Notre Dame
Near the Louvre.
Taken from Pointe De La Concorde.
The Obelisque at Place de la Concorde.
My first dinner in Paris. This is a Kir. Tres tourista.
Louvre.
More Louvre.
Venus De Milo.
As taken from inside the Louvre.
Interior shot.
One by one, the Louvre is replacing original masterpieces with fakes. Once the fakes are completed, the masterpieces are sold in Dubai.
As taken from the Louvre.
These escalators were a gift from Alfonso XIV of Spain in 1867.
This guy has his picture everywhere.
Poorer countries cannot afford hand-painted replicas. Once completed, this pencil sketch is destined for Kazakhstan.
Last pic from the Louvre.
Interior at Musee D'Orsay.
Il de la Cite, the island containing Notre Dame.
Notre Dame.
View of Paris from the top of Notre Dame.
The bell tower.
Sculpture garden in the Musee Picaso.
Walking down one small side street, I peered into an open gate. This mansion suddenly appeared. It now houses the National Archives.
The heating ducts for the Pompidou Center are on the exterior of the building. Those wacky 70s.
It's French...it's lunch...it's....
Escalator at the Pompidou Center.
Could be Lincoln Park. Could be Highland Park. But it's Paris.
This sign is the traveler's best friend.
Arc De Triomphe.
View from Arc De Triomphe.
View from Arc De Triomphe. In the distance, you can see La Defense, built to resemble the Arc.
View from Arc De Triomphe of Sacre Coeur.
Sacre Coeur.
Down a side street of Montmarte, near Sacre Coeur.
THE Moulin Rouge. I think this would be more impressive at night.
Near the Eiffel Tower.
Paris at night, as seen from the Eiffel Tower.
Nice scene at a typical Metro station.
Street scene in the St. Germain area.
I forget what this was.
A library in the Jewish district.
A store in the Jewish area selling Yiddish sandwiches.
A Classic Yiddish sandwich.
Signage for a men's department store.
Somewhere along the Seine.
The Pantheon.
A gargoyle watching over his city.
