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Beginnings...

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That's the ticket, Aaron
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Zhan is set

The City of Lights

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The Eiffel Tower can be seen from anywhere
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A street in the business district
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A fountain near the Louvre
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M is for Metro and McDonald's
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La Grande Arche de la Defense
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There's a big thumb there as well
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Notre Dame, as seen by Zhan
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Notre Dame, as seen by Aaron
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A nice little niche area
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A view of Arc de Triomphe from Champs Elysees
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The beautiful river Seine
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The spiral staircase
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Pere Lachaise cemetery
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The grave of Jim Morrison
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Memorial of Oscar Wilde
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Sonya and Ed enjoy some Haagen Dazs
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Sonya, Ed, and Zhan take a walk
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That's one big vending machine
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Aaron mails a postcard back home
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A tribute to our friend Graeme
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Zhan on a bridge
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Zhan in some sand
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Aaron in some sand
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Gare du Nord train station
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Hi Zhan
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Sonya greets us at our hostel
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Aaron takes a rest in the hostel

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Eiffel Tower

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The base of the Eiffel Tower
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Another take of the base
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Look at the lineup
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Peace
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Eiffel Tower - bright
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Eiffel Tower - dark
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Eiffel Tower - dusk
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Eiffel Tower - Zhan, Ed, and Sonya

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Roland Garros

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The legendary red clay of Roland Garros
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Excuse me, how do I get to Wimbldeon?
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Stade Roland Garros
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The lucky spectators who have tickets
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I have to view through the bushes
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Or peek through the tarp
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At least I get to kiss Martina

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Arc de Triomphe

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Arc de Triomphe
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Aaron is feeling triumphant
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Aaron on top
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Zhan on top
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Aaron and Zhan on top
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A decoration on the Arc
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A view of the Eiffel Tower
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A view of La Grande Arche
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All roads lead to the Arc de Triomphe
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Aaron descends the spiral staircase
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That's not a parking lot, it's a roundabout
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The Unknown Soldier
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Aaron is planning our next stop

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Fondue

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Aaron looks drunk
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So does Zhan
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Sonya and Ed might be as well
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Whoever took this photo certainly was!

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Louvre

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The Louvre Pyramid is the main entrance
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Look at the long lineup. We don't want to wait.
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So Aaron takes a picture of me
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And I take a picture of him
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The pyramid from another angle
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Smaller pyramids
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This arc hides a secret entrance to the Louvre
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Take a closer look and remember this when you go
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Hold on, take a picture by the fountain first
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One more picture before going inside
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This is the pyramid from the inside
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Greeted by the Winged Victory of Samothrace
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And a very ugly face
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Let's visit Mona
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Tourists illegally flashing Mona
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Zhan, Aaron, Mona, Ed
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Let's go see Venus now
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Lovers in a dangerous time
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Getting a little Egyptian
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With Ramses II
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The Code of Hammurabi
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Can you read Cuneiform?

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Tour Montparnasse

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A view of the city from its tallest building
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This building is taller than the Eiffel Tower
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An exit sign...to a 209m drop to the ground
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We're about to fall!
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Look at those fools
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It's Ed taking a picture of Sonya

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Versailles

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Let's have a picnic
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Let's visit Louis XIV
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Beautiful courtyards
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And lots of fountains
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Let's take a closer look of that fountain
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It has statues in the fountain
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Ed, Zhan, and Sonya by a fountain
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Gardens fill the fields
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Sonya like this fountain
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Ed controls a fountain
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A symphony of water
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They also have carriage rides
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We are about to leave

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Hotel des Invalides

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Beautiful on the outside
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Beautiful on the inside
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The tomb of Napoleon
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Ouch! That must of hurt!
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Aaron wants to be a knight
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Ed, Sonya, and Zhan might also be invalids

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