Home - 2012 - Trip to France - Day 3 - Paris


Photographer: Josh Eckels


A cloudy morning in St Germain

Bikes for rent

Old-style subway sign

First glimpse of Notre Dame

Bridge over the Seine

View from Parvis Notre Dame

Somewhat scary looking Pope statue

The full front facade

Gothic detail

Big front door

One of the towers

Statues

Candles everywhere

Chandelier

Vaulted ceiling

Interior column

Jeanne (Joan) d'Arc

Massive stained glass

Gothic ceiling

Relief sculpture on choir stalls

Watch out behind you!

Chapelle Saint-Georges

More stained glass

Hoping for some dusting

Dimly lit interior

Columns

Stained glass detail

Two column styles

Massive

Il a perdu son tete

Gargoyles

Square Jean XXIII

Taking in the flying buttresses

Pont de l'Archevêché, the Love Bridge

The whole cathedral

Crossing the Seine before is started pouring

Waiting to get into Musée d'Orsay

Arc de Triomphe

Arc de Triomphe

Under the arch

It's a long twisty climb up

Cast of one of the sculptures

Eiffel Tower from the top of the arch

Looking southeast

Champs-Élysées, with Louvre in the background

Looking south

Looking northwest

Grande Arche de la Défense

Montmartre and Sacré-Coeur

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

L'Arc as the sun sets

Tour Eiffel at night

10:00PM sparkles

 

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