Today I met
pouikysland in Paris, and we walked a while (and had lunch). The weather was very bright and shiny this morning. Despite that and the not-so-wee hour (we met at 11 am), there was nearly no one around... Hence, pictures of Paris.
Lots of.
St Michel
Academie francaise
bridge on Seine bank
bridge on Seine bank
odd figurehead
Ile de la Cite - man photographing pidgeons
Ile de la Cite - about the bazillionth pic of it.
Seine bank
Seine bank
Seine bank
Seine bank - le Louvre
Seine bank - le Louvre
le Louvre - cour carree
Duck!
Ducks!
Ducks! - look how they pretend to sleep but keep an eye on us
Tuileries
Tuileries
Tuileries - aaah, my widdle dagger bearer is still here, and now I've got his name. Well, the statue's : "Le Serment de Spartacus"
vaguely Egyptian lamp post - Concorde
Place Vendome - for the Jewelry market of Paris, the Seasons decorations are cheap (plastic)
Place Vendome - my giant lobster is still there!
Opera
Art Deco building - near rue de la Boetie?
more of the same
Zeus and Ganymede on a rooftop - rue de la Boetie
chapel where Marie-Antoinette and Louis XIV were buried for a few years
entrance to the crypt (closed that day)
Eglise Saint Augustin (closed, too)
