Photo Gallery #62- Wandering Paris, Part I
After
the museums, landmarks and monuments, it was
nice to just meander through the French capital at my own
pace, checking out the sights and sounds of the 'City of Lights.'
Part
II
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The
incline train leading to the top of Butte de Montmartre
(Montmartre Hill), at the base of the Sacré
Coeur.
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One
of the hundreds of Metro stops that run throughout the
city. Paris has possibly the best public transport system
anywhere, as you can be almost certain that no matter
where you are in the city, you'll find a Metro stop within
a block or two. |
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This
is more of an inside joke than anything else- all of us
here in Chad are Peace Corps Volunteers, i.e. PCV's. Appeler
en PCV means 'to call collect,' but I still thought
this was funny. |
Another
view of the Seine, with the long walkways on either
side.
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La
Fontaine de Saint-Michel,
(Saint Michael's Fountain), a short walk from Notre
Dame and the Ile de Cîte. |
Another
view of Notre Dame. |
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Playing
tourist... |
In
addition to wandering around, I also was able to meet
up with friends of mine, like Emanuelle, who I first met
a few years ago when I was living in Utrecht. She helped
me find my way around, and put up with my somewhat fractured
French. |
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I
also got a chance to meet up with a few others. My Yarabinec
(L), is the study abroad coordinator at San Francisco State,
and was instrumental in my participating in the Europe in
the World program in 2002-2003. It's a bit corny, but I
would probably would never have joined Peace Corps were
it not for his help. On the right is Mical Neill, a friend
of mine from SFSU currently doing his Master's in Spanish
Literature at the Sorbonne. |
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met up with Mical one evening and we wandered around the
Bastille district, where I saw the new Opera House, meant
to make the music more accessible to the Parisian public. |
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Somewhere
in Bastille. |
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next day I went for a long walk- I wanted to stay warm,
but after more than a year in Chad, I'd feel cold regardless,
so I ignored it and set off. I began near the Forum
des Halles, not far from the Louvre. |
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The
main entrance to the Forum, a vast open-air garden. |
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passed by the Bourse, Paris' original stock exchange. |
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I
headed out to the riverside, and passed by Notre Dame
once again. |
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