PARIS sweet PARIS!

In May of 2015 I took the trip of a lifetime! 

My wonderful hubby took me to 

(drum roll please) 

PARIS!!

One of my first photos at the Eiffel Tower

Of course there's a story that 

goes with this... 

When I was a little girl my mom 

would let me sit on her bed when she 

was getting ready to go out with my 

dad & watch her put on her jewelry.
She'd let me look through, what I called, 

her treasure box. 

It had lots of little boxes that held 

her jewelry sets, sparkly rhinestone 

brooches, screw-on earrings, pearls 

and "treasures"! 

Two of my favorite "treasures" 

were a little Eiffel Tower and 

a postcard sent to my dad from one 

of my favorite uncles when he was 

in Paris during WWII. 

The picture on the postcard was of 

the same tower as the miniature.

Under the tower it said "le tour Eiffel". 

Every time I would ask my mom

"What's this called again Mommy?" 

Her answer was always the same, 

"It's the Eiffel Tower in Paris France." 

"Where is that?"

"It's on the other side of the world!"

Then I would say, 

"I'm going to go there someday to 

see it Mommy!" 

And every time her answer was, 

"Sure honey." 

Because of that postcard I have loved 

everything related to Paris, France and 

the Eiffel Tower my entire life! 

And yes, I still have that postcard!! 

So on Mother's Day we landed at 

Charles de Gaulle Airport in 

Paris, France! 

This was the second best Mother's Day

in my life. The first was getting the 

news that our first grandchild was 

on the way. So Mother's Day is pretty 

special to me! 

Our youngest son and his wife came 

with us, they had been to Paris before 

and were the perfect tour guides! 

After checking in to our hotel, my hubby 

had to rest as he was exhausted. But 

the Paris atmosphere gave me a 

surge of energy. 

Our son & his wife asked me if I 

wanted to explore the area and find 

some dinner. Oh how I loved it! It 

was like being in an old movie. 

Everything was quaint, historical, 

beautiful. To me, breathtaking. 

Triadou Haussman
80 Boulevard Haussmann
Paris

Moi at my first sidewalk cafe! 

My youngest son and tour guide.

After our dinner at a 

great sidewalk cafe we ventured 

a while longer finding a lovely 

little park in the middle of city. 

When you entered it suddenly became

quiet and calm. The same feeling 

that occurs when you enter Central Park 

in NYC. To our surprise there was 

a building in the park. 

It turned out this place was  

Chapelle Expiatoire the 

first place King Louie XVI and 

Queen Marie Antoinette 

were buried after they were 

guillotined. A chapel built by 
King Louis XVIII surrounded 
by a small green space. 

(Formally Madeleine Cemetery)

Now I have always had an 

infatuation with Marie and here 

I was, on my very first day here,

 in this special place connected 

to her that I never knew existed. 

We had the most wonderful walk and
ventured to another 
sidewalk cafe for 

Creme brulee

& 

Champagne! 

 Magnifique!

Portons un toast a Paris!

(Let's toast to Paris!)

It was such a sweet day! 

I'll be posting more of my 
Paris adventures with you 
in the future to give you a 
glimpse of Paris through 
my eyes. 

Until then... 

Blessings Always! 
Edie Marie