I was lucky to be able to spend Christmas and New Years in France with friends in two years ago.  The first week in Paris was sublime – running along The Seine in the morning, a coffee and a croissant while the city began to hum, so many museums, and The Marais.  The second week was an adventure – traveling from Alsace through the Loire Valley and up through Normandy.

Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris,

Une Patisserie, Paris

Palais Garnier, The Paris Opera House

Musée des Arts Forains

Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature

Musee de l’Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris

Arc de Triomphe, Paris

St. Martin’s Church in Colmar, France

view from the roof of St. Martin’s Church, Colmar

Chenonceau, Loire Valley, France

Chenonceau, Loire Valley, France

Chenonceau, Loire Valley, France

Loire Valley, France

Becherel, Brittany, France

Château du Quengo, Brittany, France

Bayeux Cathedral, Normandy, France

Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France

L’Objet Qui Parle, Montmarte, Paris

L’Objet Qui Parle, Montmartre, Paris

Street art in Montmartre, Paris

View from Sacré-Cœur Basilica, Paris