Hello, these are the pics i took on my trip to Paris. I traveled from Waterloo to Gare de Nord on Eurostar - which wasnt as exciting or plush as i thought. Anyway the weather wasnt particularly good but most majour tourist site were free as it was heritage weekend (an excellent idea!). (please excuse my French)

Well traveling down from an area called Republique to the Bastile - which was a roundabout with a statue where once a castle/ prison once stood, but a good place to start

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and then on to the city hall - or Hotel de Ville which had a huge que outside it and was a very nice place to sit and enjoy an apple for breakfast with the fountains

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just across the bridge....

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....brings us to Notre Dame

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its very dark inside, but felt very holy to me

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and then a trip to the top via a que and 5 minutes waiting in a shop half way one of the towers

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i like this pick, the roofs look like its been snowing and the trees are a very pretty colour

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when this pick was taken a band was playing "the lion sleeps tonight" and all the bells were going

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and this was my next destination, the Pantheon

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via a good view

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reminds me of St Pauls in London from this angle although it was a very plain building, just a wall of stone greeted us at the end of the street (but i suppose this isnt the main route

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it was very pretty inside but had been attacked by an artist - well i say artist!

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i think it was cotton with polystyrene balls inside

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then a trip up the dome

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notre dame in the distance

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after lunch on the steps walking down the main route to the Pantheon (am very proud of ordering all food in french - deux big mac silve vous plait! :) only joking)

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notice the burger place pointed out after the pic was taken

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heading back towards the island Notre Dame is on we saw a que and joined it - leeding us to the Conciergerie, which gave us acess to one room only. Very pretty but for a normal price of 5 euros a rip off.

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a better view of the building - apparently Marie Antoinette was interred here

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looking back towards Notre Dame

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Next we went for a sit down in a park, hich was gourgeous and the sun came out for a bit

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in the same park apparently this is the Stock exchange - which we qued for only a bit but decided against it

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Then on to the Louvre - i forgot how huge and amazingly beautiful this place is

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a view to the river

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was worth a look - you can see how busy it was - mainly Parisiennes

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the inverted pyramid

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the fountains were cool, they had a mistyness at their base

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showing the distance

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a very intersting place to sit and apreciate the archetecture

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quite a cool shot showing the symetry

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first view of the Eiffel tower

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take time and apreciate this shot, i love it

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so walking form the lovre to the place de la Concorde

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the fountains and the obelisk

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the glass roof is gourgeous and reminds me of the destroyed crystal palaces of London New York and i think there was one in Sydney shame this one is the only survivor

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and on to a very grand building where there was a free open concert by a milatary band

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in the main square of the building (Napoleon looks over the square)

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and under the gold dome is Napoleons tomb ( look at how big it is compared to the people)

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the inside of the dome (i think the French do this style of grand building best)

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showing the scale of the interior in two pics

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isnt it cool i took it in one pic

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after nearly falling in the moat for a sit down i took this pic

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and walking to the middle of the square without looking we turned around and took this pic

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showing the scale of the Eiffel tower

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if you look on skyscraperpage you can see the observation decks of the Eiffel tower and Empire State building arnt that different in hight

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the view from the second floor - the mist had lifted to reveal a beautifull sunset

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les invalides and Napoleons toomb in the middle, Notre Dame to the left and Pantheon to the right

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view toward La Defense - a beautiful skyline

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a close up

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the sunset - mans creations arn't as beautiful as the solar systems

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i loved the way the sun shone on this street

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looking to the top

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plenty of room

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looking up the seine - the statue of liberty is on the end of that island ( a smaller version)

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looking towards Montparnasse tower and the beautifull ornate gardens

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view from the top

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now you can see the park between the Eiffel Tower and La Defense

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Arc de triumph

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looking down

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you can see the statue better now

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night time - city of lights ( rather sensible idea)

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the mist started to come in again

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well first part / day is over - just a quick trip back to the hotel via the underground which was clean but not perfect

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Good pics, but you should post this on the international forum, it'll barely get any comments here

I must confess that I am ecstatic, although the weather contitions were not conducive to taking pictures.

Very good job, well done, and... Paris never ceases to amaze us all I believe.

What a city!!!

Those are some amazing pictures my friend! :)

Very nice photos.

That vast concrete plaza in La Defense does look a bit excessive given the amount of people walking on it.

congratulations :applause:
one of the best threads of Paris !

Great pictures!

AMAZING THREAD! Thanks so much! :cheer:
Can't wait for the next parts!

Stunning.Paris is amazing.

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Paris is simply the best! I fell in love with her at first sight.

Well done! Fantastic photos!