The                      Suitcase

The Musée d’Orsay was originally the Gare d’Orsay, gare meaning “train station” in French. The gare was built in 1900, and housed the world’s first electrified urban rail terminal. I had studied photographs online that depicted the original station from a bygone era, which for years had stood vacant and abandoned before being reopened as a museum. I imagined the whistles of hundred-year-old trains echoing inside the spacious building. A magnificent clock watched from its high

Suddenly I found myself in a lush park with a pond surrounded by trees. Several children ran by, and then, dropping down from the sky into this oasis, just behind a tree, a massive metallic leg planted into the ground. I looked up and there she soared, more breathtaking and huge than I had imagined. The view from that angle was a powerful way to see her up close for the first time. I wanted to throw my arms around the iron and hug it. #closet #EiffelTower #paris #France #trav

We passed behind the Hôtel de Ville, crossed the street, and entered a cobblestone passageway called rue des Barres, which looked also to be out of a film set. The street meandered between tall medieval buildings set close together, some with ivy growing up their walls. Look out Paris here I come! #France #Paris #trip #cobblestone

My first time ever taking a métro! It was crazy, but I loved it immediately. I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad. —George Bernard Shaw #photo #collection #accessories #Paris #France #metro #airport #CharlesdeGaulle

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