While on a bike tour, we wound through the streets of Paris to the Louvre. The City of Lights compelled us to stop and absorb the magic of the moment. The discord of modern and traditional architecture momentarily blended with the timelessness of dance.
Where would you like to travel in 2014?
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Susie Lindau's Wild Ride 
Wasn’t that a wonderful sight?? We were in that exact spot last September. Did you ride your bikes through the Tuileries Gardens as long as you were that close? 🙂 Thanks for bringing back some wonderful memories, Susie!
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We did! We started at the Eiffel Tower and then made a big loop which ended with a boat tour. Spectacular place, yes???
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Hope to see something like this one day. Love your site.
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Thanks so much! I hope you travel there sometime too!
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England and Canada (Toronto to be exact) are my two big trips planned for this year.
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Very cool! We have our map on the wall and are shooting darts….
Happy New Year!
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I would love to travel to Scotland. I’ve never been and I’m dying to see the highlands and the Isle of Skye. The new banner on your website is beautiful! Love the redesign! 🙂 Happy New Year!
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Thanks Sophie! It’s a featured image just for this post. I have never used this widget, but the snowing scene really didn’t go with my post!
Scotland would be a great adventure and would inspire a new series of books for you no doubt!
Hope you are staying warm in Cali! Snow is on the way!
Happy New Year to you!
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Love your new blog look, Susie, and this Friday photo idea is fabulous! I’ll be traveling back to France this summer to spend some time loving la belle France and then leading the two women’s tours in Nice and the countryside of Provence. I’m already counting the days to departure! What are your travel plans? Happy New Year to you and yours ~ we are off and riding with you for 2014’s Wild one!
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Thanks so much Patricia! It’s a featured image just for this post! It made sense to me to try it out since skiing Whale’s Tail didn’t really work with my scene of the Louvre!
Sounds like you have amazing plans for 2014! Danny and I are toying with the map. We are both anxious to travel this year.
Thanks for coming along for the Wild Ride!
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There are often people dancing in Washington Square Park near NYU in manhattan.
Always a beautiful sight.
I’ve never danced in Paris, but I did eat a waffle while strolling along the banks of the Seine.
Then a bird pooped on me.
No one likes the French.
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That must be wonderful to see! I love NYC!
Hahahaha! Dang bird!
Happy New Year Guapo!
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Is that the pyramid from the Dan Brown Holy Grail adventure book ?
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It is the one and only! Pretty surreal isn’t it?
Happy New Year Carl!
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We’re thinking about a dive trip to Fiji or Indonesia this year. Great shot of the Louvre, Susie.
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I thought you wrote a “driving” trip to Fiji! Hahaha! My son’s girlfriend just got back from Bali after a semester abroad. She loved it!
Thanks Cathy and Happy New Year!
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I would love to travel many places. But I don’t fly. And oh I need money. 🙂
I love traveling virtually with you guys. Your photo is fabulous.
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You are welcome to arm chair travel with me anytime! Thanks so much!
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thanks 😉
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Susie, I not a bigger fan of Paris – been quite a few time (through work) and I have never felt for dancing in Paris… *smile – love your photo. Tomorrow I will post about my travelling plans for this year … have loads going on.
If there is one city that I would love to dance in .. is it Vienna.
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I would love to go there to Viveka! I love traveling and hope we can see more wonderful places this year!
Thank you!
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I love wandering the streets of Paris. Riding a bike would’ve been a blast. Did you rent one of their bikes they have scattered all over the city. We thought about that when we were there, but decided to just walk. have a great New Year. Love the blog header – I showed it to my son who’s doing Midwest skiing – just big hills. I watch. Take care.
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Hi Clay! Thanks so much!
We took a bike tour which started at the Eiffel Tower and looped through the city. When we returned, we took a boat tour as part of the package. It was so much fun!
Thanks for sharing it! I put the Paris photo up there for a featured image just for this post. The ski photo is from Whale’s Tail in Breckenridge. Snow is coming in tonight!
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I think I was on the very same bike tour, and took nearly an exact same photo! (https://plus.google.com/109574164264377835413/posts) What a romantic city.
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That is so coo! We biked on July 22nd! I love Paris and want to go back. There are so few places in world where I feel surrounded by beauty.
Thanks for stopping by!
