One-of-a-kind Weekend

I don't think that there is any other way to describe this weekend. Megan and I stayed with fellow hashers and very nice people in general in the apartment in Paris. Friday was pretty uneventful. We arrived at around 11 at night and got to hang out with Robert, Diana, Rob, Isaac, Autumn and Ivy.

I'll start the photo journaling with Saturday since that was Megan's birthday and, also, when I started taking pictures.
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This picture is just to wonder: "Why a pelican? Really?"

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In the cemetary around the corner. The interesting detail about this tomb is that the front of it is not actually 3D.
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Still in the cemetary and realizing how much I don't want to be in there after dark.
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This tomb was huge. My camera could only capture half of it.
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My first visit to the Louvre.
A statue of Diana/Artemis:
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Winged Victory (one of the must see's and very hard to miss):
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2nd must see, the Venus de Milo:
Due to the faulty photographer, there is no good picture of the Mona Lisa (La Jocande), the 3rd must see. I can still confirm that she does watch you, the painting is smaller than you'd think, and good luck getting close to it.
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The dungeon of the Louvre (centuries old):
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The Three Graces:
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Another statue of Diana/Artemis:
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Not-quite-decent-yet statue:
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The courtyard view from the interior:
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After an hour at the Louvre (yes, I'm sorry to say that was all the time left before closing), we headed off to Notre Dame, where they happened to be hold Saturday night mass (go figure).

These next few pictures are my photo experiments with the candles.


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After finishing with the candle pictures and listening an amazing organ piece (accompanied by 2 very accomplished singers), Rob, Megan and I head out to the park behind the catherdral. This is what we found:
Best playground toy that I've ever been on. You lay on it and have somone spin it round and round. It's a trip and a half.
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Part of the birthday crowd (Rob, Autumn, Megan, Me and Ivy). The cake was delicious.
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I'm very proud of this picture. The other 27 tries were blurry, but this one is a beaut. When I get home, I'm going to blow it up, print it out and hang it on my wall.
This is were my photo journaling will end. Some things are best left alone. Though some people know the whole story, I will sum it up. Megan had a birthday she will never forget (in a good way, I promise), we all got home safe and sound and I did not make the evening news. We also were in good enough shape to hash the next day with Sans Clue. Good times. :-)

Cheers, bises and kisses!