| Japanese June 19, 2006 - July 11, 2006: Trip to Europe |
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July 2, I took breakfast in the beautiful restaurant. The decoration was of World Soccer Game style. |
| City plan map of the Defense district. | ![]() |
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Many shining buildings surrounded me. |
| Grande Arche de la Defense. It was quite huge. | ![]() |
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The hotel entrance. |
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| Spacious lobby. | |
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The first Sunday was a good day because all the museums in Paris were free to enter. We followed at the end of the long line. |
| I was very glad that I was actually here Le Musse du
Louvre. The Winged Victory of Samothrace. |
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Aphrodite,known as Venus de Milo. |
| Beautiful furniture. | ![]() |
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Winged Bull,palace of Sargon 2. |
| Seated Scribe | ![]() |
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| You can touch this famous stone monument. | |
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Ancient Oriental reliefs fascinated me. |
| I could look through the world-famous museum today. I smiled back to La Gioconda in the end. | ![]() |
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We headed back home in Bruxelles. I could barely catch the sign of France-Belgium border. |
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| La Brutte du Lion stands high on the top of the artificial hiss in Waterloo battle field. | |
| We arrived home in the sunset at ten. I was very happy today because I could visit my long cherished Paris together with my son and his wife. | ![]() |
| back | to be continued |
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