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No trips for me this year. That will be the fifth year in a row. I’m planning on things changing … this year.
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I think it will be a great year of change for both of us!
Happy New Year to you!
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Oh that’s really cool. I can see why that’s a favorite.
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Thanks so much! I have a bunch, but am saving them for contests.I love to travel. It always brings new perspective to my own life!
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Cool! I’m very grateful to have been there twice. We are supposed to be going to Disney this year 🙂
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Me too! You will love Disney. It’s such a fun family vacation.
Happy New Year Catherine!
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Boing Boing CW! Hopefully New York later this year Susie with also Florence and Budapest on the horizon.
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Wow! That sounds like some wonderful vacations Ginger! I am hoping to travel too! We have to make some decisions… 🙂
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We have plans to visit the Dominican Republic. If all goes well, we’ll be heading back to Texas again for a Cowboys game, too. Ultimately we’d like to take a longer vacation to visit the Mediterranean (specifically Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, the south of France), but we know that won’t be happening this year. 🙂 BTW, I just NOW made it through your party…well, until more people show up. Yay!
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Those sound like great places to roam! It is fun to have vacations planned so you can look forward to the break. 🙂
Way to go Kitt! I read every one of them too. Whew! Thanks for all the blog support!
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Gorgeous photo, Susie! Where would I like to travel in 2014? Everywhere! I’d love to go back to Europe in the springtime to explore Austria, Germany, and the Eastern side. I will be making my way down to Costa Rica in the summer and that will be an incredible adventure I’m sure. Are you and the family headed anywhere amazing this year?
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I loved Costa Rica! Make sure to hit the beach and surf! Europe would be an adventure too. Danny wants the family to go to Lindau, Germany! I wonder if we could get all of our hotel and meals comped?
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No place like home….
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Are you still in Canada?
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I really don’t want to travel outside the country, done that. I’ve driven to Colorado and was awed. Pretty much narrows it down to my state, Connecticut and my home town. There’s a lot here. I’m going to capture it on film or digital and post it in my blog. Keep dancing.
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That is a wonderful idea. A “staycation.” There is a lot we haven’t explored here in Colorado either. I will Tom!
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Only interest in travel outside the US & Canada is cruises. Right now, we’re thinking about a cruise up the Norwegian coast to see the fjords.
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That sounds relaxing and cool literally! I’m not there yet, but maybe someday, I”ll book one. Happy New Year David!
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This wage slave would most like to travel to the bank with a better salary.
Excellent photo, Susie, but I so wish I could enter your banner image because it’s 16 degrees in the Big Apple right now — and the mercury is falling.
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Good one! I’d like to travel to the bank after making ANY money at all.
Paris was so hot that day too! I am about to fly back to Wisconsin where 5 degrees as a high temperature is welcomed. I think I’ll go out and play in the snow to get myself acclimated.
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Great photo! Paris is such a marvellous city – and the place I’d like to travel is right back to that square with its pyramid…and the ticket counter for the Louvre underneath (not Dan Brown’s Holy Grail!). Last time I was there we had 3 hours left before having to catch a train at Paris Nord and ended up scorching through the Louvre at Mach = 3…and it deserves a lot more than that…
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It is quite a place! We spent hours there in 2001 and skipped it last summer since it was peak tourist season. Next time! I love Paris because it is a city you can get lost in.
I hope you have the opportunity to travel back!
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2014 – Disneyland (for my 50th!!!), probably Yellowstone and maybe a cruise somewhere tropical. Or Hawaii.
Where do I want to go if I had unlimited resources? Ireland, Greece, Alaska, Italy – how about a world tour? Who’s with me?
Happy traveling and happy dancing!
Patricia Rickrode
w/a Jansen Schmidt
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I’ll meet you on your World Tour! Those are fabulous places. There’s will be a lot of wonderful photo blog posts in your future!
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Someplace where it’s not -35 degrees with the wind chill when I awaken…
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I don’t know how those football players can play in temps like those. I bet you are looking forward to spring! I bet you are hitting a treadmill these days.
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No need to run…all I do is shovel snow and chop ice!
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True! That would be a great work out!
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I sweat like I do when I run. 🙂
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Paris. Thanks for the party!
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It never disappoints!
Thanks for coming! It was a blast with so many new bloggers!
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