The Lindahl News: Abroad Edition

 It's Halloween today and, while no tricks, the city is full of TREATS for us! The double-decker red busses.  The iconic red telly booths. With an all day treat of having the sun out!!! When we checked in to our hotel last night, I picked up some brochures on what to do in London and found another "FREE TOUR" with tipping the guide at the end.  11:00 was the meeting time for this tour starting at Covent Garden.   The tour would take walkers to: Trafalgar Square Nelson's Column (I'm a Nelson, too!)  The National Gallery St. Jame's Palace Buckingham Palace The Mall Victoria Memorial St. Jame's Park Horse Guards Parade Churchill War Rooms Big Ben Westminster Abbey House of Parliament COUNT US IN! Our guide was the best! This is the inspiration for Harry Potter's DIAGON ALLEY..even though it was filmed in Australia!   Trafalgar Square The Mall The Admiralty Arch....

Oh, Paris!  Rain was not in our plans today for strolling through your beautiful city!  Not through the Champs-Elysees shopping district...  ...not as we made our way to the Louvre ...  ...not as we made it to the Louvre and found it was closed on Tuesdays... ..and certainly not as we decided to forgo the long lines at Musee d'Orsay .  Finally made it to a dry destination on a wet river: an enclosed boat cruise on the Seine River . River view of Notre Dame. Views of many bridges - 37 are in the city of Paris. View of the historic monument Pont Alexandre III .   With one last look at the Eiffel Tower from a river perspective.  And time for a fleeting glance of  the replica of the gold flame that is a part of Lady Liberty back in our home country.  (Look for the gold in the center of above picture.) Before we left, we grabbed a last cup of hot beverage,  mad...

We are starting off our day with an art exhibit like none ever seen before! At the Atelier des Lumineres - Paris's first digital art museum - we entered a warehouse for an exhibit of the work of artist Gustav Klimt.  Multiple masterpieces are projected onto the walls, floors and other surfaces.  Anne and Jed had visited Paris this summer and they highly recommended this venue. It was fantastique !!!  There were actually three different series of artwork presented, but the Klimt work was the main emphasis.  While the images were shown, classical music was played.  Sight and sound together meant the senses were well served!  The third "show" was all techno and in black and white. By now it was lunchtime, and we were hungry and in search of a casual, quick bite to eat. This  pizza and panini place looked about right, so we headed in and found a seat.  We were following all the French rules with saying Bonjour as we en...