Tuesday, October 4, 2005

Throne Room


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Royal Palace


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Ceiling Splendor


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Spanish Plaza


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Spanish Baroque


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Las Meninas


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Spanish Paella

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Upsidedown


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The Bear of Madrid


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Kids at Park


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View


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Inside the Cathedral

Shhh...! Don't tell anyone, I fell asleep among the darkened aisle of this beautiful church.

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Entrance to Notre Dame


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Notre Dame Cathedral


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Parisien Monolith


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Approaching Notre Dame


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On the banks of the Sienne


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Streets of Paris


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Oh, we so walked these streets, half awake and so much to see before the next location.
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From Charles de Gaulle

OK, at last I get down to writing about the trip. This was a special trip for us, the Villamar family... well, a small part of the V-family, at least. Cuauhtemoc and myself dreamt about this trip some 10 years ago when we were still living in Singapore. From there, we moved to Thailand, then Mexico, and eventually Canada. Our kids were getting older, and if we wanted to do this with them we needed to do it fast. Even then, Apichai, my 16 yr old son, was a drag. He kept counting the remaining days of the trip because he wanted to back to his routine of internet gaming. One day when he looks back at this trip with fond memories I'll take my revenge on him then.

We left Toronto Pearson Airport by Zoom Air via Montreal to Paris on August 5, 2005. Cintli here, looks pretty happy to be on the TGV from Charles de Gaulle


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