LITTLE PIECES OF PARIS

By:

Gypsy Rhapsody

 

PARIS...  We hurt for her.  We cry for her.  We stay strong for her.  We pray for her.

Vannie, Dave, Jan and Chester traveled to "the city of lights" in April.  I wrote about their adventures...and tried to be happy for them...even though I didn't get to go.

While they were there, every afternoon after touring, they would return to their apartment on the Boulevard Beaumarchais and talk about their day...and Vannie and Jan would paint.  Just little small paintings using watercolor pencils.  As a statement of showing our support for Paris, I'd like to share Vannie's "little pieces of Paris"
 during their magical visit.

 

Solidaire avec Paris

(united with Paris)

 

Eiffel Tower

 

(in the style of Marc Chagall)

V and D floating outside their apartment window

(also, in the style of Chagall)

Scene out of the bathroom window...

Everything was there...except the chicken and the girl.

Marc liked to stick those in places where you would least expect them.

 

 

Marc himself

(V's paintings in the style of Chagall were inspired after seeing the wonderful paintings he did for the Paris Opera and, also, his paintings that are exhibited at the Centre Pompidou)

 

"Place de Vosges"

(beautiful park right down the street from their apartment)

 

(in the style of Gustav Klimt)

"The Kiss"

 

Gustav himself

(Gustav was from Austria, but there was an exhibit of his works showing in Paris during their visit.)

 

 

Basilique du Sacre-Coeur

...located on the highest point of the city...

 

 

Monet's Waterlilies

(Musee de l'Orangerie and, of course, the real thing right outside of Paris in Giverny)

 

Claude himself

 

 

Chez Marianne

A wonderful little restaurant in Le Marais District

 

Flowers from the gardens surrounding the Musee Rodin

Remember...Auguste Rodin was the sculptor that gave us The Thinker.

Auguste himself

 

Catacombes de Paris

...underground ossuaries... Spooky...

(site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains)

 

 

You are right...Shakespeare was not from Paris...but,

a wonderful English language bookstore right by Notre Dame Cathedral is named after him.

 "Shakespeare and Company Bookstore"

Oh my goodness...is this Vannie and Dave?...I think so.

(in the style of Pablo Picasso)

 

Pablo himself

(one of V's favorite museums was Musee Picasso)

 

 

"Café au lait and baguette"

(an everyday treat...one of their favorite things to do...stopping for café au lait and baguettes)

 

According to Vannie and Dave, Paris is for everyone.

It is a small town in a big city.

It sparkles.

It shines.

It radiates.

 

It will be back.

 

Je suis Paris.

(I am Paris.)

 

Fluctuat Nec Mergitur

(Tossed by the waves but not sunken)

 

Meme pas Paris

(Not scared)

 

Prier pour Paris

(Pray for Paris)