"Who Knows Where The Time Goes?" ExGuyParis's Profile

I've been back in the US for almost two years, after five years of living near Paris and working in Heidelberg.

Oh, the pain...

Please visit my Paris page. I try to provide a sense of why this is my favorite city in the world. I simply ADORE, LOVE, ENJOY, AM PASSIONATE ABOUT, and CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF this city!

I was in India for the first time, in August 2007. Delhi boggles every sense. I'm still trying to process all the amazing experiences I had there! And I was in South America for the first time-- Buenos Aires-- in June 2008.

Roots

A tourist long before VT

My great-great-grandfather. The more I learn about him and his children, the more amazing the story becomes. For his story, visit my Peekskill, New York page. And it seems that thanks to VT, this story is about to become even more amazing! Stay tuned...

Oh What A Time Machine!

Saint Augustine Rules!

A recent serious bout of nostalgia had me deeply re-living my college daze. My days at Villanova Unversity were really fine days.

I created a tribute, here, to the town and school that helped make me me: Villanova. If you'd be interested in a seventies flashback, check out my Villanova page !

Memories, may be beautiful, and yet...

Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?

The American Cemetery in Normandy

We visited Bayeux and the American Cemetery located on the beach between Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer and Colleville-sur-Mer in Normandy. It was a chilly but bright midwinter day, and the chill in the air was a good accompaniment to the chill in my soul. All those graves, of all those dead young men... the horrors of war, literally personified. Each cross, a life cut short, a family shattered.

It made me glad that my father fought in North Africa and in Italy rather than France, and that he, although injured, came home.

Please visit my Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer page and my Bayeux page for more on this moving monument to courage, power, fragility, and futility.

Where In The World?

Where Are We? Click to enlarge and see the details

This is an oil painting that belonged to my grandparents. My grandfather told me he bought it from a European artist in New York City. I know that someday, in some country, I'll turn a corner and see this place.

My friend joked the other day that the town probably looks almost the same except for a McDonalds in place of the three trees. Good god, I hope not!

Anyone have any guesses as to where this might be? Thanks!

Intro Updated Jun 16, 2008
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Written Oct 11, 2007

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pieter_jan_v Dec 15, 2012 at 12:51 AM

Paul, have a great Birthday. PJ
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Marietje Dec 17, 2011 at 3:29 PM

Happy birthday!
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Parisforless Dec 16, 2011 at 8:57 AM

Time flies and I have never thought that most of my friends are born in December. Next year I will log more often, but in the meantime, as I always say, it's never to late to wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Svetlana Bellon
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tushark Dec 15, 2011 at 12:25 AM

Happy birthday to you Pall.
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MalenaN Dec 14, 2011 at 10:52 PM

Happy Birthday Paul! Have a great day!
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thinking Dec 9, 2011 at 12:23 PM

Wish you were still in Paris. Still thinking about you after all these years. Happy birthday, mon cher.
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ForestqueenNYC Sep 23, 2011 at 12:09 AM

Paul, Hi, I am looking over your Paris page. Very nice. I have a totally different opinion of Starbucks. I have to say I am grateful for all the Starbucks in Paris and for one reason. Les Toilettes. They are free, not necessarily clean, it is true, but you don't have to walk up or down any stairs, and you can just slip by the line and go without the hassle of talking to the barman.
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Elodie_Caroline Dec 28, 2009 at 3:19 AM

Thank you very much Paul and a very happy belated birthday to you too. This is the first time I've been on here for weeks, but was perusing the forum for a change and saw that there's a VT meeting in Paris in Sept 2011, so I'm going! x x x
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margaretvn Dec 24, 2009 at 12:33 AM

Hi Paul – – Happy Christmas and a good 2010, hugs Margaret
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abi_maha Dec 15, 2009 at 1:03 PM

Hi Paul, happy birthday! Glad to know you liked the Delhi experience- Abi