Paris Day 20 – A walk in the 9th Arrondissement

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2014, 9th Arrondissement, April, Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Church of St. Augustine, Clock, Cupola, Eiffel Tower, Galeries Lafayette, Gare Saint-Lazare, Jardin de Tivoli, Joan of Arc, La Defense, Opera Granier, Opera Granier ceiling, Paris, Passage du Havre, Printemps, Rooftop Cafe Deli-cieux, Sacre-Coeur, Square Marcel Pagnol

Starting at the Église de la Sainte-Trinité church I set out to finish one of my Day Trips that was two thirds of the way completed.

Clock on the Trinity Church!

The Église de la Sainte-Trinité or Trinity Church, a building of the Second Empire period, built between 1861 and 1867 at a cost of almost 5 million francs.

Gate to where gardens built in 1766, known as the Jardin de Tivoli, once grew!

Another passage, Passage du Havre!

Passage du Havre’s beautiful interior!

Hanging glass art exhibit in the Passage du Havre!

Nothing says shopping mall like a Parisian Passage, not!

Gare Saint-Lazare, second busiest train station in Europe with 100,000,000 passengers transiting every year, Gare du Nord at 450,000 passengers per day takes the number one spot!

Gare Saint-Lazare!

Square Marcel Pagnol and the beautiful Church of St. Augustine!

Statue of Jeanne (Joan) of Arc and the Church of St. Augustine!

Jeanne (Joan) of Arc Statue!

Heading towards the Printemps Department Stores!

Lunch time at the Rooftop Cafe Deli-cieux! 360 degree view of Paris and it was an outstanding day to be on the roof!

Sacre Coeur and Église de la Sainte-Trinité to the north!

Church of St. Augustine and La Defense to the west!

Eiffel Tower to the South!

The Galeries Lafayette and Opera Granier to the East!

The Cupola inside the Galeries Lafayette!

A walk over to the Opera Granier!

Interior shots of the Opera Granier using wide angle lens! #1

The Opera Granier seating!

Interior shots of the Opera Granier using wide angle lens! #2

The Opera Granier ceiling!

Interior hall of the Opera Granier!

1st mezzanine of the Opera Granier!

Interior shots of the Opera Granier using wide angle lens! #3

Interior shots of the Opera Granier using wide angle lens! #4

 

Paris Day 19 – A morning walk around Montmartre

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2014, April, Cafe Montmartre, Dongen, Eiffel Tower, Galerie Montmartre, Gris, La Bonne Franquette, Le Bateau Lavoir, Le Consulat, Modigliani, Montmartre, Moulin de la Galette, Oliver, Paris, Parisian sky, Picasso, Place du Tertre, Rue des Saules, Rue Foyatier, Rue Lepic, Rue Muller, Sacre-Coeur, Square Nadar, Vaillant

After being out and doing a night shoot in Paris, I couldn’t sleep and awoke to the birds chirping outside my window and set out to see if I could capture a great sunrise!

An unobstructed view of La Bonne Franquette & Le Consulat; taverns that Picasso and other artists routinely visited!

The side cafe seating of La Bonne Franquette looking down Rue des Saules to La Masion Rose at the corner below!

Eiffel Tower and street lamp from the Square Nadar!

A rare scene of no one walking the stairs of Rue Foyatier!

Street lamp and the stairs leading down Rue Muller at sunrise!

Sacre Coeur waiting for the first sunlight!

Street lamp and the beautiful gardens of Sacre Coeur overlooking Paris!

Some sunrise color over Paris at the footsteps of Sacre Coeur!

Sunrise hitting the Parisian sky!

Cafes starting to open for the day at Place du Tertre!

Another day for the Galerie Montmartre!

Cafe Montmartre still in the shadows as the sunlight starts to hit Paris!

From Rue Lepic the Eiffel Tower is now basking in sunlight!

The Moulin de la Galette on Rue Lepic is still in shadow as the taller Montmartre buildings catch the sun!

