n o t y o u r u s u a l F r e n c h b r e a d o n F r i d a y . . .

h e l l o L o v e l i e s .

this post is quite a departure from my usual carte du jour.
( the images are not mine. i have placed a link to all at the end of today's post. )

the first time i visited France, i was seventeen. Charles de Gaulle had just left office.

( he passed the following year.)

i stood curbside, on the Champs Elysee and watched the Bastille Day Parade.

i remember thinking . . .

. . . this city has not forgotten WWII.

i can't even imagine going about my daily life amidst war.

it is told that general von Choltitz defied Hitler's order to destroy Paris because he loved this city.

if true . . . thank goodness.

 Madame FearNot . . . you go girl!

the past (1944) placed upon present (2014).

the city of light and love,

protected by 

all who loved her.

citizens . . .

 soldiers . . .

victors . . .

ville de l'amour.


withLove.


:: images found ici! ::