Charles deGaulle Airport is crisscrossed by
these moving walkway "travel tubes"
with a splashing fountain underneath.

We had a view of the Eiffel Tower
from our hotel room!
(Three goldstars if you can spot it.)

Here's the Notre Dame and two hunchbacks.
(Flying Economy will do that to you.)

One of Notre Dame's famous rose windows.

Vicky Jo is IN SEINE (get it ?). 
"An American in Paris" was filmed down there,
and something about the place does make you
want to dance.

Le Penseur --
Robin could have modeled this for Rodin.

The fantastic Palace of Versailles!
This estate is so huge we coined a new phrase --
Versailles feet!  (Ow! Ow! Ow!)

Louis XVI titled himself "The Sun God."
He was kinda partial to gold I guess.

Once you get a gander at the
famous "Hall of Mirrors," it's easy to understand why they beheaded him.

This is where Marie Antoinette liked
to hang out -- pretending to be a shepherdess with perfumed sheep.

Robin cleverly posted a sign on our car:
"Le touriste Australien.
S'il vous plaît soyez gentil à moi!" --
which we hope translates to 
"Please don't hit me;
I'm a dumb Australian tourist."

On our drive through the countryside, fields of mustard flowers were in bloom, and the color was fluorescent!

A stop in Reims to see the cathedral where
Joan d'Arc declared Charles VII King of France.

It's twice as good as Notre Dame --
it features TWO rosy windows!

In the attached museum they show wonderful things -- including enormous tapestries and statuary that used to be mounted on the cathedral.

 They also display the raiment for
crowning kings of France.
(This is the place where it
was traditionally done.)

Next stop:  Nancy.
The Art Nouveau capital of France.
This is one of their signature streetlamps.
(Did I mention VJ has a sister named Nancy?)

A typical Art Nouveau building.
(I confess we didn't get there early enough to see the museum nor take the whole walking tour, sigh.)

Back to Paris, and a jaunt through Montmartre, where all the bohemians and artists used to dwell.
(Now it's just a tourist trap.)

We found the Cabaret Lapin Agile, of Picasso and Steve Martin fame.

The basilica of Sacre Coeur.
(Singing nuns inside, accompanied by a dulcimer.)

Perhaps you're familiar with this poster?

Uh oh.  Our car's heading for the Arc d'Triomphe.

Car insurance contracts specify that drivers aren't covered if they drive on the
Place Charles-de-Gaulle, where
12 boulevards converge to circumnavigate
the Arc d'Triomphe.
(Can you tell how white Robin's knuckles are as we go 'round?)

French crepes at a picturesque outdoor cafe.
(Can you spot the saucy bird on our table?)

We can't visit Paris without a pilgrimage
to where we got engaged.
(Those white lights on the Eiffel danced on and off so the tower resembled a giant sparkler -- beautiful!)