Paris Pics

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000033" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="0f1d2c63.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fugère Family Genealogies"><U><B>Ñ</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="EFN JuglansC" ><B>                     The Paris Experience                        </B></FONT></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Paris Pics</div> <div> Ah, but what's a girl to do when life gets stressful?  Run away to Paris!  Many of you are here to see the most recent pictures, as I just got back from a month-long [Sept 2004] stay.  The photos on this page are from my April 2002 trip.  Please go <A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Paris v.2.0 visit 2.0, that is.... aka 2"><U>HERE</U></A> to see the Sept 2004 pics.    Give it a minute or two to fully load all the pictures.</div> <div> **Note - The sidebar pictures are distorted from their originals so as to fit the area.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0ffd51c0.jpg" border=0 width="213" height="284" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  My first trip to the Eiffel tower</div> <div> <IMG SRC="101d41b0.jpg" border=0 width="212" height="283" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  Les Peniches [Barges] along the Seine, with Île de la Cité in the background</div> <div> <IMG SRC="10308c60.jpg" border=0 width="264" height="198" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Île de la Cité - Home of Notre Dame, Palais de Justice, Police Prefecture, etc.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="10508c60.jpg" border=0 width="264" height="198" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Institute de France, where I was able to do some research at the Bibliotheque Mazarine</div> <div> <IMG SRC="107e02b0.jpg" border=0 width="224" height="299" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  My favorite sculpture in the Jardins de Luxembourg [Luxembourg Gardens]</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1091fd70.jpg" border=0 width="287" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  Le Palais de Luxembourg - close up of clock <IMG SRC="10b04c30.jpg" border=0 width="260" height="195" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> and fountain <IMG SRC="10dc7090.jpg" border=0 width="199" height="265" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> and gardens<IMG SRC="10f71150.jpg" border=0 width="369" height="277" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="112e7340.jpg" border=0 width="231" height="308" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#993300" FACE="Arial" >The front door of the Pantheon - the average human wouldn't be any taller than a single square on the door</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="11484230.jpg" border=0 width="388" height="291" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="11683220.jpg" border=0 width="387" height="290" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Architectural elements - Above the door and the ceiling</div> <div> <IMG SRC="118d05c0.jpg" border=0 width="464" height="348" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  This is why I want to go back to school for Architectural History!!!</div> <div> <IMG SRC="11ae3840.jpg" border=0 width="483" height="644" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="11be0800.jpg" border=0 width="480" height="640" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Left large for detail - this is the clock tower on the corner of the police prefecture  - cool huh?</div> <div> <IMG SRC="11dfd7e0.jpg" border=0 width="509" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Palais de Justice</div> <div> <IMG SRC="11f0f690.jpg" border=0 width="271" height="361" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  Notre Dame <IMG SRC="12170140.jpg" border=0 width="368" height="276" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="123045b0.jpg" border=0 width="260" height="347" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="125055c0.jpg" border=0 width="261" height="348" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="127d05c0.jpg" border=0 width="464" height="348" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="12a670d0.jpg" border=0 width="359" height="269" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  Classic Gothic Architecture <IMG SRC="12c640b0.jpg" border=0 width="356" height="267" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="12e2f940.jpg" border=0 width="303" height="404" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="1302f940.jpg" border=0 width="303" height="404" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  Matching spired fountain just right of center</div> <div> <IMG SRC="13274170.jpg" border=0 width="372" height="279" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  My first view of Hotel De Ville [made famous by the Robert Doisneau photo "Kiss at HDV"]</div> <div> <IMG SRC="13434e70.jpg" border=0 width="308" height="231" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="136dd270.jpg" border=0 width="221" height="295" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="138680e0.jpg" border=0 width="360" height="270" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> More Seine River shots [below] - these were taken from the Pont D'Arcole bridge between Ile de la Cite and Hotel de Ville and the Pont Des Arts between Le Louvre and the Institute de France</div> <div> <IMG SRC="13a35e80.jpg" border=0 width="309" height="232" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="13d36e90.jpg" border=0 width="310" height="233" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="13f37e90.jpg" border=0 width="311" height="233" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="14127890.jpg" border=0 width="295" height="393" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> From inside the Cour Carree, a square at the rear of the Louvre.  