Started today at the Place du Concorde, and then Tullerie Gardens. From there to the Musee L’Orangerie, mostly Monet’s Waterlillies, and other impressionist art. From there to The Pompidieu Center for Modern Art, an inside out building ( Chagall, Picasso,…
Started our day at the Luxembourg gardens and the Pantheon. Then headed to the Marais District for a stroll , lunch, and the Jewish History Museum. Got tickets for the Paris Opera House for a ballet, but alas, no phantom.…
Can we attribute that to Rodin? Whirlwind day including Arc de Triomphe, sorbet down the Champs Elysee, Grand Palais, Petit Palais, Des Invalides, Rodin Musee, Montmartre and Sacre Cour, The Eiffel Tower (and yes, Cheryl went to the top), fantastic…
Yesterday on arrival we toured Isle de la Cite and Isle St. Louis. We then joined the May Day demonstrations at The Bastille. A quick forray into The Marais, and then a very funny live show followed by late dinner.…
If anyone is still following we thought we’d post this. We came home to hurricane preparations for both the house and Enchante’. Got all of the sails and canvas off the boat and then moved it to a safe harbor…
This morning we awoke to more certainty about hurricane Irene setting her sites on New England. The four of us decided that the prudent thing to do was to get home and make preparations. We opted to skip the ports…
Another sunny day with smooth seas for our transit to Cuttyhunk, the westernmost of the Elizabeth Islands. Cheryl and and I kayaked around the harbor then we all walked up Cuttyhunk Hill for cocktails and to watch the sunset. A…
For those of you who live in the northeast you had to know that a very strong cold front passed through last night. Although we were spared any thunder and lightning and hardly had any rain, the winds were quite…
You’re a wild, wonderful town. It’s been a blast but time to head south tomorrow if the weather clears as it’s supposed to.
Today after a leisurely breakfast we took our dinghys to Long Point Beach. This is he furthest point out on the cape and as you can see, not very crowded. There is a memorial near the light house to a…