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  1. Katie and Rick McCool
    July 20, 2018 @ 1:29 pm

    So sad that terror rules our beautiful landmarks. We are lucky to have been there before our world got so crazy. Have you noticed other changes in security?

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    • lspalla
      July 20, 2018 @ 2:16 pm

      There’s just so much of it everywhere now. The French are especially vulnerable in places like the Eiffel Tower and most especially in the subways and trains. I open my purse 3-4 times a day.

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  2. Fred
    July 20, 2018 @ 1:47 pm

    The photography as usual is outstanding. I am in awe of the many stained glass window photo shots you have shared over the course of this years Paris visit. The photos from the tower are dynamite as well.

    My dad as Dean of Music at Oklahoma City University for many years and prior to that the Minister of Music at First Methodist Church in Dallas would have enjoyed the music of Vivaldi as did your friend Dennis. I too like the Four Seasons by Vivaldi.

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    • lspalla
      July 20, 2018 @ 2:16 pm

      So glad you guys are following the blog. How is Beverly’s mom doing?

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  3. Cindi Ludwig
    July 20, 2018 @ 1:51 pm

    Oh lord, I hope your next post isn’t about getting bailed out of jail for photographing a child!
    It is truly a shame that “security” is changing our whole way of life. Angry, hateful people everywhere taking the lives of our fellows, worldwide, is the new normal.
    On a brighter note, enjoy your Paris journey with friends.

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    • lspalla
      July 20, 2018 @ 2:17 pm

      Thanks, Cindi. Sharon and Johnny are having a great time, and I’m SO proud of Sharon. She has hung in there with everything!

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  4. PAT O'BRIEN
    July 20, 2018 @ 1:53 pm

    Sorry that the new security was such a drag, but my take away was the image of you and your grandkids having fun last year – good description. Do you have any idea on how it was possible to afford to build such beautiful buildings hundreds of years ago? It must have been very important.

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    • lspalla
      July 20, 2018 @ 2:14 pm

      My best answer would be the monarchy which was at the King’s whim. Common people starved and died in the streets…thus the French Revolution.

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  5. Jacqueline Braudaway
    July 20, 2018 @ 2:14 pm

    I do hate that about the Eiffel Tower!! I’m so glad I have visited so many times where it was totally open. Your pictures are beautiful! I know that the St Chapelle concert was wonderful!!

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    • lspalla
      July 20, 2018 @ 2:19 pm

      Yes, so glad you have visited before this year’s changes. For me, it will never be the same.

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  6. Anne Stone
    July 20, 2018 @ 2:52 pm

    I’m grateful we were in Paris when we could visit the ET and other places with great freedom. The same is true in the USA. In the late ’80s I took Mother and her friend to the White House – no long security lines or concrete roadblocks there or in any other places we visited in DC. Those were the “good old days” in more ways than one. Meanness seems to rule the world now. On a happier note — “the CWJC book” will be ready to print this afternoon. It’s wonderful – inspiring – informative and all around a thing of beauty.

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    • lspalla
      July 20, 2018 @ 3:14 pm

      Thanks for all the hard work, Anne!

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  7. CarolynB
    July 20, 2018 @ 3:05 pm

    Awww Linda as usual you have perfectly captured the moment and mood of that hideous construction at the base of our beloved Tower. Though access at ground level will never be the same, I have great faith in la Ville de Paris that what ultimately becomes the new reality will be well done — as well done as possible in this sometimes-dispiriting era eg with pathways, lawns around the base and so on.

    Several memoirs I’ve read have looked nostalgically back at a time when despite the lack of an actual road under the Tower, one could drive a car straight under (usually at midnight!) — the romance, the view, the memory of a magical experience — mourning this was no longer possible in ‘modern times’. Now along with you I mourn this latest sad but necessary change.

    The photos are fabulous and I had to smile at the comment about bailing you out for your forbidden photo 🙂

    Cheers and look forward to reading about your Left Bank day!

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    • lspalla
      July 20, 2018 @ 3:14 pm

      Hideous is the perfect word!

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