This is the west wing "Sully", which the main arms of the Louvre come out from </div> <div> <IMG SRC="14358020.jpg" border=0 width="344" height="258" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  The northern wing of the square, across from where I was giving my "dogs" a rest</div> <div> <IMG SRC="14558020.jpg" border=0 width="344" height="258" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  my first view of the pyramid, as I walked through the west wing, to the front, between the arms</div> <div> <IMG SRC="14758020.jpg" border=0 width="344" height="258" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  Northern "Richelieu" arm</div> <div> <IMG SRC="14957010.jpg" border=0 width="343" height="257" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  Southern "Denon" arm</div> <div> Some favorites:</div> <div> <IMG SRC="14b03590.jpg" border=0 width="259" height="345" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="14c80e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="14e43ae0.jpg" border=0 width="323" height="430" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="15043ae0.jpg" border=0 width="323" height="430" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="15243af0.jpg" border=0 width="323" height="431" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="15441f10.jpg" border=0 width="321" height="241" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="15643af0.jpg" border=0 width="323" height="431" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="15873160.jpg" border=0 width="371" height="278" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="15a40ab0.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="427" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="15ca73d0.jpg" border=0 width="423" height="317" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="15e0e680.jpg" border=0 width="270" height="360" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="160a1390.jpg" border=0 width="417" height="313" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="162eb390.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="313" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="16450fc0.jpg" border=0 width="336" height="252" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="16646f40.jpg" border=0 width="326" height="244" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="16855000.jpg" border=0 width="341" height="256" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="16a47f50.jpg" border=0 width="327" height="245" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Once you leave the Louvre and head west, you find yourself near the l'Arc du Carousel, and heading into the Tuileries gardens, where the Palais Tuileries once stood before it burned to the ground almost completely</div> <div> <IMG SRC="16d57010.jpg" border=0 width="343" height="257" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="16f15710.jpg" border=0 width="277" height="369" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="17116720.jpg" border=0 width="278" height="370" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Tuileries are full of sculpture</div> <div> <IMG SRC="17357010.jpg" border=0 width="343" height="257" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="17544f30.jpg" border=0 width="324" height="243" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="17746f40.jpg" border=0 width="326" height="244" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="17b85240.jpg" border=0 width="389" height="292" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> on your way out......................... <IMG SRC="1798f2b0.jpg" border=0 width="399" height="299" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="17d88260.jpg" border=0 width="392" height="294" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Looking back towards Louvre.....not a good summation of the contents of the Tuileries!!!</div> <div> <IMG SRC="17f89270.jpg" border=0 width="393" height="295" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  From the hill [ramp] you can see 3 pictures ago....across the street is Place de la Concorde with two very ornate fountains, the Obelisque, street artists and tourists galore</div> <div> <IMG SRC="181c3520.jpg" border=0 width="451" height="338" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="183c3520.jpg" border=0 width="451" height="338" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The street behind the obelisk, with all the trees, is the Champs Elysee</div> <div> <IMG SRC="185c8560.jpg" border=0 width="456" height="342" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> From the Pont de la Concorde, looking back east....Louvre on left, Notre Dame just right of center, Institute de France just right of it</div> <div> <IMG SRC="187d7920.jpg" border=0 width="471" height="402" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> L'Arc de Triomphe - at the northern end of the Champs Elysee</div> <div> <IMG SRC="18969e00.jpg" border=0 width="361" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="18b38df0.jpg" border=0 width="312" height="479" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Details</div> <div> <IMG SRC="18d21990.jpg" border=0 width="545" height="409" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  Entrance to the Theatre Marigny on the Champs Elysee</div> <div> <IMG SRC="18fde4b0.jpg" border=0 width="478" height="331" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  One entrance of the Grand Palais</div> <div> <IMG SRC="19123840.jpg" border=0 width="291" height="388" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Paris has the coolest lamp posts <IMG SRC="193e0680.jpg" border=0 width="480" height="360" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Petit Palais across the street - both Palais are undergoing refurbishing and it was hard to get a good shot</div> <div> <IMG SRC="19522830.jpg" border=0 width="290" height="387" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="19723840.jpg" border=0 width="291" height="388" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="19924850.jpg" border=0 width="292" height="389" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The very ornate Pont Alexandre III</div> <div> <IMG SRC="19b98320.jpg" border=0 width="408" height="306" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                                    <IMG SRC="19d106b0.jpg" border=0 width="272" height="363" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> From the bridge:<IMG SRC="19ee0800.jpg" border=0 width="480" height="640" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  The  building in front of the tower is the American Church</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1a06b100.jpg" border=0 width="363" height="272" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  Turning right at the bridge, walking in the "Cours la Reine" or Queen's Run</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1a2288b0.jpg" border=0 width="296" height="395" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1a440ab0.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="427" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1a673ef0.jpg" border=0 width="371" height="495" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1a88b280.jpg" border=0 width="395" height="296" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> the entrance to a below-street level park at the corner of the Grand Palais and the Palais de la Decouverte, which are back to back - one of my favorite places in the world!