But in this Parisian church called L'Eglise St. Louis en L'Île on the island of St. Louis in the middle of the Seine.

Tom Hall rehearses the orchestra, L'Académie d'Île de Saint Louis and soloist Langston Fitzgerald III

We had a quick Paris bus tour.

Skip and I visited museums - first the Pompidou Center which is the blue building in this view from Montmarte.

The Pompidou Center is a modern art museum. This sculpture, Femme se coiffant I, is by Julio Gonzalez, 1931.

Part of The Musée de Cluny was formerly a Roman bath.

The Cluny is devoted to medieval art like this stained glass piece.

One day we had lunch at this pleasant cafe near the Sorbonne.

Sacre Coeur at the top of Montmarte seen from the 4th floor of the Pompidou Center

Sacre Coeur from its foot on Montmarte

Another view of Paris from Montmarte. Notre Dame is the darker church in the foreground.

One of many melting bronze clocks in the Salvador Dali museum

Looking out at the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and Tour Eiffel

We took a bus into the Loire valley and admired fields of sunflowers and many small villages.

The purpose of our trip was to sing in this 16th c. church in Oiron.

But first we lined up to use the single bathroom.

All of our concerts were sold out out and the audiences were wonderfully appreciative.
In these pictures, taken by Skip in the audience, Kathy is on far stage right.

Inside the Oiron church are many wonders including this stuffed cayman (a 17th century souvenir) and elaborate 16th century tomb.

And next door is a beautiful chateau with a moat and a grand view of the Loire valley.

France is full of chateaus.

We saw them from the high speed train from Paris to Provence.

Detail of La Rotonde fountain in the center of Aix.

Morning flower and vegetable market

another fountain and KTI

ARI buys part of our lunch,

and we bought bread here.

Aix has crowded streets.

We drove north to Montelimar in Drome to perform in another music festival here.

The distinguishing feature of this church is its modern hanging cross.

Tom Hall rehearses Les Violons de France and our soloists.

Skip found the important tourist spots: a shop where we bought nougat and ice cream with freshly made cones,

We spent a day in this walled city.

The famous bridge only extends part way over the river now.

The square was filled with street performers.

Around every corner you never knew who you would see.

Chateauneuf-des-Papes grapes grow in stony soil right below the old palace. You can see the bridge in the background.