Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Western Paris, Le Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, and Canal St-Martin

Some tombs in the cemetery.


Park in West Paris.

Paris Opera House and Pantheon

The original pendulum that showed the rotation of the earth.


The Pantheon.


The private boxes.


The infamous crashing chandelier.


Entrance Foyer to Opera House

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Basilique du Sacré-Cœur

The infamous Moulin Rouge Windmill.


View from the top of the dome (with 2 of the most hated things in Paris by locals, the birds and the Eiffel Tower).


"Castle in the Clouds"

Le Château de Versailles

Some famous treaty after WWI was signed here.


Small French cottage. (Marie-Antoinette's cottage away from the palace)


Who wouldn't want to live here?


A beautiful old French village.


A swan, a crane, and a beautiful French cottage.


Queen Marie-Antionette's private theater.


The garden had fountains everywhere.


Infamous "Hall of Mirrors"

Les Invalides, Le Tour Eiffel, and others...

La Ville-Lumière ("The City of Lights") - Paris' nickname.


A Parisian sunset (view from Eiffel Tower).


30,000 fans watching the French World Cup match (seen from Eiffel Tower)


A Department Store - Galeries Lafayette


Musée Rodin - A famous French sculptor's house and all his masterpieces.


Napoleon's Tomb


Les Invalides - Chapel where Napoleon's tomb is.