The windows of the Le Bateau Lavoir showing the reflection of sunlight from across the square. Picasso had his studio here, from 1904 – 1909, with other artists including Fernande Olivier (whom he met there and had a relationship with for 7 years), Kees Van Dongen, Juan Gris, Amedeo Modigliani, and Jacques Vaillant, among others. Many called this the “birthplace of cubism”!

 

Paris Day 18 – Night walk along the Seine from the Pont Alexandre III to the Pont au Double

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2014, April, Eiffel Tower, Fontaine Saint-Michel, Grand Palais, Horse Chestnut Trees, Ile de la Cité, Institut de France, Night, Notre Dame, padlocks, Palace de Louvre, Paris, Petit Palais, Pont Alexandre III, Pont au Double, Pont des Arts, Pont Neuf, Pont Saint-Michel, Pyramide du Louvre, Seine River, Square du Vert-Galant, the Seine River, Winston Churchill

Going back to the Petit Palais, I wanted to walk along the Seine River and try and capture some nice night shots along the river, I did make a peek into the Louvre also!

The Grand Palais at dusk!

The Petit Palais!

Statue of Winston Churchill and the Petit Palais!

Pont Alexandre III and the Eiffel Tower!

Pont Alexandre III, the Seine River, Horse Chestnut Trees and the Eiffel Tower!

Invalides, Pont Alexandre III and Seine River

Pont Alexandre III, Street Lamps and the Eiffel Tower!

The Palace de Louvre, Pyramide du Louvre and Street Lamps!

The Pyramide du Louvre!

The Fontaine Saint-Michel!

Pont Neuf, Seine River and Square du Vert-Galant!

Pont des Arts and the Institut de France and Padlocks!

Pont Neuf and the Seine River!

The Pont Neuf and the Seine River!

The Ile de la Cité, Pont Saint-Michel and the Seine River!

The Seine and Notre Dame!

The Seine, Pont au Double and Notre Dame!

 

 

Paris Day 16 – Pont Alexandre III

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2014, April, Champs-Élysées Port, Champs-Elysees quarter, Dome of the Invalides, Eiffel Tower, Eiffel Tower quarter, frogs and padlocks, Grand and Petit Palais, Invalides, left bank, low light with rain and dark heavy clouds, most picturesque bridge in Paris, ornate beauty, Paris, Pont Alexandre III, Toes and lamp posts, Universal Exposition

The Pont Alexandre III is the most picturesque bridge in Paris, even in low light with rain and dark heavy clouds in the middle of the afternoon! The bridge over the river Seine connects the Grand and Petit Palais as well as the Champs-Elysees quarter on the right bank with the with the Invalides and Eiffel Tower quarter on the left bank. Dedicated in 1900 for the Universal Exposition it was another glorious piece of work introduced to the world at the same time as the Eiffel Tower!

Eiffel Tower and the Left Bank of the Pont Alexandre III on a cloudy rainy day!

Eiffel Tower and the right bank of the Pont Alexandre III.

The Champs-Élysées Port below the Pont Alexandre III and Seine River with the Invalides in the background!

Street Lamps of the Pont and the Dome of the Invalides in the background!

Eiffel Tower in background through one of the ornate statues of the Pont Alexandre III.

A grey and rainy day not spoiled with beautiful views like this!

Toes and lamp posts!

Plaque with date and name!

Even the frogs and padlocks become ornate beauty on the bridge!

Paris Day 10 – Walk from Trocadero to Pont de Bir-Hakeim

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2014, Allee des Cyges Island, April, Eiffel Tower, front door, La France Renaissante, Last Tango in Paris, Merry-Go-Round, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Paris, Pont de Bir-Hakeim, remote helicopter, Replique de la Statue de la Liberte, Statue of Liberty, Trocadero

One of the things we like to find in Paris is where movies have been shot on location, so we can say, “We’ve been there”. This walk will take us to the front door of the apartment used in the movie Last Tango in Paris and to the spot on the bridge in the movie National Treasure: Book of Secrets where they fly a remote helicopter to see what is written on the Statue of Liberty at the end of the Allee des Cyges Island, actually the correct term is Replique de la Statue de la Liberte. Fun stuff huh? Oh yeah, there are great views of the Eiffel Tower from here too!

