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| Page Views: 23,139 | Who Knows Where The Time Goes? by ExGuyParis - last update: Jun 16, 2008 |
| Not Paris, and Not the Taj Mahal |
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.
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|  | Roots 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...
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Oh What A Time Machine! 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...
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| The American Cemetery in Normandy |
| | Where Have All the Soldiers Gone? 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.
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Where In The World? 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!
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thinking Mon May 18, 2009 20:42 UTC
Bonjour! I haven't been on VT in a very long time as I have been adjusting to Paris, its culture and the language. I want you to know how much I enjoy reading your Paris pages! | Onedragon Wed Jan 14, 2009 20:03 UTC
Happy New Year Hauoli Makahiki Hou ! | vinc_bilb Sun Jan 4, 2009 21:44 UTC
Merci beaucoup, Paul, pour votre message sympathique ... et réciproquement. Meilleurs voeux à vous également et à vos proches... | margaretvn Tue Dec 23, 2008 05:38 UTC
Hi Paul – a very Merry Christmas and my best wishes for a healthy, happy and travel packed 2009. Hugs Margaret |
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