Aimee
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I'm off to the world of Hugo tomorrow for a 8 days.[Paris that is]
See you when I get back!!
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MademoiselleMusicals
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Hope you have a good time!!! 
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Orestes Fasting
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Oooh, lucky you.
Take pictures of the Luxembourg.  And of the rue Rambuteau where it crosses the rue Mondétour.
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audreydarling
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have an awesome time Aimee..Paris is glorious..one fo the most beautiful cities in the world..I luv it...so amazing!
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convict24601
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Aimee -
Have an exellent trip. Bring back pictures if you can! I've never seen Paris - but I've heard it's lovely. I'm sure you're pretty excited as it is!
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eponine5
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Even though you're probably gone by now, have a good time!
I just came back from Southern France. I'm really frustrated because I was there for 2 weeks and I went to a good number of different towns, but I didn't come across either of the French recordings of Les Miserables or a copy of the book.
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Orestes Fasting
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| eponine5 wrote: | Even though you're probably gone by now, have a good time!
I just came back from Southern France. I'm really frustrated because I was there for 2 weeks and I went to a good number of different towns, but I didn't come across either of the French recordings of Les Miserables or a copy of the book. |
Really? I was in Montreal earlier this year and I found a lovely annotated edition of the book in a little used bookshop... and I wasn't even looking that hard, because I already had two copies in French and one in English.  The recordings are a bit more obscure, but it astounds me that you didn't find a copy of the book.
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eponine5
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What I mean is I didn't find a relatively old copy of the book, even though I looked in several second hand book stores and the like. Actually, in one shop a bookseller did show me a 1960's leatherbound copy that came in three volumes with illustrations and everything. But even though I don't speak French, I turned to the end and saw the names Gavroche and Courfeyrac and after checking some more, realised that this was not the complete version.
I mentioned this to the man in the store (he spoke some english) and first he assured me that it was the complete copy, but then after a few other people had gathered, he checked the book himself and then quietly sent me out of the store. 
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Aimee
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Hi, I'm home!! We had a great time.
Here are a few images of Hugo-land, but not as he would have known it.
Basilique du Sacre Coeur 
Opéra Garnier 
Notre Dame Catherdral 
Eiffel Tower 
Champs Elysee, looking towards Arc de Triomphe 
I did go to Rue Rambuteau but didn't see the other road. [I admit I wasn't looking  sorry.]
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Fantine
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Thank you for the photo's Aimee, I love Paris 
What's in the Rue Rambuteau? Is that related to Les Mis?
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dramatic_mizfit
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Fantine, I ordered the French recording through Amazon.fr.
If you're really desperate though, I bet I could hook you up.
Aimee, looks like you had a wonderful time! I went to France 5 summers ago, it was glorious. I only got to spend a day in Paris though, and due to jet lag fell asleep before we got to the Tour Eiffel. Disappointing. Glad you had a good time!
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Fantine
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| dramatic_mizfit wrote: | Fantine, I ordered the French recording through Amazon.fr.
If you're really desperate though, I bet I could hook you up. |
Excuse me, what?
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Orestes Fasting
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| Fantine wrote: | Thank you for the photo's Aimee, I love Paris
What's in the Rue Rambuteau? Is that related to Les Mis? |
At some point during Haussmann's reconstructions of Paris, the warren of alleyways surrounding and including the rue de la Chanvrerie--where the barricade was--was torn down and made into the rue Rambuteau. The rue Mondétour still exists and intersects the rue Rambuteau, so that's the closest you can get to standing on the spot where the barricade fell.
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convict24601
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Aimee, welcome back! Paris looks so nice! Great pictures. I hope to go some day.
But I bet it isn't cheap....
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eponine5
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Great photos! Did you climb Notre Dame Cathedral? Did you go up the Eiffel Tower by the lift...or the stairs
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Aimee
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| eponine5 wrote: | | Great photos! Did you climb Notre Dame Cathedral? |
Nope but I went up the Montparnasse tower [good name eh?] and on this.......  
| eponine5 wrote: | | Did you go up the Eiffel Tower by the lift...or the stairs |
LOL, NO WAY!! The lift for me, every time.
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Kate1197
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Your trip looks like it was amazing! Lucky you ...
(But come on ... climbing the stairs of the Eiffel Tower is part of the fun! )
-Kate
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Aimee
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| Kate1197 wrote: | | Your trip looks like it was amazing! Lucky you ...-Kate |
Thanks Kate, it was.
| Kate1197 wrote: | (But come on ... climbing the stairs of the Eiffel Tower is part of the fun! )
-Kate |
la la la, I can't hear you! 
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Jordan
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Did you meet Quasi and Erik though?
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Aimee
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Nah, neither of them were home. 
Which opera house is Phantom set in? There is a huge chandeleir in Opera Garnier, I took a piccy.... hmmmmmmm wonders.
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Fantine
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| Aimee wrote: | Nah, neither of them were home.
Which opera house is Phantom set in? There is a huge chandeleir in Opera Garnier, I took a piccy.... hmmmmmmm wonders. |
That one
Can I see the pic in like, NOW?
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