Paris slideshow September 26 & 27, 2009 Frank Hope ya enjoy….
Price of fuel – smaller cars.
Napolean’s burial place
Eiffel Tower
Seine River
Eiffel Tower construction
Me at base of Eiffel Tower
Paris from Eiffel Tower’s first level
Another view of Paris from the first level of the Eiffel Tower
What a ride to the second level. Didn’t think we would stop climbing…
Breath taking
Built in 1898 – a remarkable feat
Still more from the second level
Seine River
Eiffel Tower elevator gears… ya gotta wonder
Arc de triomphe
Wide beautiful street leading away from Arc de triomphe
Bicycles are commonly used for transporation.
Monuments at every street intersection.
Hotel Ritz – Princess Di’s last evening
Louvre Museum – Winged Victory of Samathrace
Louvre Museum ceiling
Louvre Museum – Mona Lisa by Leonardo Di Vinci,
Louvre Museum painting
Louvre Museum – Virgin by the Rocks by Leonardo De Vinci, 1486
Louvre Museum – Christ Carrying of the Cross by Biagio d’Antonio, 1508
Louvre Museum – Fighting Warrior by Agasias of Ephesus, Circa 100BC
Louvre Museum glass roof – Tom Cruise Mission Impossible III
Military monuments and lots of old beautiful buildings.
Narrow streets now pedestrian only
Notre Dame Cathedral
Notre Dame Cathedral outside close up
Spectators as myself…..
Cathedral stained glass windows
A beautiful stained glass window
A baptism
Notre Dame Chapelle Saint Guillaume
Notre Dame model
Candleopera
Parisian native dress
Bicycles for rent
My Paris buddy shopping
Street entertainment
Parisian buildings and street light
Wide open pedestrian walkways
One of several Paris Police Stations
Paris Police
My Paris buddy and me in front of Notre Dame
Visitors and tourist and more of each
Can fit one or two of these into some of our gas hungry SUV’s
Flowered balconies
Our Seine River night cruise….
Doesn’t she look good?
Night time partiers all along Seine River banks
Eiffel Tower at night
Me and Eiffel Tower
My wonderful USO Paris tour ends except for the long bus ride back