“You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me
and I belong to this notebook and this pencil.”—
Turning 50 in Paris was the trip of a lifetime, especially because I was fortunate enough to travel there with my boyfriend Jed for the first time.
Scroll down to see my latest adventures. And for more pictures of France, including Alsace and the charming towns along the Route de Vin, click here.
Enjoy!
DLG
Flying to Paris
Our apartment on rue Galande was just a stone’s throw away from Notre Dame cathedral
Charming medieval buildings at the corner of rue Galande
Our little apartment on rue Galande
Our little apartment on rue Galande
The view from our apartment window
Our little apartment on rue Galande
Boarding Le Calife for a Bastille Day dinner cruise
Onboard Le Calife
Onboard Le Calife
Dinner menu onboard Le Calife
A delicious seven course dinner
Le Calife sails past Notre Dame cathedral
My beau and I by the Eiffel Tower
Toasting the perfect summer’s night
The Eiffel Tower at night
Let the fireworks begin!!
Bastille Day fireworks
Watching the World Cup at a cafe in the Latin Quarter
A couple celebrate France’s victory in the 2018 World Cup
Celebrating France’s victory in the 2018 World Cup
The crowd in Place St-Michel following the World Cup
The crowd in Place St-Michel following the World Cup
The crowd celebrates a French victory in the World Cup
Celebrating a French victory in the World Cup
A clown conducts the crowd in cheers
The view from our apartment window
Hello, fifty!
Café de Flore
Chien à chapeau
Pantheon
Flowers for my birthday
Luxembourg Gardens
Luxembourg Gardens
Dressing for my birthday dinner
Breakfast at Carette, near the Eiffel Tower
Romance in Paris
Romance in Paris!
Romance in Paris
Notre Dame cathedral
View from Notre Dame cathedral
View from Notre Dame cathedral
Getting tipsy in Montmartre
Having my portrait drawn in Place du Tertre
Petit France, Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Les Ponts Couverts in Strasbourg
Approaching Riquewihr
Alsatian vineyard
Riquewihr
Hunawihr
Hunawihr
Vines along the Route du Vin
Wine in Ribeauville
Ribeauvillé
Ribeauvillé antiques
Alsatian festival in Bergheim
Traditional costume
Alsatian festival in Bergheim
Tanner’s District, Colmar
La Petite Venise in Colmar
Colmar
Musée Unterlinden
Pretezels in Colmar
Café liégeois in Strasbourg
Alsatian casserole called Baeckeoffe
Folk dancers in Place Gutenberg
Folk dancers in Place Gutenberg
Strasbourg cathedral
Strasbourg cathedral
Strasbourg cathedral
Strasbourg cathedral
Strasbourg cathedral
Strasbourg cathedral
Strasbourg cathedral
Alsatian salad, Strasbourg
Afternoon tea at Au Fond du Jardin, Strasbourg
Alsatian Museum in Strasbourg
Ex-votos at the Alsatian Museum
Alsatian Museum in Strasbourg
Les Pont Couverts, Strasbourg
Ribeauvillé
Ribeauvillé wine festival
Ribeauvillé
Hiking in Ribeauvillé
Ribeauvillé
Ribeauvillé
Picnic in Ribeauvillé
Ribeauvillé
Ruins of Giersberg castle, Ribeauvillé
Ruins of Saint-Urlich castle, Ribeauvillé
Ribeauvillé
Ruins of Saint-Urlich castle, Ribeauvillé
Ribeauvillé
Saint-Hippolyte
Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg
Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg
Strasbourg
Civic Museum, Strasbourg
Civic Museum, Strasbourg
Dollhouse at the Alsatian museum in Strasbourg
Civic Museum, Strasbourg
Les Ponts Couverts
Cave historique des hospices de Strasbourg
Alsatian salad in Strasbourg
Hôtel Caron de Beaumarchais
Our charming room at Hôtel Caron de Beaumarchais
Hôtel Caron de Beaumarchais
Paris
Musée de Cluny
Musée de Cluny
Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Hôtel Caron de Beaumarchais
Picasso museum, Paris
L’As du Fallafel
Centre Pompidou
Centre Pompidou terrace
Paris rooftops
Musée d’Orsay
Musée d’Orsay
Charcuterie from Les Épiciers
The Marais
Place des Vosges
Village St. Paul, Paris
Tuileries Garden
Angelina’s Tea Rooms, Paris
Grande Roue
View from the Grande Roue
Rue de Rivoli, Paris
Picnic on the Seine
Picnic on the Seine
Notre Dame at night
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