</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1aa70140.jpg" border=0 width="368" height="276" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1ac70140.jpg" border=0 width="368" height="276" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  <IMG SRC="1b019760.jpg" border=0 width="281" height="374" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1b22b8f0.jpg" border=0 width="299" height="399" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1b4942f0.jpg" border=0 width="404" height="303" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1b652c30.jpg" border=0 width="338" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  Les Invalides - the traditional home of the French military [with a moat around it, though it's empty]</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1b817740.jpg" border=0 width="279" height="372" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1ba17740.jpg" border=0 width="279" height="372" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Looking out the gate across Pont Alex III and the Palais Gd & Pt</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1bc72160.jpg" border=0 width="370" height="278" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Armorial windows along the roof line <IMG SRC="1be136e0.jpg" border=0 width="275" height="366" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Left Guard</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1c0ea380.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="312" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Right Guard <IMG SRC="1c2ac410.jpg" border=0 width="428" height="321" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Above the door</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1c451c10.jpg" border=0 width="337" height="449" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Napoleon.  <IMG SRC="1c654c50.jpg" border=0 width="340" height="453" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Les Invalides is also a church - mostly ceremonial.  St-Louis was built back to back with Les Invalides, as a place to house Napoleons remains.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1c838a00.jpg" border=0 width="312" height="416" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1ca39a10.jpg" border=0 width="313" height="417" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1cc5b040.jpg" border=0 width="347" height="260" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The rest of these were taken in the park near St-Louis, or at/from the Eiffel Tower</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1ce41ac0.jpg" border=0 width="321" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1d042ad0.jpg" border=0 width="322" height="429" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1d243ae0.jpg" border=0 width="323" height="430" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1d408600.jpg" border=0 width="264" height="352" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1d62ea30.jpg" border=0 width="558" height="419" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Trocadero</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1d8c4530.jpg" border=0 width="452" height="339" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Grand & Petitie Palais - right about where the crane arm is pointing - that is my secret park :)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1dac6550.jpg" border=0 width="454" height="341" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Les Invalides and St-Louis</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1dc85240.jpg" border=0 width="389" height="292" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Le Louvre <IMG SRC="1de30950.jpg" border=0 width="304" height="405" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> The parks leading to Ecole Militaire</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1e1fc7d0.jpg" border=0 width="508" height="381" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  My hotel....that's my room right where the arrow is pointing.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1e37adc0.jpg" border=0 width="634" height="476" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Palais again - following the river the to the right...Place de la Concorde, entry to the Tuileries.  The green roofed building is Place de la Madeleine, and just north of it is the Opera [of Phantom fame]</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1e680e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  This is what you see if you could stick your head thru the mesh wire at the top - my hand and camera fit through.  People jump occasionaly and end up splatting on the pilons before reaching the ground [sorry!].  There is a silmilar park on the southern side.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1e7e0800.jpg" border=0 width="480" height="640" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Most of the parks that stretch to the Ecole Militaire</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1e9df670.jpg" border=0 width="479" height="359" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Models of Gustave Eiffel [r] and Thomas Edison in Gustave's apartment at the top!</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1eb73ef0.jpg" border=0 width="371" height="495" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> A damn lousy pic of me lol :)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1ed941b0.jpg" border=0 width="404" height="539" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> My two favorite pictures <IMG SRC="1efa02a0.jpg" border=0 width="416" height="554" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1f1a02a0.jpg" border=0 width="416" height="554" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> A bit blurry - but back on the Pont D'Arcole, after having gotten my <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Me!"><U>8th tattoo</U></A></div> <div> at a shop near the Hotel de Ville.  I flipped a NY quarter into the Seine from the middle of the bridge....it's not the Trevi Fountain, but hopefully it'll bring me back to Paris one day!</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1f3259c0.jpg" border=0 width="549" height="412" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  My last view of Hotel de Ville....also a favorite picture.  Ok, now I have to go find something to read in French and eat my baguette!</div> </td> </tr></table></body>