The big European trip post #2 Paris as seen from tall places.

We arrived in Paris late Friday afternoon and after dealing with major work issues in the taxi from the airport to the hotel we settled in and then went looking for food. We found this.

Some genuine French french fries, some genuine French french bread, some genuine French french wine, and what ever Mary had that don’t look French at all.

Saturday was a trip to the Louvre and dinner with Mary’s college classmate and her family, Sunday was Notre Dame and walking all over central Paris, Monday was back to the Louvre the gardens and other museums, and Tuesday was the Eiffel Tower, the Arc des Triomphe and the Avenue Des Champs Elysees. Since those are foreign words here are the official pronunciations.

Eiffel Tower

Arc de Triomphe

Avenue Des Champs Elysees

Everything but the Louvre involved looking at Paris from tall places and since the Louvre is post #3 here are the tall places.
We went to Notre Dame on Sunday and climbed into the bell towers to get a view of Paris from high places.
Here is a view of the Eiffel Tower by looking more or less West from Notre Dame.

Here is looking Northeast to the Louvre from Notre Dame.

Here is the thing on the hill looking East from Notre Dame

Now from the Eiffel Tower here is The Louvre and Notre Dame.

From the Eiffel Tower northeast to the Arc de Triomphe.

From the top of the Arc de Triomphe looking at the Eiffel Tower.

From the Arc de Triomphe Northwest to new building area, we didn’t go there.

And finally From the top of the Arc de Triomphe looking the opposite direction down the Avenue Des Champs Elysees towards the Louvre.

Just so the reader understands that we did spend some time on the ground here are some ground level posing in front of stuff pictures. (A hollowed vacation tradition)

Note the clever framing to make the tower appear to be a large ugly hat.

Mary and her college friend and the family.

The basement where this restaurant is was not known to exist a few years ago. It had apparently been walled up. They moved into it and have since learned that it was probably built sometime during the 12th century, about the same time as Notre Dame that it is only a few blocks away from.
To finish out this post some French things we saw.

All of the general pictures are at the right in Paris 2013. Maybe I’ll even add some captions click the i in the upper rh corner when in full screen mode.
au revoir jusqu’à la prochaine fois.

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