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Post by htmb on Jul 20, 2015 8:36:13 GMT
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Post by htmb on Jul 20, 2015 8:45:25 GMT
Looking back up at the pet cemetery we could see this fellow high up in a tree. And across the way in Paris it appeared there was lots of new construction.
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Post by htmb on Jul 20, 2015 9:08:58 GMT
Next followed a most interesting walk and then a long ride on the T1 Tramway. I wish I could have photographed the sights and sounds, but I was too wrapped up in enjoying seeing the people we encountered. It would have been hard to take pics anyway without irritating a few, I'm sure. At one point I did manage to snap three photos out the window of the tram. I must go back for another ride. Though surely not what the "typical tourist" would be interested in seeing, there are so many fascinating areas to explore along the T1, as Kerouac has so adeptly shown in his detailed thread. Last Friday I began the long, exhausting process of getting back home. Though my plane from Paris was brand new and my "cheap" seat quite comfortable, I was unable to sleep during the flight. Even so, as I dragged my sorry self on to the next Altanta Hartsfield gate to catch my little regional plane into Gainesville, I was met with this stunning sight. And now I'm home once again.
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Post by bjd on Jul 20, 2015 10:40:24 GMT
You had an evening flight into N America?
My westbound flights are always in the morning (noon about the latest) so I never feel like sleeping on the plane. The way back to Europe is another story, of course.
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Post by htmb on Jul 20, 2015 11:00:36 GMT
Leaving so late was a bit bizarre. I've booked an early afternoon (13:30) flight back the last few years, but this year my reservation was changed to 16:30. As it was, we didn't leave until almost an hour later, but the pilot made up the lost time. I usually try to get a little sleep on the way back just to make the time pass more quickly. Plus, I'd been up since dawn and didn't sleep well the night before. The poor young woman next to me had traveled from another airport in Europe, slept at CDG, and still had a nine hour flight to Chile ahead of her after leaving Atlanta.
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Post by tod2 on Jul 20, 2015 13:44:52 GMT
I've been away from Anyport since last week so am catching up on all the threads today! Lovely to see all your photos Htmb and show some of the places like the Opera Garnier which I have still to see. Did you three do a 'freelance' tour or book a conducted one?
I was fascinated by the little Pet Cemetery - It is hard to explain the emotional attachment many humans have with their pets isn't it?. I have found that a lot of people who do not have children transfer all their love and attention onto their pets in a very human way. I was like this when we kept a budgie and a parakeet in the early years of marriage. I found my little 'Per-Peri' , a lovely green budgie, lying on his back one morning. I cried my eyes out as I held the apple of my eye in my hands. Three more white fluffy Maltese poodles claimed my affection over the next 17 years and after they departed this earth I said "No more pets!"....so what happens - my son's girlfiend moves house and we adopt her cat, Sebastian for the next 14 years!! They are not in a Pet Cemetery but in my front garden under the roses and plumbago.
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Post by htmb on Jul 20, 2015 13:50:08 GMT
Thank you, Tod! Bixa is currently posting her Palais Garnier photos in the postcard section and you will definitely wish to go inside once you see her brilliant report.
Good pets can enrich our lives in so many ways. I've certainly been attached to a few myself.
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Post by htmb on Jul 29, 2015 19:09:24 GMT
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Post by nycgirl on Aug 3, 2015 17:33:47 GMT
Well, you certainly made the most of your time. What a trip! And what a beautiful sunset that greeted you when you came back.
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