Carmen, Vee, and Linda at La Gazelle, a restaurant  in Paris, France (left); and posing with several members of the audience at Vee's book signing inside La Dame Brune, in Paris (right).

Below is a scaled down version of a wall-hanging on one of the walls inside the               La Gazelle restaurant.   In the photo on the right, Vee is reading at her book signing at La Dame Brune.                                                     

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                                            Novelist Janice Sims (left), Book Seller Jackie Perkins, and Vee Garcia at              Montsho Books, in Orlando, Florida

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                                     A sign above the entrance to the Metro  Station near the Louvre Museum, in Paris

Above, a street sign identifying the Boulevard St. Germain, in Paris

A partial view of the top of the Pont Alexandre III, the most ornate of the bridges spanning the Seine River, in Paris.  It's an arch bridge that connects the Champs-Élysées quarter and the Invalides and Eiffel Tower quarter.  This photo was taken near dusk from a boat on the Seine. 

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                                              U.S. Capitol Building                  The Washington Monument

                          Palm trees on Dale Mabry Ave., in Tampa, Florida

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