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Paris
After visiting the Moss family in Worthing and hearing more about their/our heritage, St Helena and Napoleon, Darren and I decided to go to Paris for a long weekend. I was really keen to see where Napoleon was buried at Les Invalides.
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| King's Cross St Pancras Station, London |
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| King's Cross St Pancras Station, London |
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| Kings Cross St Pancras Station, London |
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| A very meaningful statue at King's Cross St Pancras Station |
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London to Paris on Eurostar
Train travels up to 300 kmph
only 160 kmph through 50 kms tunnel in English Channel
The tunnel was opened in 1994 by Queen Elizabeth.
The trip takes 2 hours 15 minutes. |
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| Heading to Paris via the Euro Tunnel |
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| London to Paris via Euro Tunnel |
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| La Defense Underground Station, Paris |
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| Darren looking for our unit in Suresnes, Paris |
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| Our Paris unit |
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| Market at Surenes |
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| Surenes Market |
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Campse elysees, most famous avenue in the world
almost 2 kms long from the Arc de Triomphe
to Concorde Monuement |
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| Eiffel Tower, constructed 1889 and 324 metres high |
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| We were actually there |
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| Eiffel Tower and River Seine |
The Liberty Flame is an exact replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame in New York. It was given to the French people in 1987 to remember the French American Amity. The flame is above the tunnel entrance where Princess Diana died on 31 August 1997. An unofficial memorial for Princess Diana - quite disappointing.
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| Flame above tunnel where Princess Diana died |
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| Memorial to Princess Diana |
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| Eiffel Tower from our afternoon tea location |
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| Les Helles underground station. Paris had an excellent underground rail system and was always clean. |
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| Underground train in Paris |
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| Cafe Palais Royal near Le Louvre |
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| River Seine, Paris |
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| River Seine, Paris |
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| Darren contemplating |
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| Police outside Paris Court |
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Notre Dame in Paris
Napoleon (and Josephine) were crowned here on 2 December 1804 |
Chateau de Versailes
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Chateau de Versailles is 20 km southwest of Paris
Built by Louis XIII in 1623 but had many extensions
It was a "showcase" of France |
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| Chateau de Versailles was closed! |
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Darren and Joy at Chateau de Versailles
Beautiful Gardens and fountain at the rear of the Palace |
Sacre-Coeur
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Sacre-Coeur (Roman Catholic)
on about the only bit of high ground in Paris
Constructed 1875-1914 |
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Interior Sacre-Coeur
Beautiful paintings adorn the domes and lots of gold |
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| Interior Sacre-Coeur |
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| Interior Sacre-Coeur |
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| Sacre-Coeur |
Montmarte
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| We enjoyed a Nutella and banana crepe in Montmarte - yummy |
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Art work in Montmarte
where lots of artists are actually painting and selling their art |
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| Art work in Montmarte |
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| Artwork at Montmarte |
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| Sacre-Coeur overlooks Montmarte |
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Gare du Nord
Paris main railway station |
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| A great 3 days in Paris |
Our quick visit to Paris was well worth while. Our interest was mainly in following things and places connected with Napoleon as our heritage goes back to the Moss family, St Helena and Napoleon.
I suggest you take a look at http://olneyfamilyarchives.blogspot.com.au and go to the last 3 Posts "Doris Moss, Napoleon & St Helena", "Doris Moss, Convicts and Norfolk Island" and "Doris Moss and her extended family".
Also http://solomonmossfamilyarchives.blogspot.com.au and go to the last 2 Posts "Napoleon's Picnic at The Briars 200 years later" and "Our Tribute to Napoleon - 200 years later".
You can contact the author of this Blog, Joy Olney, at joyolney@gmail.com
