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° Paul and Jean-Philippe having a blast in the city of
Chartres.
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° Paul and I met in a French Lit class on Marcel Proust's chef-d'oeuvre...
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° ...therefore, it was a must to journey to his (Proust) family house, at some point and time!
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° during our vacation throughout France, we visited Marie-Antoinette's little fantasy house in courtyards of Versailles...
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° and of course,
Versailles rimes with Louis the XIVth. it was grandiose!
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° JP and Sheena are the perfect description of the
American tourists...sigh!
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° at the
Palais du Louvre, JP is surrounded with...
art ;-)
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° our first July 14th in Paris for the
Fete Nationale!
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