Europe 2002: Paris Map of Paris
Taking Metro Line 9 to Michel-Ange Auteuil station, I found a quaint neighborhood surrounding Roland Garros, home of The French Open. This area of Paris was so much more quaint than the center of Paris that I had previously seen. Very fragrant trees, bushes and flowers lined the streets filled with upscale houses and boutiques. The tourists and the hustle and bustle of central Paris was pleasantly missing from this area.
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The four big tennis tournament each year are Wimbledon (London, England), The US Open (Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens NY), The Australian Open(Melbourne, Australia) and The French Open.

Housed on a three-hectare site provided by the city of Paris, the arena was named after France's heroic wartime aviator, Roland Garros. Unfortunately, the sign on the right translates to Roland Garros was closed at the time of my visit! Being only able to walk around the outside fence at Roland Garros, I was only able to view what appears to be a practice court. Still, the famous red clay is very visible.
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Not quite as exciting being able to only walk around the outside and peek through the fence at Roland Garros, I picked up some spectacular cheese, sausage and wine from a store in this area. The woman in the store spoke no English and I spoke no French, but I ended up with a perfect snack that I later enjoyed on a grassy patch near the Eiffel Tower (photo below).
Notre Dame has three 13th-century portals that lie below the 31 foot rose window. The first portal of the Virgin depicts the signs of the Zodiac and the Virgin's coronation. The restored central portal of the Last Judgment is divided into three levels: The first shows Vices and Virtues; the second, Christ and his Apostles; the third, Christ in triumph after the Resurrection. The third Portal of St. Anne, depicts scenes such as the Virgin enthroned with Child, and is the most perfect piece of sculpture in Notre Dame.

The rose stained glass windows in Notre Dame Cathedral date from the second half of the 13th century. It has pointed arches at its outermost edges versus rounded edges which were used in later cathedral windows with the rose motif.  Romanesque wheel windows--the Gothic predecessor--had shafts radiating from a small circular central core.  Rose windows were a symbolic representation of an open, flower- rose which paid tribute to the Virgin Mary, Mother of Christ.
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I also took the train to Versailles, but due to a mishap involving the camera, the film and a bottle of wine the gorgeous pictures I took walking around the grounds will never be seen. It was near Versailles that I ordered my first beer in a McDonald's.
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