Mansions

You know, you see these enormous buildings in Paris that were originally built as mansions for extremely wealthy families. And then you look at Versailles. It really isn't hard to understand how the French Revolution got started when you imagine how many people were suffering while a few lived like this.

What the crèpe is going on in Paris?!?

November 13th 2006
This blog entry is going to be mostly pictures again. (There will probably be two pages of pictures, so look for the links to the other pages of pictures at the bottom of this page.) Gretchen and I have spent the past five days in Paris again. We went to Paris about six or seven weeks ago, but we just didn't get to do all that we wanted to do in three days, so we went back with John and Heidi ... read more

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Although ultimately a victor in World Wars I and II, France suffered extensive losses in its empire, wealth, manpower, and rank as a dominant nation-state. Nevertheless, France today is one of the most modern countries in the world and is a leader am... ... read more

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