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July 13, 2018
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Back to Le Marais. I can’t, at this point, precisely retrace our steps that afternoon and I don’t have many photos to stir my memory. I do remember that we walked up the main boulevard because we were slightly intrigued …
July 13, 2018
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When the 18-year-reign of Napoléon III collapsed in 1870 it ended the Second French Empire and gave rise to the Third French Republic. Sprung from rather tumultuous beginnings, France had a period of relative calm beginning at the end of …
July 13, 2018
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After the concert in Giverny, we boarded our buses and returned to the ship for the final time. Sometime during the night we’d set sail for Paris and, in the morning, would go our separate ways. Some in the group …