Paris--2003

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Paris in the Spring!

April 2003

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The view from the top of the Tour Montparnasse. The gold dome is Napoleon's Tomb, part of Les Invilides. High class "Junque" at the Paris Flea Market. Wood sculpture from Senegal at the Paris Flea Market Pariseans love flowers from the flower market on the Ile de la Cite. A beautiful penthouse appartement with a view overlooking the Seine. The full moon over the towers of the Louvre Museum
The famous, or infamous, Moulin Rouge. Notre Dame and les bouquinistes along the Seine. The cleaning and restauration of the Notre Dame Cathedral is almost finished. Lunch at a wonderful Art Deco restaurant. The bar at the Art Deco restaurant.
The view from th upper balcony of the Orsay Museum. Across the Seine, the towers of the Louvre can be seen. The Orsay Museum houses the painters of the Impressionist period. Here we see a painting by Monet of his garden. Cars parked in the Place de Vendome. . . from the ridiculous to the sublime. Don't get the pigeons mad at you before you park your car! The Cathedral of Chartres dominates the landscape. The two towers of the Cathedral of Chartres were built in two different styles at two different times.
These beautiful water fountains were to be found all over Paris. They were the only source of drinking wate for a large part of Paris in the 19th century. Sacre Coeur, completed in 1914, is one of the more modern churches in Paris. The Place Vendome is the home of the famous Ritz Hotel. Diana, Princess of Wales' began her last fateful journey from a back door of the hotel. The column in the center olf the Place consists of a stone core covered in bronze that came from the melted-down cannons captured by Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz. Have you read "The Da Vinci Code", yet. . . . ? The ornate towers on the roof of the Chateau of Chambord. The Rose Window of Chartres dates from the Middle Ages.

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