Rick's World

It's time for my next great travel adventure. This time it's going to be to Rome, Italy. Earlier this year, I spent a week in Paris, France. That was my first trip out of the country. It was a tiring trip, mentally and physically but it was worth it.… more »

On Monday, it was time to make visit the site that I chose to go to Paris for in the first place - The Louvre. What is The Louvre? It's only one of the largest, best museums in the world. It has some of the most famous works of art there, such as t… more »

Shopping in Paris, is an disorienting experience I am used to the US where most stores are in separate buildings and tend to be very spread out. US stores are usually large, one story buildings. Not in Paris. The stores in Paris are very deceptiv… more »

When I first told my parents that I was planning to make a trip to Paris, I got the distinct impression that my father was not happy with my decision. It seemed to me that he did not like the French. I think perhaps my father was of the impression that… more »

Begin Rant... I'm going to make a slight detour on Rick's Blog Tour of Paris, to comment on something. I was planning to write about this later, but the news story linked to this blog was just too timely to resist. The French are all in all a le… more »

On my second day in Paris, I went to visit Notre Dame Cathedral. It was an incredible sight. The picture below is me standing in front of Notre Dame Cathedral. Notice the two square towers... Notre Dame Cathedral is a very famous place. It w… more »

My first 'day' in Paris was one VERY long day... A day that was closer to 2 days without any sleep. I woke up Friday morning around 730AM. I went to work until about 1230PM. Went home and prepared everything for the trip. By 2PM I was on my way t… more »

As you can no doubt tell from the two brief blog entries before this one, I was just in Paris. I got back yesterday after spending a week there. The following batch of blogs will be some of my thoughts, photos, and observations of things in France.… more »

I'll discuss Saint Chapelle more in a future blog, but here's a quick photo of me there. Saint Chapelle is the steeple in the distance on the left in the background. more »

Below is a photo of me in front of Notre Dame cathedral. I'll mention more about Notre Dame in a future blog... more »