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The Louvre
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Sleeping Puppy in Parisian Bistro
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Children Playing Football at Jardin des Tuileries
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La Tour Eiffel in Fog II from Jardin des Tuileries
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Lady with Dog at Jardin des Tuilleries
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La Tour Eiffel in the Fog from Jardin des Tuileries
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Sculpture Garden at Jardin des Tuilleries
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At the Musée du Louvre
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Apocryphal Story #2
JFK’S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60’s when DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaulle said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible.
Rusk responded, “Does that include those who are buried here?”
DeGaulle did not respond.
You could have heard a pin drop.
Apocryphal Story #1
Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.
“You have been to France before, monsieur?” the customs officer asked sarcastically.
Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.
“Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.”
The American said, “The last time I was here, I didn’t have to show it.”
“Impossible! Americans always have to show their passports on arrival in France!”
The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained, ”Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn’t find a single Frenchman to show a passport to.”
You could have heard a pin drop.
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