Arnie was invited to the prestigious Institut de la Vie science meeting in the summer of 1975. Naturally Newlin accompanied him. Besides rubbing shoulders with the top scientists of the world, they toured many of the sights in Paris. Newlin described a formal and very elegant luncheon hosted by a wealthy family living in a spacious apartment on the Île de la Cité in Paris. They had tours of Versailles and Notre Dame Cathedral.
After the Institut de la Vie conference, Arnie and Newlin rented a car and drove over to see Cologne, and then through northern and western France down to Spain. Crossing into Spain at Bayonne, they are delayed going into San Sebastián because of an ETA terrorist bombing, so they did not do any sightseeing in San Sebastián. They stayed in Madrid and before returning the car to the rental shop, they made an excursion to Toledo. Newlin fell in love with paella and learned to cook that dish as a dinner party favorite on her return to Gainesville.
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| Eiffel Tower |
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| Newlin and Arnie, Arc de Triomphe |
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| Newlin at the Arc de Triomphe |
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| Arnie and Newlin at the Arc de Triomphe |
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| Newlin and Arnold on the Champs Élysées |
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| Newlin walking at the Place Charles de Gaulle |
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| Newlin at Versailles Palace |
They sent postcards only to Eric and Andrew in Gainesville because Joel and Allan were away from home at that time (Joel was spending the summer in Finland).
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| Honor's Gate of Versailles (postcard) |
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| Versailles Palace and King Louis XIV (postcard) |
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| Versailles Palace (postcard) |
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| Versailles (postcard) |
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| Église Saint-Denis de Sézane, Marne, France (postcard) |
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| "Ma Normandie", Chaumière, France ("My Normandy"; Chaumière means 'cottage' and is a place in Normandy) |
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| Chaumière, Normandy (postcard) |
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| postcard of Cologne with Rhine Park and the Cathedral |
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| Arnold in Europe |
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| Newlin sightseeing |
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| Newlin in Épernay, Marne Department, famed for its champagne wines |
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| Newlin in a hotel room |
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| Newlin |
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| Newlin window shopping outside a patisserie |
Newlin was amused in a restaurant in Mont Saint Michel, where Arnie ordered the seafood platter, not realizing it was a dish for two people. Newlin had ordered something else so Arnie struggled to finish his entire plate of seafood. Newlin said the diners in the restaurant clapped when Arnie finished it.
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| Newlin outside a restaurant (probably in Mont Saint Michel) |
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| Mont Saint Michel island abbey |
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postcard of the old castle (originally started by Foulques Nerra in the 990s) in Angers
Fulk III of Anjou (Fulk the Black/Foulques Nerra) may have been an ancestor of Newlin's |
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| postcard of the old castle, Bayonne, France |
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| Arnold in Charles de Gaulle Airport |
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| Newlin in Charles de Gaulle Airport |
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| Newlin in CDG Airport |
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