Paris in the fall

<TITLE> Paris in the fall </TITLE>
<THEME> TravelParis
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The next day was our last full day in Paris and we began by recording the spiral staircase in the hotel
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and then the elevator
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before we went for a walk in the rain past the animal statues in the pet store part of Rue de Rivoli
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and then we passed up an opportunity to Eat Fresh at Subway
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and had coffee
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which excited Suzanne
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and made my finger stick on the camera key
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at the Cafe Comptoir
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before continuing on to the Pompidou Center
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and on to the whimsical figures in the Stravinsky Plaza fountain
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which used up one battery
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but there were pictures still to be taken on the new battery
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and then we were on to the Hotel de Ville
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about which it was written
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and beyond the fountains
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you can focus in on the watch words of the revolution.
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Next we walked through the Jewish area of the Marais which didn't work well because the Kosher places were closed on Shabat so we missed the fallafel stand
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though the boulangerie
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and Florence Finkelstein were opened
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so that we could buy this latke
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and then walk past this store front with the artwork of Niger
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and after the Acmai de Chevaux
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we went to the metro at Hotel de Ville
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and rode on to Chatelet
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so that we could make our way through the rain to meet Arlene and Michael for lunch
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though they looked better once we dried off
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as did Suzanne
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and I
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as we studied the menu at Fish la Boissonerie
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with this friendly waitress
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who brought us our bread
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and wine
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and my salad
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and the other foods
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before the waitress took this group picture
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before I recorded the art on their walls
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and we made our way to the metro
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for the journey to the cemetrie
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where I recorded the locations of the famous buried there.
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We began by exploring with no real agenda to understand the scope of the place which ws vast
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until Arlene asked these people for one of their maps which was forthcoming
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and then we headed off
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and found the grave of Jim Morrison
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where crowds were
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and even in a different view
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we saw the crowds
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before we headed to a number of touching Holocaust memorials
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and Spanish Civil War brigades
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with beautiful flowers
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as we passed through more Holocaust memorials
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before we happened on the grave of Gertrude Stein
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and a memorial to those killed in a plane crash
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before we found our way to the grave of Oscar Wilde
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and that of Georges Bizet
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After a short rest, we headed to the Bistro Allard
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where these were the salads
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the breads
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some main courses
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Nancy and Bert our dinner companions
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the other main courses
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and our desserts
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