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Wash and Reward

11/20/2013

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After an arduous morning at the Laverie i thought i should do something cultural as a reward, so i went to the Archives Nationales at the Hotel de Soubise to see a show of tapestries. I hadn't been inside this Hotel before so of course that was fun.
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The last time i was in this courtyard was during Nuit Blanche when there were a couple thousand other people with me. This is much nicer.
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And then there were the rooms of the Hotel de Soubise itself....
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Looking up into a chandelier....
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Soubise selfie. you can see from the chairs behind me that they have concerts here as well.
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Because its the national archive they have lots of historical documents and there were a handful on display, including this letter of Napoleon's. There was also the touching marriage certificate of Moliere.
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And here's an interesting way to archive historical documents....in boxes filling a window. It did darken the rest of the room i guess.
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And after a hard day of laundry and culture how about a little fortification. Here's a Millefeuille aux Fraise at the local Patisserie.
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Rod
11/19/2013 07:48:12 pm

Save some of that refreshment for me!

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