Paris 1998

 

From Edinburgh, we flew to the City of Light, Paris.  It is a very beautiful city, but I don’t think I’d ever want to visit in the summer again!  It seemed as though the whole world was visiting the same week we were.  We stayed in an apartment on Boulevard Haussmann, and this was the view out our window.  We arrived late in the afternoon, and after settling in, we went for a walk on the Champs Elysee where we saw the Arc de Triomphe at Place Charles de Gaulle (or Place de l’Étoile).  We arrived too late to walk to the top that night, but it still looked beautiful.

We saw so many wonderful sight in Paris, including the cathedral of Notre Dâme on the Ile de la Cité, the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, the Seine, and, of course, the Eiffel Tower.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statue of Charlemagne in front of Notre Dâme.	Carol with Pete and Ray by fountain near the Louvre.	The Louvre.
Main hall of the Musée d’Orsay.	Side view of Notre Dâme.	Rose window at Notre Dâme.
Rose window at Notre Dâme from inside.	Notre Dâme inside.	The Seine in the evening.
Jardin des Tuilleries.	Eiffel Tower at dusk.	Eiffel Tower at night.
The boys with me at the Eiffel Tower.	Van Gogh self portrait in the Musée d’Orsay.	View of the Trocadero from atop the Eiffel Tower.

 

The Rest of France…