Together!

What a wonderful dinner and dessert! We cannot believe that we have been together for 30 years!

It was a wonderful evening, so apres le diner, we walked back to our apartment together. Paul and Aubrey are walking back home!

More anniversary photos

We celebrated our anniversary by eating a delicious seafood platter filled with oysters, mussels, shrimp, escargot and of course, champagne!

celebrating thirty years together

We were all together in Paris to celebrate our 30th anniversary! We were thrilled that our kids came out to visit especially for this special time in our lives. Paul and Aubrey came in from Virginia and Jon came from New York. We had a delicious meal at Marty's Restaurant in Les Goebelins.

Paul and Aubrey

Paul and Aubrey in front of the Cathedrale of Notre Dame!

We had a great time seeing Paris through their eyes!

Paul - walking along the Seine

Paul is walking along the Seine River on his way toward Notre Dame.

This is a beautiful area. There are vendors selling their wares all along this part of the river.

Band Playing at the Fount on St. Michel

A crowd was gathering around the Fountain at St. Michel.

We walked over and saw a band of players....wearing funny clown noses...playing music and dancing.

How fun is that!!

What a way to spend a Sunday afternoon!!!

Paul and Aubrey at Fountain at St. Michel

We also visited the Fountain at St. Michel.

Enjoy it's beauty! People often use the fountain as a meeting place.

Sunday afternoon, there was a crowd gathered to watch a band play...

Paul and Aubrey - Cathedrale du Notre Dame

Here is the square of the beautiful Cathedrale du Notre Dame. Paul, Aubrey, Howard and I visited the Cathedrale together.

On this particular Sunday (dimache) afternoon, there was a large group of people waiting to enter the Cathedrale doors and listen to an organ concert. We were four of the lucky ones who actually were able to find seats!

Parliment Square

Parliment Square is a small park that has several statues of famous Britans. Jon and I took photos standing near Winston Churchill's statue.

Statue opposite Buckingham Palace.

More London Sites

Here's Jon in Parliment Square. Parliment was not in session. The only people allowed inside parliment were those who had official passes.

Westminster Abbey is big and beautiful! Enjoy the views of this wonderful place!

Sights around London

Statute of Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni. The story goes...together with her daughters, she lead her people against Roman invaders. My kind of woman!

What a beautiful day to see the London-Eye Ferris. The "eye" was built in 2000 to celebrate the millennium.

Big Ben looks like a clock, but it is actually the bell that tolls on the hour! How interesting!

London Theatre

I love London Theatre! It is very exciting. This visit, we saw Monty Python's Spamalot. The play is witty! We laughed through the whole play.

I have seen a couple of plays in London and at the end of every production, after the last curtain call, the cast and the audience sing together or the cast sings and dances around the stage. Each time it has been an enjoyable experience.

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square is big and beautiful. People sit on the steps of the square and enjoy the scenary...or some people train their birds in the square! It was fun to watch this bird trainer as his bird flew away, landed on a tall building, and flew back when he whisteled for the bird. What an art!

London

Jon standing in front of the National Portrait Gallery. I met Jon's plane in London. Then, we toured some of London. What fun!

Derrick and Annie

Our friends, Derrick and Annie Kondo live near this beautiful park in the 14 arrondisement. Derrick and Howard work at the same company. Annie introduced me to several sites around Paris. They are a lovely couple and wonderful friends!

Park in the 14th arrondisement

There is a lovely park near our friends home. Imagine walking through this park every day on your way to work!

Fireworks - La Defense

More photos from the firework display at La Defense in the Grand Arch!

Le Grand Arch - Le grande rentree

Paris celebrated the end of "le rentree" (the return) to school and work with a firework celebration at Le Grand Arch. The firework display was set to music...how beautiful is that! Howard and I went with our friends Phil (short for Philemona) and John.
Enjoy!

Notre Dame and the picturesque Seine River

There is much history to be seen in the magnificant Notre-Dame! Both the exterior and the interior of the building itself are beautifully built.

Howard took this picture of the Seine River while standig on the side of Notre-Dame. There are many cafes, shops, vendors and restaurants along this area. It is a lovely area to walk around in and to gaze at the beauty of Paris!

Musee D'Orsay

The Orsay Museusm

this Museusm used to be a former train station, now it houses magnificant paintings! We loved especially loved the Impressionists. The paintings made us feel just like we were a part of that scene. Paintings were rich with bold and bright colors....

even in the evening, on the batobus, the Orsay is a beautiful sight to see...