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Photo Gallery #61- Tourist Paris, Part I
I
spent five days in Paris, seeing friends, walking around,
and simply enjoying
being on vacation. I spent plenty of time just wandering aimlessly,
but also
wanted to check out some of the important museums, monuments,
and more.
Part
II
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The
Sacré Coeur, the famous white basilica
at the highest point in Paris.
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On
the way up the long pathway... |
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Looking
down at the Montmarte district. |
Unfortunately,
cameras were prohibited on the inside of the church,
but the outside is pretty photogenic of its own accord.
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The
Hôtel des Invalides, headquarters for the
French military today, an Army hospital in years past,
and Napoleon's final resting place. |
In
the courtyard of les Invalides. |
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Inside
the rotunda of the gold-domed church. |
On
the lowest level, directly below the painting above is
Napoleon's tomb, a massive seven-layer sarcophogus made
of lead, mahogany, and more. Apologies for the low light. |
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Notre
Dame cathedral, on the Ile de
Cîte, the oldest inhabited section of Paris.
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I
felt like I couldn't be a tourist in Paris without doing
the most touristy thing of all, seeing the Eiffel Tower.
I'd been in 2002, but it was a foggy day, meaning that I
saw almost nothing. I didn't have the same problem this
time, although the cold was positively bone-chilling. |
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up to the first and second levels of the tower. The first
level has a restaurant, post office, and in the winter,
an ice-skating rink. |
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One
of the four giant legs, with the elevators built in. |
| €10.40
later, it was time to head up. |
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Looking
down at the Champs de Mars from the first level. |
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