When people think of France, the first thing that comes to mind is the city of love, Paris.  Best known for its love of art, romantic language, and love of food, France is also a rich collection of some of the most well preserved times in our recorded history.

Terry M. Rittenour takes all pictures

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France came about because of a dream and someone believing in me and that dream.

I wouldn’t know the amazing life I do with out so many helping me along the way.

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Paris at night from the Eiffel tower

Atop the Eiffel Tower, it is fun to find the more noticeable monuments and find others, but watching the people go about their lives is a play all unto its own.  The French adventure will not only take you to recognizable sights but to places that many never even knew existed.

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Paris at night from the Eiffel tower: View 2

A landscape of the Paris nightlife, a city that rarely sleeps, the Eiffel Tower offers a breathtaking view.  A view that leads to the question, what else does France have to offer other than Paris?

 

 
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Paris, the heart of France

Notre dame as seen from the back side. One of the many amazing sight to be marveled by while visiting the city.

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There was always a moment an time to reflect.

I keep thinking that here are places that were once the centers of the world, today a reminder of times past. The ability to go and touch let alone sit inside castles and other chateaus grounds us to our history.

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Oradour-Sur-Glane

The town was left as a memorial to those who lost their lives when the German’s Waffen-SS massacred the townspeople and reduced the city to rubble.

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Château De Chantilly

A place to escape to one of the best cups of hot chocolate I have ever had, and a wonderland unlike any other. Besides, my beloved Tokyo Château De Chantilly is another place I feel could be home. There was so much magic that it’s deserving of its own separate page the moment that I visited.

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Day dreaming on a rainy day in the gardens of Versailles

Sitting in the gardens was the first time realized that my opinion of the world stretched further then my back yard.

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Avagion France

The city of Avagion was one of the most amazing cities I had visited, rich in history with a rich sense of history.

Palais of the popes was an was an awe inspiring stop with its impressive architecture and history that echoed to the present.

Palais of the popes was an was an awe inspiring stop with its impressive architecture and history that echoed to the present.

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The day was a rainy one spent walking though history Although the day was rainy and overcast with fog that seemingly gave me a private viewing was one of a kind experiences.

The day was a rainy one spent walking though history Although the day was rainy and overcast with fog that seemingly gave me a private viewing was one of a kind experiences.

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Château de Fontainebleau

A place where I got to see the uniform of the man who made France famous in more then one way then one.

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Château de Chambord

Chambord with it’s amazing and bizarre architecture left my mind spinning. By far one of the most impressive features was the stair case that twisted upward into the château.

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