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The following are images from the most-of-a-week I spent in Paris. Technically
this was a work week instead of vacation. :-) I stayed in a hotel just off
the "Champs-Elysées" which is the main (8 lane) street in downtown Paris
stretching between the "Arc de Triomphe" and this kinda silly ferris wheel near
the Louvre.
This one's a picture of the oldest and coolest bridge in Paris. The big pillars you see are the 4 corners of the bridge and are about 50 ft tall.
The next several pictures are of the Eiffel Tower (duh!). The tower has a bit of a different lighting system that they setup for just the year 2000. For the first 10 minutes of every hour after dark, thousands of lights all over the tower are setup to blink randomly, giving the illusion that the tower is sparkling. There's also a lit sign that says "An2000" (year 2000) on the side.
This is a normal night shot without the sparkling lights.
Here's another couple with the sparkling going on.
This one was me playing around with black and white settings on my camera. It's here since it's the only one where you can really read the AN2000 sign.
The next couple are the same shots that about 99.9999% of tourists take while at the top of the Eiffel Tower - the first is from the top (3rd level), the second is from the middle (2nd level). The building is Le Trocadéro, and it's where I took all of the previous pictures of the tower.
This is a shot from the inner courtyard of the Louvre. I was attempting to get a shot that would show just how big the Louvre is - it's massive. Since I was in Paris for only a few days and only really had one day to sightsee, I didn't even try to go. Some friends in the know warned me that to really appreciate it takes about 4 days!
The next couple are some cool night shots of Notre Dame Cathedral.
This is a shot of the interior.
This is one of the large "green" spaces called "Les Invalides" (built by Napoléon to host the most glorious wounded soldiers) where people were out flying kites, etc.
Since I skipped the Louvre, I needed to get at least a lit bit of "culture" so I opted to go to the Rodan Museum instead. This is a shot of the central courtyard.
This is also a shot from the Rodan Museum - this is one of the various versions of "The Thinker" which is the one piece mere mortals such as myself tends to recognize.
This one's a picture of the oldest and coolest bridge in Paris. The big pillars you see are the 4 corners of the bridge and are about 50 ft tall.
The next several pictures are of the Eiffel Tower (duh!). The tower has a bit of a different lighting system that they setup for just the year 2000. For the first 10 minutes of every hour after dark, thousands of lights all over the tower are setup to blink randomly, giving the illusion that the tower is sparkling. There's also a lit sign that says "An2000" (year 2000) on the side.
This is a normal night shot without the sparkling lights.
Here's another couple with the sparkling going on.
This one was me playing around with black and white settings on my camera. It's here since it's the only one where you can really read the AN2000 sign.
The next couple are the same shots that about 99.9999% of tourists take while at the top of the Eiffel Tower - the first is from the top (3rd level), the second is from the middle (2nd level). The building is Le Trocadéro, and it's where I took all of the previous pictures of the tower.
This is a shot from the inner courtyard of the Louvre. I was attempting to get a shot that would show just how big the Louvre is - it's massive. Since I was in Paris for only a few days and only really had one day to sightsee, I didn't even try to go. Some friends in the know warned me that to really appreciate it takes about 4 days!
The next couple are some cool night shots of Notre Dame Cathedral.
This is a shot of the interior.
This is one of the large "green" spaces called "Les Invalides" (built by Napoléon to host the most glorious wounded soldiers) where people were out flying kites, etc.
Since I skipped the Louvre, I needed to get at least a lit bit of "culture" so I opted to go to the Rodan Museum instead. This is a shot of the central courtyard.
This is also a shot from the Rodan Museum - this is one of the various versions of "The Thinker" which is the one piece mere mortals such as myself tends to recognize.