ORLEANS, LOUVRE,& REIMS, FRANCE.
A week in France
10.08.2020
A great week in France. -- I made my way first to Orleans, for two night stay at the Ibis Hotel. Orleans as a statue of Joan of Arc the French heroine she was a shepardess, died at the Stake aged 19.---Moving on the journey by train to Paris Austerlitz took just over an hour,for a two nights stay in Paris., to visit the Louvre Museum.. The Louvre is closed on Tuesdays , and in the past
that seems to have been the day i was in Paris. So made sure this time it was not a Tuesday. I"m not really an art person,
but i enjoyed my over 3 hour visit. The Louvre is in Rue de Rivoli, on the right bank of the river Seine. In 2013 buying a ticket was just walk up .
I notice in these troubled times of 2020, booking is on line for a Time Slot and a Face Mask/Covering must be worn.----I moved on to Reims [Rheims in English } for a two nights stay. Around here is Champagne country. Reims as Roman history, with the widest Roman Triumphal Arch in the Roman World of 32m long. and 13m high. --- A train journey from Orleans via Paris to Reims takes just under 3 hours.
ORLEANS, FRANCE..-- Town Hall.
ORLEANS FRANCE.-- Cathedral. --RC.
ORLEANS, FRANCE -- Cathedral. Started to build in 1601, finished 1829.
ORLEANS FRANCE. --Cathedral. -- Seat of a Bishop.
ORLEANS, FRANCE. Cathedral.
ORLEANS, FRANCE. Joan of Arc on horse back.
ORLEANS, FRANCE. Statue of Joan of Arc. "The Maid of Orleans ".
ORLEANS, FRANCE.--No snails for me thanks.
ORLEANS, FRANCE. - River Loire., longest river in France.
ORLEANS, FRANCE. -- Nice walk by the river Loire.
ORLEANS, FRANCE.
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ORLEANS, FRANCE. Modern trams.
ORLEANS, FRANCE, Rail station. Trains to Paris Austerlitz, just over one hour.
ORLEANS, FRANCE..Ibis.Hotel. i stayed here two nights. --Opposite rail station.
PARIS, FRANCE. Bar of Pinte de Nord. This Hotel is near Paris Nord rail station. I"ve stayed here many times.
PARIS , FRANCE. River Seine in flood. 2013.
PARIS, FRANCE. -- Entrance to Louvre Museum.
PARIS FRANCE, -- Inside the Glass Pyramid of Louvre Museum.
PARIS, FRANCE. Louvre museum.
PARIS, FRANCE,. Louvre museum , underground.
PARIS, FRANCE, -- Louvre Museum.
PARIS , FRANCE .. Louvre museum.
PARIS, FRANCE, Louvre Museum. -- Mona Lisa by Leonardo de Vinci.
PARIS, FRANCE -- Louvre Museum.
PARIS, FRANCE --Louvre museum.
PARIS, FRANCE.. -- Louvre Museum.
PARIS EST STATION.. Picture of French troops boarding train in WW1.
REIMS FRANCE. -- Rail station.
REIMS, FRANCE. -- Porte Mars Roman Arch. 32m long.
REIMS, FRANCE.
REIMS, FRANCE. -- Roman remains.
REIMS, FRANCE.
REIMS, FRANCE. -- Roman site.
REIMS, FRANCE..At the rear of cathedral.. Nice meal and beer.
REIMS, FRANCE. Inside cathedral.
REIMS, FRANCE. Cathedral.
REIMS, FRANCE -- Cathedral nave.
REIMS, FRANCE...Cathedral.
REIMS, FRANCE, Rear of cathedral.
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REIMS, FRANCE. --Cathedral.
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