#celineinparis

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Terrasse, Vin, Fromage, & Charcuterie. That summarizes pretty much La Joie de Vivre à Paris.

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Goodbye Paris.

It was nice spending some time with you. 

Girls trip rocks

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One is mine The other not so much. I’m way over my year limit on this 5-day trip (my limit is very very low!)

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A peak view at the Sacre Cœur in Montmartre from Centre Pompidou

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“Les Passages Couverts” (glass-roofed galleries) are another one of my favorite little things in Paris. 

“These forerunners to our modern day malls simultaneously allowed you to take a shortcut, shelter from the rain, shop, dine or spend a secluded, debaucherous hour in the arms of a lover. (...) Nowadays these passages are real architectural gems – olde-worlde galleries perfect for hours of delicious browsing”

I managed to see quite a few: Passage du Grand Cerf, Passage des Princes, Passage des Panoramas, Passage Journoy, Passage Verdeau.  I missed Galerie Vivienne but wanted to go to the Top of Beaubourg/Pompidou Museum.                    

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Architecture in Paris makes my heart melt. 

When you actually think about when those buildings were built it makes your head spin.  Don’t know if anything we build nowadays will withstand the passing of time (& esthetic?) as well as those.

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Under the Bir-Hakeim bridge.