Architecture in Lucca, Italy

Just to give you a little looksie around town in Lucca ...

Ciao!

Pictures and Architecture around Nice.

We lucked out again with an open market on a Saturday!  We've been to several now along Europe ... good thing the timing worked out like it did!  

Aren't the colors invigorating?  Orange and yellow hues all over Nice.

A little Bob Marley cover songs in the streets, nice.

This is a stairwell made of marbles

I thought this was real, but it's a sculpture.

hahaha

Cute little kiddos playing in the streets.

I believe we were in the Cours Saleya area, where they are constantly having open markets.  They change during seasons and days.  I think we were there for the art and antique market!

Parting Shots of Paris

I'm sad to look back and notice I did not write that much about my adventures in Paris.  I really wanted to be thorough about travel journalling and write all impressions down.  Paper and ink.

But, here's the thing.  Once you are in a new and fascinating place, you don't want to take time away by sitting and writing about what you just experienced, you want to experience more and more and not miss a beat.  It's just too darn exciting and I wanted to take it all in!

BUT, I do have pictures!  LOTS of pictures, as you can tell.

A few parting notes ...  I just found everything so vividly beautiful.  Being an interior designer and artist, Paris was a dream world.  The detail, the beauty of craftsmanship and ornamentation, the history, the entire essence just blew me away.  And I must say, my appreciation for historical architecture grew leaps and bounds.  If you know me, I love modern and clean design paired with the appropriate flair of other styles ... but this place sparked something inside me.  The way they merge styles is unreal.  I'm happy to have had a visit!

Paris, on a sunny spring day.

Beautiful little road.

Lost in a neighborhood.  Paris is the best place to get lost.

So grand, right?

I LOVED those green columns!

Reuse people!

People of Paris.

An afternoon in Paris.

Don't you want to live here?

Definitely a walking city.

Boutiques in Paris.

Bye!!

Details on the inside of the Louvre

Here's some detail interior shots of the Louvre in Paris.  This place was amazing and full of surprises.  It's just breaming with classic sophistication, history, inspiration, and ideas!

The loooong hallways of the Louvre.

Stairwell after stairwell after stairwell.

Beautiful simplicity and structure.

Very interesting design in the hardwood floors.

Perfect stone and brick everywhere.

Look at the carving detail!

Detailed doors and windows that captured the light so eloquently.

Wow.

I felt like I had stepped back in history walking through the Louvre.

Large and beautiful wood doors everywhere.

Quite an ambiance at the Louvre in Paris.

Marble floors.

This is what's left of the medieval Louvre ...

 

 ... underground in a scary basement!  That is pretty fantastic.