !
Love the shot! We have been watching all afternoon till the finale - it was great.
Wasn't the finale one of the most amazing things you've ever seen? I was just thrilled and excited! I rushed home from the lake afraid I'd miss it -- but made it home. Sigh...
Nice photo!
We flew to Boston this day where I thought I would be able to watch the finale on the TV in the apartment. I was wrong. The TV service there didn't carry that channel. So I missed the end of La Tour!!
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