Gerritt's Pictures:
Paris
February 23-26, 2005
This is part two of a two-city trip that Daryl and I took to London and Paris. We blitzed the two cities, spending just three days in each and visiting every famous museum, tourist spot, and observation tower in the cities. We climbed dozens of spiral staircases, watched it snow from the Eiffel Tower, saw a man with no pants, and visited two of the most historic and important cities in the world. Below are the pictures from Paris, and you can find my London pictures back on page one. Au revoir!
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Daryl rides on the Eurostar train to Paris |
The snowy English countryside |
The Eiffel Tower in snow-covered Paris |
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Paris advertises for their Olympic hosting hopes |
The massive supports for the Eiffel Tower |
Looking down from the Eiffel Tower as the snow falls on Paris |
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The view from the top |
The Arc de Triomphe in the distance |
Paris, for the Millennium celebration, put thousands of strobe lights on the Eiffel Tower. The light show was so well received that the strobes are still there and light up all night on the hour. On our first night in Paris, I took an animated image of the tower as it sparkled above us. |
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This is the view out the window of the apartment where Amy M. was house/child-sitting |
"Bob The Sponge: The Film" "A Hero. A Legend. A Sponge." |
Daryl imitates the film Amelie by getting his photos taken in Gare de l'Est |
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Same photo booth, with Daryl's shoes |
Sculptures on the Arc de Triomphe |
Sculptures on the Arc de Triomphe |
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The Arc de Triomphe itself was far less interesting than the dangerous and challenging traffic roundabout that surrounds it |
The arc and more traffic |
Underground : London :: Metro : Paris |
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This Egyptian obelisk, brought to Paris by Napoleon, dates back to a temple built in the 1200s BC! |
The view up the avenue from Place de la Concorde |
The obelisk again. |
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Parisian children playing in the snow |
Another Arc de Triomphe, slightly smaller and less famous |
I think the horses on top were an afterthought. |
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The pyramid entrance to the Louvre |
Can you believe they let you take pictures of the Mona Lisa! |
The crowd gathers in Mona's room |
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The most famous piece of artwork in the world, and the crowd it attracts. |
The Venus de Milo statue, from Greece in about 130 BC. |
The jewels of France on display in this intricately ornate room of the Louvre. |
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The Louvre Palace |
Daryl in Napoleon III's royal apartment in the Louvre Palace |
The park outside the Louvre |
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Basilique du Sacre Coeur (also in the movie Amelie) |
Looking down towards Paris from Sacre Coeur |
Same Sacre, different view |
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The spire and a view |
Gazing over Paris in the haze |
A stone carving in the dome atop Sacre Coeur |
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Note how the Eiffel Tower seems so absurdly huge sticking out of the low-lying buildings of the city |
Looking down on a street market in Montmartre |
Snowing over Sacre Coeur |
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Gargoyles vomiting ice |
Snowy scene in Montmartre |
The tunneled marketplace Passage Jouffroy was built through these buildings in the early 1800s. |
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A snowy night in Paris |
The St. Martin canal |
This piece of graffiti on a Metro station bench serves as a reminder of how Americans have been shunned by the international community, especially in Europe. |
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Sculpture on the outside of Notre Dame cathedral |
One of the intricately carved entrances to Notre Dame |
Notre Dame |
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Another Notre Dame image |
Same cathedral, different side |
Notre Dame gargoyles |
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Gargoyles are said to represent souls caught between earth and heaven |
Quite creepy |
The Seine flowing through Paris |
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One of the most photographed buildings in the world, Notre Dame |
Stained glass in Ste. Chapelle |
The outside of Ste. Chapelle |
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Ste. Chapelle |
One more of the grand towers of Notre Dame |
"Arnold and the conquest of the west" |
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No anchors here |
The Musee d'Orsay as it overlooks the Seine |
On the opposite bank, the Louvre holds its place as the largest museum in the world |
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The atrium of the Musee d'Orsay art museum |
Museum attendees glance out from behind one of the clocks in the top of the Orsay |
The view from behind the clock |
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Looking across the Seine and up towards Sacre Coeur |
There's a car and a boat on top of this boat |
Ouch! Don't be this guy. |
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The Seine splits at Ile de la Cite, where Notre Dame and Ste. Chapelle sit |
A Parisian sunset scene |
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