Train ride from Charles DeGaulle airport
Train ride from airport
Graffitti
Our room at Hotel Duret
Le Cristal - local bistro
View of La Grande Armee Blvd
L'Arc de Triomphe
Lexus Dealer and Le Cristal (where we ate)
La Grande Armee Blvd
La Champs Elysees
Looking back at L'Arc de Triomphe from La Champs Elysees
Side street off La Champs Elysees
L'Arc de Triomph at night (I did not get run over by the taxi)
Eiffel Tower from L'Arc de Triomphe
On the stairs looking down while halfway up L'Arc de Triomphe
On the stairs looking upwards while going up L'Arc de Triomphe
Museum near the top of L'Arc de Triomphe
Museum in L'Arc de Triomphe
Unkown Soldier
Very tired our first night
View of Les Champs Elysees from top of L'Arc de Triomphe
Top of L'Arc de Triomphe
La Tour Eiffel from L'Arc de Triomphe
Eiffel Tower from top of L'Arc de Triomphe
La Tour Eiffel from top of L'Arc de Triomphe
From top of L'Arc de Triomphe
Looking down from top of L'Arc de Triomphe
From top of L'Arc de Triomphe looking down La Grand Armee Blvd
Stairway looking down from top of L'Arc de Triomphe
L’Arc de Triomphe
Resting at L’Arc de Triomphe
Tired
Ceiling of L'Arc de Triomphe
Ceiling of L’Arc de Triomphe
L’Arc de Triomphe--Napoleon
La Tour Eiffel lights up
La Tour Eiffel lights up and flashes at night
Les Champs Elysees
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the base of L'Arc de Triomphe
Tomb of Unknown Soldier at L’Arc de Triomphe
France has Spider-Man fever!
Our Hotel Duret window (second floor, center)
Hotel Duret
Street in front of Hotel Duret
Street in front of Hotel Duret (Rue Duret)
Outside our window (Hotel Duret)
Outside of our window (Hotel Duret)
Across our windown (Hotel Duret)
Place de Victor Hugo
We're everywhere!
Foch on horse
Palais de Chaillot
Palais de Chaillot (National Theater)
Jardin de Trocodero
La Tour Eiffel
La Tour Eiffel (Line to go up)
Parc du Champs de Mars
Les Invalides
From Les Invalides
St. Francis Xavier
Fontaine de Medici at Jardin du Luxembourg
Polythemus at Jardin du Luxembourg
Acis and Galatea at Jardin du Luxembourg
Fontaine de Medicis at Jardin du Luxembourg
Jardin du Luxembourg
Ducks at Jardin du Luxembourg
Jardin du Luxembourg (view of Pantheon)
Palais du Luxembourg (Senate Building)
Palais du Luxembourg
St. Sulpice
St. Sulpice (from DaVinci Code)
Sundial from St. Sulpice
The Taxi is a Benz!
St. Germain des Pres
Looking up from our table from Les Deux Magots at St. Germain des Pres
From our table at Les Deux Magots at St. Germain des Pres
Rue Bonaparte walking towards La Seine
Pont Carousel by Le Louvre (where Tom Hanks “jumps” out of bathroom)
Pont Carousel
La Seine
Le Louvre
Band playing by La Seine and Le Louvre
Le Concierge
Pont des Arts
Pont Neuf
La Tour Eiffel from Pont des Arts
Sparkling La Tour Eiffel
Outside Le Louvre
Metro stop Musee du Louvre
Yannick Noah the rock star
Moulin Rouge in Montmartre
Montmartre Metro stop
Montmartre
Vincent Van Gogh's house in Montmartre
Moulin Galette in Montmartre
Cathedrale du Sacre Coeur
Paris, from front of Cathedrale du Sacre Coeur
Paris from front of Cathedrale du Sacre Coeur
La Tour Eiffel from front of Cathedrale du Sacre Coeur
A french Pooka
From Champs de Mars-Tour Eiffel train station
From Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel train station
Train to Versailles
Versailles
Parc de Versailles
Le Grand Canal, Parc de Versailles (an hours walk to the other end!)
Pluto and Persephone, Parc de Versailles
Le Grand Canal, Parc de Versailles
Versailles-Chapel of Louis XIV
Versailles-Hall of Kings and Queens
Jeanne d'Arc
Versailles-Second floor of Chapel
Versailles-Ante-chambre of Chapel
Ante-chambre of Chapel
Versailles-State Apartments of the King and Queen
Versailles-State Apartments of the King and Queen, Louis XV
Versailles-State Apartments of the King and Queen, King's Throne Room
Versailles-State Apartments of the King and Queen, King't Throne
Versailles-State Apartments of the King and Queen, War Room
Versailles-State Apartments of the King and Queen, Hall of Mirrors
Versailles-State Apartments of the King and Queen, view from window
Versailles-State Apartments of the King and Queen, Queen's bed
Versailles-State Apartments of the King and Queen, Napoleon Bonaparte
Versailles-State Apartments of the King and Queen, Coronation of Josephine by Napoleon
Outside Versailles
Train station Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel
From train station Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel
Guarding La Tour Eiffel
Rive Seine in front of La Tour Eiffel
Rive Seine
Carousel in front of La Tour Eiffel
Fountains in front of Palais de Chaillot
Picnic overlooking La Tour Eiffel
Kids in front of La Tour Eiffel
Good wine
Champagne La Tour Eiffel
Compact car
Motorcycle with roof
Mini Cooper as midsize car
Dog waiting in Place de Victor Hugo
Pirates fever
Manly scooter
gas stations underground
Rue Duret (our hotel street)
Rue Duret, our hotel
La Conciergerie, Ile de Cite
Rive Seine, La Conciergerie, Ile de Cite
Rive Seine, Ile de Cite
Across from Ile de Cite, Quai de la Megisserie
Chatelet
Ile de la Cite, Rue de l'Horlage
View from Ile de la Cite across Rive Seine
Taxi driver with tie
Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris
L'Hotel de Dieu (Paris public hospital)
Hotel Dieu
Charlemagne, Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris
Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris ceiling
Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris, back looking up
Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris, ceiling
Mass schedule, Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris
Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris, Ste. Jeanne d'Arc
Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris, Choir screen carved in 1300s
Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris, Chapel of Notre Dame, choir singing
Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris, organ
Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris, looking towards rear
L'Hotel de Ville (City Hall)
Mall of L'Hotel de Ville
Street in front of L'Hotel de Ville
L'Hotel de Ville
Square in front of L'Hotel de Ville
Square in front of L'Hotel de Ville and streetlamp face
Very European Street
from Harry Potter fame
St. Eustache
Jardins du Forum des Halles
Palais du Louvre ( not the museum)
Ste. Jeanne d'Arc
Mini L'Arc de Triomphe in front of Musee du Louvre
Jardins des Tuileries, Place de la Concorde obelisk and real L'Arc de Triomphe in background
La Tour Eiffel from Jardins des Tuileries
Jardins des Tuileries
Musee du Louvre
Place de la Concorde (Just before election results)
Place de la Concorde
Place de la Concorde (waiting for election results)
Obelisk, Place de la Concorde
Place de la Concorde, Sarkozy motorcade
Place de la Concorde, Sarkozy victory speech
French Diet Coke, Gare du Nord
Gare du Nord
Gard du Nord (second train is ours)