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Travel Journal :: Modern Toile Photography

I just wanted to share another image from Paris seeing as today is Bastille Day. Our hotel was in walking distance from where the famous prison once stood. Now it’s an Opera House, controversial for it’s architecture. Apparently, Parisians are opinionated. They also didn’t like the Eiffel Tower when it was built. Go figure. The…

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Museums & Macaroons :: Modern Toile Photography

The Louvre trip was funny. I left my husband chilling on a bench while I took some photographs. Hanging around my neck was the big, expensive camera he didn’t want me to travel with for fear it would draw too much attention to thieves.  The French culture is not renowned for it’s superficial niceties, so…

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Travel Journal: Parisian Flea Market :: Modern Toile Photography

More photos from Paris. This time, documenting our trip to the famous flea market, Les Puces de Saint-Ouen. At multiple points throughout this trip I said “I could live here, were it not for those horrible public restrooms.” The flea market was my raison d’etre. Tons of amazing cast-offs, gorgeous frames, charming china sets, old-timey…

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Travel Journal: Versailles :: Modern Toile Photography

I’ve just returned from 8 days in Paris, France. We did lots of stuff. One of my favorite places we visited was Versailles. I picked up a brochure on the history of the palace. It was in French, but I’m pretty sure this is what it said: Once upon a time, a princess came to…

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