According to our family genealogy, our ancestor Jean Delisle, his wife Marguerite Lafleur and their children Guillaume and Madeleine (adding the surname Gauthier) came to Quebec in 1662 from France. Now their far away decendents, the daughter and granddaughters of "The Frenchman", Leroy Marcel Authier aka Frenchy, are making a pilgrimage to Paris to see if that French blood still seethes beneath the Scandinavian and German veneer added in more recent times.

Introducing our cast of characters:

Diana, daughter of Frenchy and Barbara Halverson Authier (hence the Norwegian influence), mother or tre belle daughters (with James Fox of German and Swedish descent). Her birthday is October 16th. Never mind what year...

Tamara, first daughter of James and Diana, who definitely displays the French genes. This is her first trip to the European continent.

Laura, the instigator of this trip and middle born. We will be celebrating her 40th birthday on October 16th in high style in the city of our dreams!

And the youngest sister Sarah. Also her first trip to Europe. Sarah is the official photographer and chronicler of the expedition.



Sunday, October 16, 2011

10/15/2011 - Second Day in Paris

Today we mastered the Metro. Now we can travel at will.
Look who we ran into underground!
We had no idea we'd see so many celebrities.
Tamara even found some long lost French relatives!
Of course there are certain dangers in taking the Metro. 
One has to fend off unwanted advances.
Some advances are not so unwelcome.  :-)
Musicians abound underground.
The past is running rampant in Paris.
Mona Sarah
Oh yeah, we did visit the elegant Grevin Wax Museum.

On to our comprehensive walking tour with Jean Claude.
Our walk included strolls through several  elegant French arcades. There are many interesting and unique stores in the arcades.

Lunch after a very comprehensive walking tour...
Architecture styles range from the Medieval to Modern.


Old French Stock Exchange
A Paris street in the Fall
There are many beautiful shops. This was Stella McCartney's store.

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