Leonland - Leon Barnard
Chapter 4 > Paris
I love Paris. I had been twice before, but another opportunity came along that was too sweet to pass up. I found myself with time, a perfect travel partner, a cheap ticket (off-peak and leaving from New York), and a place to stay. There was no way I could say no. I figured that the weather would be crappy, but I knew that wouldn't be enough to keep me from having a wonderful time. And I'm sure I could go 20 times and have a different, great experience each time.
The Arc de Triomphe, the first notable stop on our journey.
I couldn't help taking lots of pictures of the Eiffel Tower, it really is majestic and very pretty.
A view at night from below.
The Hotel de Ville, very near to where we were staying, in the Marais neighborhood.
We did a lot of walking, and we got a lot of nice views like this one.
Of course, we stopped when the signs told us to. I didn't want to mess with this guy.
Notredame, a nice place to sit and think about the past.
The Centre Pompidou. It really is funny-looking. All the pipes and stairs are on the outside. So, supposedly, it's really clean-looking on the inside.
The Louvre courtyard. I didn't have the energy to go inside, it's massive.
We did go to the Musee d'Orsay, which was really cool. It used to be a train station. You can kind of tell from this view.
A view of Montmartre through a clock inside the Musee d'Orsay. Since it used to be a train station it has big clocks like this in several places.
One of my very favorite paintings, it's by Monet.
Night falls.
THE Moulin Rouge.
A Parisian traffic jam. They can get really messy because the streets are so small.
A nice scene along the Seine.
Posted by Leon on March 6, 2002 11:09 PM [Top of page]