The Honeymoon

Paris, September 2019

From the trip

Leaving

Two days after the wedding we flew out of San Francisco.

And we are off...Au Revoir San Francisco!

Rena, September 21, 2019

Our Days in Paris

September 22 to 28, 2019.

  1. Sun22

    Arrival

    Taxi from the airport to our hotel at Bourg Tibourg.

    Tea at Mariage Freres.

    Atelier des Lumieres.

    Dinner.

  2. Mon23

    Paris on foot

    Shopping around Bourg Tibourg.

    The Arc de Triomphe.

    The Tuileries.

    The Eiffel Tower.

  3. Tue24

    To Versailles

    Checked out of Bourg Tibourg and took a taxi to Versailles.

    Checked in at Hotel Le Louis.

  4. Wed25

    Versailles

    A day at the Palace of Versailles.

    Checked in at the Terrass Hotel.

    Dinners with our friends Gaelle and Sarah.

  5. Thu26

    Montmartre and a night out

    Exploring Montmartre.

    The Musee d’Orsay.

    Gaite Lyrique in the evening for Monolake, Peder Mannerfelt and Murcof.

  6. Fri27

    The Louvre

    The Louvre.

    Dominique Duchange’s shop in Saint-Germain-des-Pres.

    A spa appointment at the Terrass Hotel.

  7. Sat28

    Home

    Checked out of the Terrass Hotel and flew home to San Francisco.

Versailles

A woman in a camel coat and beret on the steps of the Palace of Versailles.
Versailles, 2019
A white and pink rose in the Queen’s garden at Versailles.
White pink rose from the Queen’s garden
A pale pink rose in a formal garden at Versailles.
A rose in Versailles never dies...

Photos by Rena

Colin, on the way to the concert

Off to see Monolake in a Parisian nightclub with Rena Macapagal after seeing Degas at Musee D’Orsay, after seeing Dali at the Dali Museum, after climbing Basilique du Sacre-Coeur, after getting a portrait in Montmartre, after seeing the canal district and seeing a French Motion Graphics company from my old buddies, after going to Versailles and seeing Marie Antoinette’s crib, after...

Colin, September 26, 2019

Monolake, Peder Mannerfelt and Murcof at Gaite Lyrique.

The lit sign of the Veillees Electroniques night at the Gaite Lyrique, Paris, over the entrance hall.
Gaite Lyrique, September 26.
The Musee d'Orsay seen from the steps outside on an overcast day, its clock tower above the arched glass front.
Musee d'Orsay, September 26.

A rainy night

The same day, Rena wrote:

Thank you for a lovely rainy night C!

Rena, September 26, 2019
Heavy white and grey clouds over the Seine in Paris, the river dark below and trees and stone buildings along the far bank.

Dominique Duchange

In Saint-Germain-des-Pres we found a gem of a place.

We met Dominique Duchange in Saint-Germain-des-Pres. His shop is beautiful and intricately displays his whole life’s work. You’ll find engravings in lacquer for board games and full length mirrors. It is now one of my favorite places in all my travels.

Rena, September 30, 2019

There is an extract from a documentary about him, with English subtitles, and his work is at dducha.com.

Colin standing with Dominique Duchange, a lean man in a striped shirt and dark tie, in his shop among lacquered board games and gilt mirrors.
Colin with Dominique Duchange.
A shop window on a Paris street with the name Duchange and a drawing of a table on it, the street reflected in the glass.
Duchange, Saint-Germain-des-Pres.

A Pen Pal, Met at Last

In Paris Rena met her childhood pen pal, a friend she had never met in person. He was wonderful.

Rena and her pen pal smiling at a cafe table in Paris, a plate of snails and two glasses of white wine in front of them.
Rena standing in a white blouse and black trousers on a lawn in the Tuileries with pigeons around her, the long stone wing of the Louvre and a clipped hedge behind.
The white domes of the Sacre-Coeur in Montmartre seen up a flight of steps and a lawn, under a dramatic sky, in black and white.
Rena and Colin standing with a street portrait artist under a white umbrella in Montmartre, shaking his hand, his watercolour portrait of the two of them on the easel between them.
Rena kissing Colin on the cheek in a selfie, the Eiffel Tower behind them under a cloudy sky.

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