Let The Vacation Photos Begin - Our Departure Day And Day 1 In Paris

The photos below visually represents some of the many sights that we saw while on our Paris 2014 vacation. There will be many more blog entries and photos of this vacation. We took approximately 11,000 photos in Paris. It will take me some time to go through them all. If you see any photo(s) shown on my blog that you would like a high quality print of or a canvas or maybe even greeting cards please feel free to visit my photography web site. There are lots of options to fit your artistic

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After we landed at CDG Airport in Paris, we had set up to have a van and driver to take us to our AirBnB apartment. The drive from the airport to our apartment was almost an hour. Veronica and I unpacked and then took a nap  due to jet lag. That very first day we did not do a lot of anything. The following day is when we actually started getting out and about more in Paris. So with that being said....let's get this vacation started...

We have our tickets in hand and are anxiously awaiting our departure time at JFK Airport.

It is hard to believe that we are actually going to Paris

We have boarded the plane and can't wait to take off

Ooooh nooo.....Veronica says....please tell me that it wasn't you that passed gas! She tells me that it is going to be a very long flight.

I don't know what you are talking about..I say with a smile on my face

High above the clouds

Hours later and we are almost there

This is the huge heavy door that allows you entrance into a courtyard area and up to our apartment. 

Courtyard

Here are photos of our apartment. Sorry about the mess but we weren't expecting guests to stop by

  

A church that was right next to our apartment building

One of many higher education schools that are in Paris

There are many public open air markets throughout the city

Yes they do have a McDonalds Restaurant along with a KFC. A Big Mack was like 7,50 euro..very expensive

I saw many of these things shown in the photo below. They are  rotating advertisements.

This was in a park across the street from the Musee de Cluny

Here is the Musee de Cluny

During this vacation I decided to take a lot more Black and White photos

Below are photos taken at one of many beautiful churches that we found in Paris. The church shown below is the Saint-Severin Church

    

Below are just a few restaurants and stores in and around the Saint -Michel area

While in Paris I noticed that there was a lot of street art, tagging and graffiti

One of the Metro stations that were near our apartment. Veronica and I became very good at using the Metro to help us get wherever we wanted to go in Paris

Below is Place Saint-Michel

Wall art was everywhere in this city

Below is what was plastered onto a wall. I guess someone wanted to voice their opinion 

 Various views of the Shakespeare and Company store. Veronica bought a book there and they put their special stamp on the inside cover of the book

There were statues of all types spread throughout the city

Here we are at Notre Dame

The Seine River runs adjacent to Notre Dame

 Below is Veronica in front of Notre Dame

I tried something differrent with the photos below to give them that spooky look to them

 More boats and floating restaurants on the Seine River

 This is the lock that Veronica had brought with us so we could attach it to the Lovers Bridge along side thousands and thousands of other locks

 Below is Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet church

 Paris had some beautiful flower shops

 This colorful sewing/knitting store was just up the block from our apartment

Had Me Worried For A Moment

After returning home from Paris, I now had the daunting task of reviewing and posting the almost 5,000 photos that I had taken while we were there. I placed my 64GB SD card in my card reader and selected all, then copy and then pasted them into a folder on my desk top. Same as I always do. Unfortunately this time I could only get about 1/2 of the photos copied off of the SD card. All of a sudden I could not find any photos listed on the SD card and was told that I needed to format the SD card and that the files...photos on it were corrupt and I could not access them. Oh crap...all of those beautiful photos were gone...or at least I thought they were. I was smart enough not to format the card because I knew that would erase all photos that were on the card as well as diminish the chances of me retrieving them via alternative options and measures. While I was dealing with these issues, Veronica was looking up programs that could retrieve files and photos off of corrupted disks and SD cards. Veronica found a program that got great reviews from others that had similar problems as I was having and that had used this program. I gave the program a try and voila...it actually worked. I was able to retrieve each and every photo and movie that was "lost" on this corrupted SD card. If this ever happens to you...DON'T format the SD card and try the following program. You will download the free limited version. The free version will go through your CD card and find the photos/movies that can be recovered. After providing you with a list you will have the option to buy the program. If you buy it...$39.99, it will give you a product key that you paste in the appropriate box and it will unlock the program thus allowing you to obtain the listed photos/movies. The program is then your to keep and use indefinitely. It is not a one time use program. I was able to retrieve each and every photo/movie off of my corrupted SD card even after I checked and nothing showed up as being on the SD card. If you ever find yourself in this situation I highly recommend this program......
Card Recovery. It truly works. I am now doing the happy dance. Tomorrow I start going through and reviewing each and every photo taken including the ones Veronica took. In all I will be looking at over 10,000 photos. Yes folks you read that correctly...over 10,000. My eyes are already starting to hurt just thinking about it.