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paris
Tuesday 11 May: Arrive in the City of Lights for five days
stay...
The Societe Nationale - home of the 40 member commitee
charged with the preservation (i.e. regulation) of the french
language
The Societe Nationale - closeup
The Ile de la Cite, with bridges, on the Seine
More bridges on the Seine
The Societe Nationale, from the Ile de la Cite
One of Paris' many beautiful buildings
Notre Dame interior - The north transept rose window,
original construction
Notre Dame interior - Reconstructed south transept rose
window
Notre Dame, exterior detail
Notre Dame, rear garden
Notre Dame
The Seine, from the Ile de la Cite
Detail - Musee de Orsay
I must be inseine to take this shot - certainly got the
feet wet
Louvre - Inner courtyard
Louvre - Looking west towards the Tuilleries (and the
bloody pyramid)
Louvre - Looking east towards inner courtyard (and the
bloody pyramid)
Louvre - outer courtyard, garden statuary
The Tuilleries - Hmm, the Tour Eiffel ain't as tall as I
thought...
The Tuilleries - one of many vistas
Place de la Concorde - The Tour seems to be getting
shorter...
Place de la Concorde - The Obelisk. Now that's tall
Place de la Concorde - Protest against the NATO bombing
of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. The American embassy is off to the
left
The Tuilleries
The Tuilleries - a bit closer
Monparnasse Cemetery - an interesting bed to wake up
in!
Monparnasse Cemetery - an unusual monument to an unusual
man
Tour Monparnasse - the only skyscraper within the
"Ring"
Tour Monparnasse - view to the north-west... The Tour has
shrunk
Tour Monparnasse - Monparnasse Cemetery
Tour Monparnasse - Jardins de Luxembourg, with the French
Senate
One of Paris' many St. Someone's
Les Invalides - Napoleon's Tomb, with its 55 million FFr
worth of gilt wearing rapidly off the dome
Les Invalides - Napoleon's Tomb, dome interior - some of
the gilt seems to have run through...
Les Invalides - Napoleon's Tomb, Joseph's Tomb
Les Invalides - Napoleon's Tomb, The seven sarcophagus
pousse-cafe!
Les Invalides - Military museum gun display - note the
long gun in the bottom
Les Invalides - Military museum band display - with
Serpent
A column on the Pont Neuf - with Tour Eiffel for scale
A room with a view - The Welcome Hotel, St. Germain du
Pres
Musee de Orsay - Interior, main hall
Musee de Nissim de Cammondo, exterior
Odeon Theatre, St. Germain
Place de Vosges
Somewhere near the Place de Vosges
The Arc de Triomphe
The Tour Eiffel - maybe it ain't so short after
all...
The Tour's butt
Tour Eiffel - View to the South-East, showing Tour
Monparnasse
Tour Eiffel - looking west at sunset
Tour Eiffel - Lit Exterior
Tour Eiffel - Another Lit Exterior
Notre Dame - exterior view
Arc de Triomphe - Towards La Defense
Arc de Triomphe - Towards the Tour Eiffel
Arc de Triomphe - Down the Champs Elysses
Arc de Triomphe - Towards Montmatre
The Louvre - Napoleonic Apartments