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This was the second time since we’ve been in France when it didn’t really feel like we were in Paris. I felt like I was in Orlando.

This is a modern art museum. Art is subjective. You decide.

We hit another Paris park we had never been to. I heard there was some urban art in the form of a half buried bicycle, but didn’t realize until we arrived that it wasn’t a normal bike. The park also contains the science museum and an enormous geode.

If you want a good view of the Eiffel Tower and all of Paris, go to the 59th floor of the Montparnasse tower. No line! No crowds! So different from Eiffel.

You can find art all over Paris, and I don’t mean in museums. I found art on a boat in the Seine in central Paris; and they also have a bar.

In seemingly random places around Paris you can find public toilets. They are clean and well stocked with supplies. And while I appreciate their (limited) availability, I think I spend an average of 30 minutes per day trying to find a toilet.

I have been doing a deep dive on the life of Marie Antoinette. The National Archives is a grand building, was the former Paris home of an old aristocratic French family. Average people don’t get to wander around the priceless documents and artifacts, but they had one on display of interest to me. It is…

She isn’t finished with her repairs but she is beautiful and mighty.

The Family Plan was a movie that came out about 2 years ago, starring Mark Wahlberg. I have not seen it, yet. Apparently they are filming a sequel, right now, in Paris – and one of the action scenes was filmed right under our apartment window. We didn’t know the name of the movie at…

Why would you build on a rocky island? And how? The result is breathtaking!