Christine walking on the Champs-Elysee
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Christine on the Eurostar updating the website on Mike's laptop |
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The first picture of France when the train came out of the Chunnel |
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Christine's first steps on Paris soil (or rather concrete) outside the transit system |
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Christine in the tiny elevator in the Hotel Royal Phare (there is a mirror at the back of it; a common trick to make things look bigger) |
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Ulysee's - the best restaurant on the Rue Cler! (ok, the only one we went to, but it was really, really good :-) |
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The cool shadow monsters at the Orsay Museum |
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A wider view of the cool shadow monsters at the Orsay Museum |
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Where is his arrow pointing? A statue of Hercules at the Orsay Museum |
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The Orsay Museum is big |
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A transparent clock at the Orsay Museum with a view of Paris beyond |
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Christine listening to the audioguide at the Orsay Museum |
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Christine looking at art at the Orsay Museum |
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A painting of turkeys by Monet at the Orsay Museum |
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Christine and a Renoir? (I can't remember) at the Orsay Museum |
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Christine on the 5th floor balconey of the Orsay Museum; it is very hot and sunny; a view of Paris beyond |
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Christine and Renoir at the Orsay Museum |
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Christine looking at paintings at the Orsay Museum |
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Christine and a strange modern painting at the Orsay Museum |
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Christine walking on the Champs-Elysee |
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Christine walking on the Champs-Elysee |
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A view of the Arc de Triomphe from halfway across a crosswalk on the Champs-Elysee |
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Christine walking down the Champs-Elysee |
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A french poster for Star Wars Episode III |
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A group of girls (a bachelorette party?) stop a group of policemen to get them to sign something; this was the second time we saw these three police officers get stopped by a gaggle of girls/bachelorette party; they were swaggering pretty well. |
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Across the street the police officer is checking the abandoned bag after they set off a charge to see if it exploded. Notice how clear the whole area is: no cars or people. |
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Christine in front of the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Elysee |
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The Arc de Triomphe |
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Looking down the spiral staircase of the Arc de Triomphe |
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Christine in front of the Eiffel Tower from the top of the Arc de Triomphe |
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A view from the top of the Arc de Triomphe down a street to the modern business section of Paris, with it's modern Arc |
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A view of some of the horrendous traffic at the base of the Arc de Triomphe, as seen from the top |
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Mike in front of the Eiffel Tower from the top of the Arc de Triomphe |
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View from the top of the Arc de Triomphe - panorama |
| View from the top of the Arc de Triomphe - panorama |
| View from the top of the Arc de Triomphe - panorama |
| View from the top of the Arc de Triomphe - panorama |
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Christine at the bottom of the Arc de Triomphe |
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Bad traffic at the bottom of the Arc de Triomphe |
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The bad restaurant near the Eiffel Tower metro station that charged us 9 Euros for lemonades (which is lemon in Sprite, not actually lemonade) |
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Our first view of the sparkling Eiffel Tower |
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The sparkling Eiffel Tower |
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The sparkling Eiffel Tower |
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The sparkling Eiffel Tower |
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The sparkling Eiffel Tower |
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The crowds of people underneath the Eiffel Tower |
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A little bit of Michael and Christine under the Eiffel Tower |
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A bust of Eiffel |
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The base of the Eiffel Tower |
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The elevator coming down the Eiffel Tower |
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A view up the Eiffel Tower from the second observation deck |
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View of Paris at night from the top (for us - the second observation deck) of the Eiffel Tower |
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View of Paris at night from the top of the Eiffel Tower |
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View of Paris at night from the top of the Eiffel Tower |
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Christine hanging onto the grate fence on the second observation deck of the Eiffel Tower |
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The Arc de Triomphe from the top of the Eiffel Tower |
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A cool bridge across the Seine from the top of the Eiffel Tower |
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A view from the top of the Eiffel Tower |
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Michael and Christine on top of the Eiffel Tower |
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Michael and Christine on top of the Eiffel Tower |
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A view from the top of the Eiffel Tower |
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A view from the top of the Eiffel Tower - this is the park underneath the Eiffel Tower; it extends to the street our hotel is on. |
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There is a big group of bicycle riders down there |
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Christine on the top of the Eiffel Tower |
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Looking up the Eiffel Tower from the center underneath |
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The Eiffel Tower sparkling (slow shutter speed) |
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The Eiffel Tower sparkling (fast shutter speed) |
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French people partying in the park |
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French people partying in the park, with the sparking Eiffel Tower in the background |