Gardens in Paris

Bonjour !! I had a wonderful day in Paris! I went to the flea market first at Pont Clignancourt. Its not just used stuff. There are lots of interesting art pieces, new and vintage clothes etc. It was started to rain though so I traveled on over to Pare des Butes Chaumont. What a beautiful garden. There is a overlook of the city and a lakeside garden for relaxing. But the clouds moved in again so I headed on over to Parc Manceau garden. It is a smaller garden but I think it is even more beautiful. In Manceau there are Roman structures surrounding by flower gardens and a circular path around the whole area for jogging. I finished the evening with Lisa. She choose a fablous Indian resturant.

The internet to my personal computer should be fixed tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed. If it is I will send out an email that the pics and video are ready.
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Montmaetre Artist Market

Bonjour! It was a bit rainy and misty this morning in Paris. I was heading out to shoot early morning shots of the river but it was too rain for the camera. So I took the subway to Montmaetre. There were lots of artist booths set up. I took the little train tour that drove us all over the hilltop area. It was a great cloudy view of Paris. Then I had to check in with clients etc. I am off to go by the river to see what is happening this evening. I still need to work on getting my pics on the blog. I have a couple of videos ready to post. I will work on it when I get back.
Tricia
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Pont Alexandre Bridge, Paris France

Bonjour ! I spent the day scouting locations around the Pont Alexandre Bridge in Paris. It is very beautiful. It was decorated to commerate the peace accords between Russia and France. There are lots of photo shoots there and the view of the Eiffel Tower is beautiful. And just one bridge up the river, in an out of the way area, is a beautiful secret garden. Very romantic. I am going to take the engaged couple up there for their session.

The bridge down the river is where Princess Diana died. There is a flame there that was a thank you gift from the US to France for the Statue of Liberty.
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Latin Quarter

Bonjour, The WiFi is down here at the apt. So hopefully this evening I will be able to get on the internet with my computers and upload pics and video! Yesterday I walked around the Latin Quarter. What a great place. The University is in this area so it is always very lively. I found a veggie resturant and a health food store. They also have open air markets here on Tues and Thur. I bought some veggies, cheese, and bread for a picnic by the river. I went over to DeVille Hotel's gardens, the Panethon, and the beach. LOL, I guess the beach just followed me. But today it
is back to work. I am off to the Embassy and the hotels to make some contacts.
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Merci, Tricia

Chocolate class Paris

Bonjour ! I had a bit of a problem uploading images the other day. I will hopefully get them up by this weekend. I have one video done... I just need to be able to get that computer on the internet to upload it. I had a blast at the chocolate class. I worked in the kitchen with the chef and got to taste test everything. Yumm Yumm. There is quite an art to preparing chocolate. Everything is done by hand including wrapping the individual chocolates. I also got a big box to take home with me. Well I still have two weeks here and if they make it home they will probably be in my tummy. But in case I have any left over I will share.
Tricia
my genie in Paris for the chocolate class.

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Paris take 3 !!

Bonjour from Paris! I arrived this morning and got my luggage [ thanks to the I love baggage handlers tag]. I think this time I picked the best place to stay. I am across the river from Notre Dame. There is a smoothie shop just up the road and lots of little parks. I have a great apt. There is a computer, small kitchen, phone and a nice size bathroom. I will also be posting video on my YouTube account each evening as well as posting here. And can you believe that this summer the mayor decide to set up a beach along the river for the locals...... I guess I will have to shoot some beach portaits in Paris LOL ..... must be a sign. I will put some pics here from today when I get them downloaded.
Tricia

Destin Portraits

Greetings ! I just finished my first video for YouTube. Check it out. My name is destinimages. I will also be going back to Europe and posting video on places to go things to to there as well.
Tricia