https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/notre-dame-fire.html EuroCheapo editors take on the world of budget travel. Sat, 06 Sep 2025 14:19:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.3 https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/notre-dame-fire.html#comment-437394 Tue, 23 Apr 2019 18:07:42 +0000 https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=53244#comment-437394 I did really enjoy reading your article, Bryan. Once again you enrich it with your unique perspective.

]]> 53244 437394 2019-04-23 18:07:42 https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/notre-dame-fire.html#comment-437392 Tue, 23 Apr 2019 18:00:56 +0000 https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=53244#comment-437392 That one Christmas Eve, we pondered the Christmas trees which hadn’t been bought and were now being swept by the wind around the abandoned lot across the street from Notre Dame. In fact all of Paris seemed abandoned. A good time for us to visit. No crowds, just a few of us Paris lovers. We became philosophical. Even a religious skeptic like me was lured into the stations of the cross within the cathedral. I remember my wife’s walking brace broke. No big deal. Why just think of the centuries the church has survived. We hobbled back to the hotel through wind-swept trees. And so it became one of our ‘memories.’ Even thought about it that time we returned and watched clandestine climbers scale the cathedral late at night. One of the guys asked me to watch out for the cops. Figure he chose me because I was wearing a beret. Hah!
Great essay, Bryan. Of course that grand lady on the Seine will survive.

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