Poire - ization started with the flight attendant on Air France offering me a Brandy or Poire William appertif. I chose the pear and that made all the difference. Everywhere I go in France, I notice pears!

The glass medallions in the chandeliers in the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles are shaped like...... pears!

Such a pretty pear!

We walk along the sidewalk and see this chidlren's book open to a picture of....
pears!

In the Chartre Cathedral we see a "Notre Dame of the pillar" carved out of PEAR wood and holding a wooden....
pear!

After lunch at the "Winged Ant", we notice this painting of.....pears!

When we visit Intercaves, Charles' wine shop, he has a few appertifs/spirits on the shelf -
one of which is....
Poire William!