Thursday

Venice - Sept 22, 2009

In front of our hotel in Venice



The bustling market place. We were averaging almost 3 gelatos a day.



One of the many minor bridges that dot the city of Venice.



On the Rialto bridge, one of the three major bridges spanning the Grand Canal



Embroidered souveniers



St. Mark's cathedral



St. Mark's plaza



One of the innumerable stores selling the world-famous Venetian glass works



An unknown plaza amongst the labyrinths of Venice.


To Venice - Sept 20-21, 2009

View outside our hotel window



Hôtel des Invalides



In the Alps



Mont Blanc



Welcome to Italia



Venice, finally!



The Grand Canal



The Adriatic Sea



A delicious end to a tiring day.


Tuesday

Paris - Sept 19, 2009

The Arc-de-Triomph


At the top of the Arc-de-Triomph with the Eiffel Tower in the background


And back to the bottom


Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris


Monday

Paris - Sept 18, 2009

The fountains at the Place de la Concorde


The Louvre Pyramid


La Joconde herself.


The sculpture park.


The Da Vinci Code pyramids.