Gay Paris

Some images from my recent spring break in Paris...more may be added when we collaborate photos, but here are some for now. What can I say? It was fantastique.

C'est beau 

Views from l'appartement

South along Rue Monge 

Fine morning


Looking north, toward the Seine (the spire on the left belongs to Notre Dame)

 

Le Pompidou

Contemporary art museum, very cool stuff.






called, "A strange place to park"


Fish head, I had to take this one. 

Musee du Louvre

Our first day...


Cupid and Psyche 

Sacre Coeur

M&B


Haziness 

Musee du Carnavalet

Originally built as a residence for nobility, it now depicts Parisian history.


Inner courtyard.

 

Jew Deportation Memorial

 

Notre Dame

Me and Bryan at the cathedral


Check out those flying buttresses 

Sainte Chapelle Cathedral

Commissioned by Louis IX in 1242, intended to house the crown of thorns. Two-thirds of the stained glass date to the 13th century.




Each panel depicts a biblical story.

 

Palace and grounds at Versailles

Home of Louis XIV and successors


Hall of mirrors


View from rear of palace 

That gray blur behind me is the palace


One of many fountains


Make a wish


Hall of mirrors 

Musee D'Orsay

Van Gogh


Renoir


Monet 

Skier 

Michelle and I at the Eiffel Tower