Sunday, 13 April 2025

Across the Pond we go.

**Mission:** 

To return some of Mum's ashes to the bridge and city she loved so much: Paris, France. This trip also coincides with what would have been Mum's 80th birthday, Anna's and my 20th year in Paris with Yaya, and Jason's 50th birthday year. The stars aligned, and we traveled across the pond to have a wonderful time. 

Paris, France. 

Ryan's iPhone captures;
















Ryan's Canon 6D captures;
























What it's really like to be at the Louvre to see Mona Lisa

























































Romeoing around Paris on the way to the Arc de Triomphe
























Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Paris.




















Brother Ball is doing his best impersonation as a member of the Paris Fire Brigade as putting out a trash fire, on the Champs-Élysées







































The top of the Arc de Triomphe



















Pinhole capture.






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Pinhole






Here it is! The photo to be recreated. 
20 years ago. 
20 Years ago.







I put a little bit of Mum here in this crack.







On the way to the Eiffel Tower








I placed the rest of Mum at the base of this tree. Look at that view! 



















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Done in Paris for a few days. 
Heading to Normandie.
Here's the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial





















Outside of Omaha Beach yep, those are bomb craters.














This is looking back towards the sea wall, it's about 400 yards, it was sobering even without anyone shooting or trying to kill me. 








D-day museums





















































Our rental car. 

































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This is the same bridge.








Back to Paris for a night. 
















Crossing the channel over to London for a day. 


This is the Magna Carta


In My Life by the Beatles, first draft.

The Tower Bridge, not to be confused with the London Bridge.













Off to the land of the Scots!








 




















Pinhole 




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Yep, take it all in. 






































































































































































 And home! 



Anna's captures!