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Trip to Paris, 20-22 June 2003 |
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Sunday 22/06/03.
We took a boat tour on the Seine today and saw really beautiful things, most of them bridges.
A lot of the photos on this page don't actually have comments as I have no idea what the things are called... Oops... |
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The first of many bridges, le Pont de l'Alma. Le Zouave is standing on the other side. |
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On the way somewhere to dump our luggage for the day, we passed these eh... flat escalators? Anyway, they had a high-speed one as well, but that was closed. Think they had too many accidents there... hahaha! |
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Then, after dumping our luggage in some train station, we went in search for a tour boat. And we found one! It was over 36 Degrees outside and it was boiling. Luckily there was a lot of wind on the boat, it was heaven! :o) Here we passed the Eiffel Tower... |
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Were these lions or angels? can't remember really... (is v small to see...) Anyway, this is the pont Alexandre III. |
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This is La Gare d'Orsay, transformed into a 19th century museum and mainly known for its Impressionist collection. |
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Le Pavillon de Marsan,
part of Les Tuileries. |
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We could even see Notre Dame from the boat! |
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Oh how I envied these ppl who can just lie at the Seine with their books etc when the sun is shining...
Not like those shitty parks in Dublin... |
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And once again the Eiffel Tower... |
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Are these ppl cute? They were having their own boat tour in their tiny little rowing boat. I particularly love the French flag... |
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Yes, this is indeed Le Zouave,. It looked so different upside down that I didn't realize I had already photographed it. Ah, who cares, it's fab! :o) In the past it was a reference to measure the level of the river during floods. It's name is derived from a previous regiment from North Africa. |
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Look Mom, I'm in New York! |
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I basically had to drag Vincent along to Hard Rock Cafe, but in the end he came along and I bought a T-shirt as usual.
No, no food. With French food around, who wants a burger?! |
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Hahaha, just kidding, still in Paris...
The Americans decided to be cheesy and give the French the same present back as the French have given the Americans. Only a lot smaller... Size doesn't matter? |
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Very unflattering but who cares? It's me in Paris! Whoopie!!! |
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On our way to the airport I just had to make a quick stop at l'Arc de Triomphe. I just think it's tres fab and I hadn't had the chance to take a proper picture of it. So we passed it on the way back to the bus and had our last French lunch afterwards. Buhuhuhu... I really liked Paris and I will so be back one day! :o) |
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Thank you Jean-Pierre for helping out with the location details! |
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