Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for April 11, 2013

THERE, see? THAT is why you’re here.

A quick dip in the Seine to freshen up and voila!

Remarkable they have a view of the Eiffel tower. Some hotels by the beach don’t honestly have a beach front view. They’ve got a window where if you stand on a step stool, look from an angle, you can maybe see the beach. So hey. Lucky on the view.

WOW!

There’s more than one hotel in Paris. I’m pretty sure.

Not everybody loved the Eiffel Tower when it was built — there were even organized protests. Guy de Maupassant ate lunch in the Eiffel Tower’s restaurant every day, because it was the only place in Paris where he could be sure that he wouldn’t see the tower.

Wally<—gets it.

When I was in Paris…our hotel had a teeny tiny view of the Eiffel Tower! I was hoping she would get to the hotel and the view would be wonderful. I didn’t get it until I got out of the underground and turned around and was standing SMACK in front of Notre Dame. It gave me goose bumps!!!

My hotel from my school trip had a wonderful view of the Arc de Triomphe if I looked to the right from the balcony. Loved it.

The tower went up because steel girders became commercially available and it was physically possible. They could have made a skyscraper and by now it would have been torn down as dated. But an observation tower never goes out of date. And they don’t allow anything to be built towering over it.

Now doesn’t she feel silly for wasting all that time worrying about what to pack?

Sorry Wally but I want the creature comforts even in Paris.

At least they are not in Moscow.

Joan is blessed to have Wally.

“. . . that’s a good nickname for it, the Upyours building!”

I see what you mean.

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When we were in Paris in 1978, we had just come from Switzerland, and Paris struck us as being dingy and drab. Our hotel was very poorly ventilated, the lavatory wouldn’t drain, and I had a bad sore throat (the latter not Paris’s fault).However, I “got” Paris when I discovered a bakery with barquettes. Ooh, la la!http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.frenchentree.com/france-lot-quercy-restaurants-shops/images/barquettes.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.frenchentree.com/france-lot-quercy-recipes/displayarticle.asp?id%3D21444&h=231&w=250&sz=5&tbnid=ojNC1cnUDb0ljM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=97&zoom=1&usg=__YcqRtUg_aeV22ETLAX92nWd9h_E=&docid=aGsnzdFl-R9m3M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8r1mUZhwkuj2BNz4gYAF&sqi=2&ved=0CDYQ9QEwAg&dur=6165

(P. S.: Someone please give me a tutorial on inserting photos on gocomics.com (the >< thing doesn’t do it for me without gobs of explanation) and I can stop throwing those monstrosities at you.)

yes always look for a silver lining and there are a lot in Paris…hope they see more of France too!

Ahhhh, perspective!

Awww, sweet!! Enjoy, Wally and Joan!

Hey! My Hubby is French! That means so are my kids! Well- part French anyway- so I think you are rude. :-ppp

This is why I adore Wally… he’s not only a glass half full kind of guy, he’s just happy to have a glass kind of guy!

We paid extra for an outside cabin on a cruise. The only way we could see out of the porthole was to duck under the TV, and then only one of us could stand there at a time.

About damn time they sat back and enjoyed their time together.

Cool!

Life is a mixed bag. Find the good things and be grateful for when you are grateful you are happy.

@Fairpointfan2

Comparing all French to Parisiennes is the same as comparing all Americans to Manhattanites.

The best gift in life is to have someone who loves you (no matter what city your in)! To be able to travel is just icing on the cake. Never wanted to see Paris, until I saw the picture of he year 2000 celwbration with the fire works and the Eifel Tower – it was just spectacular. Need a miracle to pull that one off. Be Happy, Joan & Wally!

Eek! A rat! A rat with a tote!Which reminds me, where should we dine tonight?

Okay, I imported , as I fantasized that your link suggested, and inserted my URL where the letters URL are, then posted and got this:

romance tramples all tragedies…especially if you are in Paris!

Thanks, anyway, lightenup. Guess I’ll have to wait till I go up to Wisconsin and see if my son-in-law can help.

The French treat you better if you speak the language with a decent accent, even if your vocabulary is limited.

no you won’t, the frogs hate Americans!

you have never been to france have you? the majority don’t bathe,so why do they need hot water?

Saved by the view.

That’s the view I had from my hotel in 1969. Am I lucky or what?

From Gigi:

H: Look at all the captivating fascinating things there are to doG: Name two.H: Look at the pleasures of the myriad of treasures we have gotG: Like what?H: Look at Paris in the springwhen each solitary thingis more beautiful than ever before!You can hear every tree almost saying “Look at me!”G: What color are the trees?H: Green!G: What color were they last year?H: Green!G: And next year?H: Green!G: It’s a bore!H: Don’t you marvel at the powerof the mighty Eiffel Towerknowing there it will remain evermore?Climbing up to the sky over 90 stories highG: How many stories?H: 90G How many yesterday?H: 90G: And tomorrow?H: 90G: It’s a bore!H: The River Seine!G: All it can do is flowH: But think of wine!G: It’s red or whiteH: But think of girls!G: It’s either yes or noand if it’s no or if it’s yesit simply couldn’t matter less!H: But think of a racewith your horse in seventh placeand he suddenly begins and he catches upand wins with a roar!G: It’s a bore!

It’s a backdrop…but what a backdrop.