Good-Bye Romantic Paris

All we can say it that we truly had an amazing time... A wonderful memory of a lifetime.

We can bore you to death with a whole CD full of more picture when we get home.

The Thinker

More culture by renowned sculptor Auguste Rodin; those of you who recall 'Dobey Gillis' may find this sculpture familiar. So with 'The Thinker' here I guess I call it a wrap with more more post.

The Champ de Elysses

Dale took some picture from the center of this huge boulevard. The whole thing is beautifully lit up from the Arch de Triumph to the ferris wheel at the other end. The Eiffel picture is taken from the top of the Arch. Every night at 6:30 p.m. the flame at the tomb of the unknown soldier is rekindled by veterans of the French military.

Subways vs. ???

I think it's like a motorcycle with a body around it; but I don't think Dale could live without his truck...

The Louvre

We chose a good day to visit the Louvre. It was cold and wet outside, but we were toasty inside. We about cultured ourselves to death, but what a great day...

French Cuisine

I never drank so much cappuccino. We did eat more than just sweet. Their quiche is yummy as is the French onion soup. The little sidewalk type cafes are everywhere. The one pictured here was around the corner from our hotel, just a couple of blocks from the Eiffel tower. It appeared to be a long time family business and we ate there for several meals coming and going on our jaunts.

Notre-Dame de Paris

It was worth the climb to the top. Since it was mid-week the crowds were reasonable. We met and chatted with a family from Brazil who spoke very good English. We took each others pictures.

Sacre-Coer of Montmartre

Paris Memories

Walking through the artist's district after visiting Sacre-Coeur de Montmartre, a cathedral that sits on the highest point in Paris; a woman who said she was in fact a sculpture created this silhouette of us together, on the spot, with only her scissors and paper.

Paris, France via Okpo, So. Korea

Ok-I know how bad I've been about sharing the adventure we've been on. I'm sure that most of you have given up on any new postings...but here goes. Because of Dale's business travel we were able to make a trip to Paris after Thanksgiving. We were gone nine days, but Dale only had to work one of them. We thought we might be disappointed considering the time of year it was, but as a UK Chevron co-worker of Dale's stated, 'Any time is a good time to go to Paris.' He was right. We were relieved that the Paris subways were running well by the time of our arrival as just a few days before there had been much frustrating gridlock due to a transportation strike there. We wore out our subway map and walked enough to enjoy guiltlessly both simple and elegant cuisine. Walking through the streets, crossing over the Seine River on all the old bridges, visiting museums, gothic cathedrals, palaces, parks, and of course the famed Eiffel tower is simple amazing.

Authentic Korean Beef Bulgogi with Mushrooms

This ends up being like a messy oriental burrito. The fresh veges are great. You can keep the kimchi-thanks anyway. I'm hopeless with chopstick, hence the fork you see.

Korean War Memorial

This commemorates the Korean army at Okpo in their being able to repel Japanese. Can't tell you when or how because most all the historial momument info is in Korean. Tons of history here. The Korean people suffered much through WWII and the Korean war.

An afternoon at the park

This is a relatively new park. This is a public workout area. Right there in the immediate background you see DSME shipyard.

Fresh Seafood Smorgasboard

Not very appetite inspiring is it, especially when I can't identify half of it. This is right down on the water front close by us.

Korean Children

Shopping at the DC Store

Stuff is piled from floor to ceiling with everything imaginable. We don't know what DC stands for, but the local expats say its for D'Crap store. You can purchase a lot of odds and ends more reasonably here locally than elsewhere and still they seem expensive. I was able to buy a hair dryer with 220 for too much. We'll see how it holds up.