The beautiful arch near the Louvre Museum.  Our great "Tim Hotel" was located directly across the street from the Louvre!  The location could not have been better.

We visited Sacre Couer a couple times.  We had good times exploring the quaint neighborhoods of the mount.

We sampled some of the fresh produce available in some of the ethnic neighborhoods of Paris.  This one was located at the base of Sacre Couer.

Cokie and Som posing as chess peices somewhere in Paris.

Some places like the Eiffel Tower and the Arc du Triomphe need no introduction.  Som was thrilled with the FOUR hour wait in line to travel to the top of the Eiffel Tower...

Notre Dame is no longer a spectacular tourist destination for me.  When we learned of Victor's death, we meditated and prayed in the temple for some time in remembrance of our dear friend.  I cannot think of a more special place to say goodbye to our mate.  We later had a buddhist ceremony in Datsan, Russia, at Russia's most sacred Buddhist site.

When I saw this bell, I visualized Quasimodo ringing the same bell so long ago.  The Hunchback of Notre Dame was my first introduction to the wonderous city of Paris.

The Paris Catacombes are an amazing place!  So many dead people in one place!

The highpoint of the Paris stay for me was the Museum of Natural History.  This was my only sample of nature while there (unless you count the sewer rats we saw the day before...).  Here is Cokie posing next to "Coke's Hartebeest".  While in the massive museum complex, we pleaded our way in to the main insect collection in the Department of Entomology.  We had a private tour of some of the most valuable collections anywhere. Paris is home to the world's largest bug collection!  Now I have seen the top five: Paris, London, the Smithsonian, Chicago, New York, Harvard, the Bishop, California Academy, Los Angeles....

Cokie with the "shy face" statue.

While we did sample some outstanding French food, we found that Sushi was actually the bargain food in Paris.  We ate sushi every night for dinner except for one when we had some great French Country Cooking!  I think I had goose.

Cokie posing with some friends at the Louvre.

It took awhile but we finally found the Salvador Dali museum in the backstreets of Sacre Couer.  I love this artist.

Every night we enjoyed spectacular Paris sunsets. And after sunset we always went to the "Party Bridge" (directly across from Pont Nuef).  We really enjoyed the summer nights along that lively bridge.

I will never forget watching The Davinci Code and hearing the detective claim that this pyramid was a "scar on the face of Paris".  I actually think it is beautiful.

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