By the way, if you click on the pictures, they will open up alot bigger and you can see much more detail!
This is the Arc du Triomphe (Arch of Triumph) in Paris.
This is fairly obvious, but this is the Louvre Museum in Paris. A unique characteristic of Paris is that may of the building and streets are aligned so that if you look in a certain direction, you can seeseveral imprtant monuments along the plane. For example, from the entrance arch to the Louvre, the glass pyramid aligns perfectly. From there, you look through the mini Arc du Triomphe, through the Jardins du Tuileries (Tuilerie Gardens), to the Obelisk at the the Place de la Concorde, down the Champs Elysees, through the Arc du Triomphe. Of course, it´s all along a couple of kilometres, so it´s very difficult to get in a photo!
We visited the Pantheon and saw the crypt. Many famous people are buryied there - Louis Braille, Voltaire, and Pierre and Marie Curie. Here is the plaque from Marie Curie´s crypt. 
From Paris, we went to Normandy - specifically the town of Bayeux. Here is the old gothic cathedral there:
We took a tour from Bayeux to the beaches of Normandy. Here is a picture from Pont du Hoc, which was a former location for German bunkers and was heavily bombed in the days before the D-day invasions. The area was never repaired, wo you can see all the bomb craters and the destroyed bunkers. US army rangers scaled the cloffs from the sea here. 
After Normandy, we went to Tours and took a tour of the Loire valley. We went to Chateau Chenonceau, a private chateau that produces wines. Here is the outside of the Chateau. You may have to tilt your head a little to see it - it really is straight in person!!
From there, we went to Biarritz, near the border of Spain. There was a storm, so the sea was looking farly angry that day:
This is in the Plaza de Independencia in Madrid. 
And here is a view that Rob insisted I include - it´s what was outside the window of our "hotel" in Madrid. Quite the view - I hope it is the lowlight of our trip!
We are in Grenada particularly to visit the Alhambra. Here are some pictures taken there, in the Nazirid Palaces. The detail of the carvings in the walls and ceilings, as well as the tile work is absolutely amazing. I can´t imagine how long and how many people it took to do that!
Love Amanda
From there, we went to Biarritz, near the border of Spain. There was a storm, so the sea was looking farly angry that day:This is in the Plaza de Independencia in Madrid. And here is a view that Rob insisted I include - it´s what was outside the window of our "hotel" in Madrid. Quite the view - I hope it is the lowlight of our trip!We are in Grenada particularly to visit the Alhambra. Here are some pictures taken there, in the Nazirid Palaces. The detail of the carvings in the walls and ceilings, as well as the tile work is absolutely amazing. I can´t imagine how long and how many people it took to do that!
Love Amanda
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