tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25057281.post8057424935098754215..comments2023-03-10T12:38:54.612+01:00Comments on Beth in France: Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14141877537334176841noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25057281.post-58279430093445543232009-04-22T23:04:00.000+02:002009-04-22T23:04:00.000+02:00And PS: Happy Earth Day. France is on Earth, i'nt ...And PS: Happy Earth Day. France is on Earth, i'nt it?Momma Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02503538950732048064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25057281.post-18460345662363424612009-04-22T23:02:00.000+02:002009-04-22T23:02:00.000+02:00I remember seeing the Hope Diamond at the Smithson...I remember seeing the Hope Diamond at the Smithsonian in 1971 and having the same "eh, whoop" reaction that you gave Mona L. Television may have spoiled us to the wonders of visual impact, but Rowan Atkinson's treatment of the painting in "Bean" remains the first and last word on the subject!Momma Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02503538950732048064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25057281.post-6420779298914394652009-04-22T18:46:00.000+02:002009-04-22T18:46:00.000+02:00TM- I know you are right and I will always treasur...TM- I know you are right and I will always treasure these photos. I'm just always a little embarrassed to let others look at them!<br /><br />Rocky- Ick! Paris definitely has it's downsides.<br /><br />S- I am, of course, aware that the vast majority of the Louvre came from other places. <br />And much of it was NOT presents. Napoleon certainly looted Egypt of many ancient treasures. <br />That whole aspect of the collection of the Louvre (and most museums) is very awkward. I find it most upsetting in the case of museums featuring art from the third world...African masks, for example. In short, there are many things sitting in these museums that were stolen and do NOT belong in any country but that of their origin.<br />But trying to set all that right...Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141877537334176841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25057281.post-21517947439766825882009-04-22T16:51:00.000+02:002009-04-22T16:51:00.000+02:00My dear Queen of Africa, you forgot to mention an ...My dear Queen of Africa, you forgot to mention an irrelevant detail. Napoleon Bonaparte and his army brought us, the Italians, Libertè Egalité Fraternitè, and we were so grateful that gave him as a present our best paintings and sculptures (apart from money and minor things). That's why Paris has the Louvre and you could visit it. Regards, Gstrudelhttp://www.strudeltimes.itnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25057281.post-11998481803721004232009-04-22T14:07:00.000+02:002009-04-22T14:07:00.000+02:00Eldest counted 78 big fat juicy haorks on the stre...Eldest counted 78 big fat juicy haorks on the streets of Paris. maybe it was cold season and you're there for stomach flu season?????orenetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616103982088424715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25057281.post-55488036283458809982009-04-22T13:48:00.000+02:002009-04-22T13:48:00.000+02:00Having pictures of the kidlets posed in fromt of t...Having pictures of the kidlets posed in fromt of the monuments is more satisfying in the long run than just pictures of the monuments, I think. At least you have a clue about the identity of SOMETHING in the photo years later. I have about three hundred or so photos from a road trip my husband and I took out East through many Civil War battlegrounds, and I now have no clue why I took most of them. I KNOW there's some significance to this field versus that field, but do I remember just by looking at pretty but fairly generically pastoral photos? No. They'd be better if there was at least a face I recognized, like my husband's.Teacher Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11215145025563985398noreply@blogger.com