Photo Gallery #63- Paris By Night
Paris
isn't known as the 'City of Lights' by accident- at
night, the city glows, and offers a whole new look at its
charms...
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And
the Arc de Triomphe, at the heart of the Champs
Elysées. |
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Sacré
Coeur |
Paris'
incredible hôtel de ville, City Hall,
on the banks of the river.
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The
obligatory tourist pose. |
I
went walking through the Champs de Mars at night,
up to and past the Eiffel Tower. |
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At
the foot, yet again. |
Amazing
to see such feats of human engineering- a 115-year old
300 meter tall glowing steel monument- compared with life
in the developing world- Chad, for example. |
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The
École Militaire and UN Palace. |
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balcony of the École is a great place to
take photos of the Eiffel Tower from a distance. |
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Since
the millenium celebrations in 2000, the Tower glows every
hour at night with sparkling, flickering lights. |
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same evening I went to check out La Defense, the
high-tech and big-business center on the outskirts of the
city. The signature landmark is a modernized version of
the Arc de Triomphe, inaugurated several years
ago. |
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Skyscrapers
galore. |
| A
view of the new Arc. |
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