Digging through the past

I was digging through some old pictures today and ran across these postcards that I bought in Paris in 1967. August 11th-13th, 1967 to be exact...I was very organized in those days and always wrote on the back. Forty-three years ago this week. No wonder it seems like a lifetime ago. It was in my "other life" as my sweetie and I call our lives before each other. So much of that has faded into the past that it does almost seem like someone else lived it. That's sort of sad and glad at the same time. I started buying postcards everywhere I went while I lived in Europe (sounds nice, but it was because of the US Air Force, back in the days when every guy either enlisted or was drafted) because the weather is so dreary over there and the photos were dark. Now I like that look! Funny how time changes your prospective. Now I have a nice postcard collection and some cool vintage photos taken with a Kodak Brownie that I wish I still had!! I couldn't wait to replace it. Funny again, those NEW cameras took the pictures that are all faded now...you know, all those 70's photos. You never know how good you have it, right!! Anyway, I got sidetracked! I was so thrilled to actually see the things I'd only seen in magazines and geography books. Nineteen years old and riding all over Paris on the Metro. I couldn't believe it! L'Arc de Triomphe

This one was taken from the top of the Arc.

Dome des Invalides also called Napoleans Tome.

I started a scrapbook several years ago for those postcards and photos. I think I need to get it out and start again. These images need a proper place to rest. Someone besides me might be interested in them someday...but like the things I find at estate sales, maybe not. I'll hold out hope that a granddaughter maybe...