Leaving the Trocadero area looking back up the side of it is a robust group at the Merry-Go-Round!

Looking back up river, nice walking path separated for bikes and foot traffic!

Great view of the Eiffel.

The Pont de Bir-Hakeim is the only bridge in Paris that carries both cars and Metro! The statue is La France Renaissante an equestrian statue!

At last, the door and apartment that are in the opening scenes of the Last Tango in Paris!

The Pont de Bir-Hakeim!

Interesting views of the Eiffel can be had here!

Just wanted to see if you were still awake?

Pano taken with iPhone, look closely at the cars, an Apple trademark of screwing up your photos of things too close and moving in the Pano option! Click to see larger image!

And this is where they were standing in the movie, National Treasure: Book of Secrets to see the Lady!

La France Renaissante and the Eiffel!

Better view of La France Renaissante!

 

Paris Day 10 – Trocadero & Palais de Chaillot

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2014, April, bookstore, cafe, dark and cloudy day, Eiffel Tower, fountains, free clean bathrooms, free museum, gardens, Palais de Chaillot, Paris, thousands of tourist, Trocadero, Trocadero Gardens, Trocadero Metro

This is a very popular spot to look across the Seine River to the East and see the Eiffel Tower, or as the French call it, Tour Eiffel! Trocadero is the area of the city and the name of the Metro stop. One of the reasons is that it so popular is that it is on a Metro Line that brings you right up into the square. The Metro stop for the Eiffel Tower is some what of a walk once you get above ground still! Here the fountains were putting on quite a show this day, at least we thought is was a kick in the pants! Besides the fountains and the thousands of tourists, including us two, the Trocadero Gardens flank each side of the fountains which go right down the middle of the park! Also, the Palais de Chaillot has a free museum, free clean bathrooms, bookstore and cafe. Hard to find clean and free bathrooms once you leave your hotel room or apartment! As you will see many of the photos on today’s blog are of the Eiffel Tower, the next blog we’ll be on the Eiffel Tower side of the river! As you will see it was a dark and cloudy day with no rain, but not much daylight either.

As you arrive above the Metro stop this will be your first look at the Eiffel Tower!

From the other side of the square!

From the middle of the square!

Large statues at each end of the square!

Large statues at each end of the square!

A walk around the gardens gave great views of the Tower!

A walk around the gardens gave great views of the Tower!

Close up of Tower! Painted in Bronze Paint this time! Every time they paint the Eiffel Tower it’s like who gave them the best deal on paint, color doesn’t really seem to matter!

Framed nicely by the trees!

Before we left the gardens and went down to the river’s edge, a Strawberry-Vanilla ice cream cone was in order!

Fountain time!

From the edge of the Seine River and Pont d’Lena. You know a crazy Englishman jumped into the Seine, but at least he was not in de Nile! Joke, get it!

A fast stroll across the cross walk and stop, turn, click and keep moving!

 

 

 

 

 

14 Days and Counting

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720 HD, canal cruise, Canal Saint-Martin, Eiffel Tower, favorite beverage, Luxembourg Gardens, Montmartre, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, river cruise, Sainte Chapelle, video, walk, YouTube video

Well okay, I said no more photos from the past but, I had some questions about viewing more of my Paris photos from our past trips to Paris. Here is a link to a YouTube video of all the photos put to music. The video includes a cruise up the Canal Saint-Martin, a walk around Montmartre, a walk through Sainte Chapelle, the d’Orsay Musee, Luxembourg Gardens, over to and up the Eiffel Tower.

The video is available at 720 HD, so enjoy with a glass of your favorite beverage! Cheers!  Two weeks and counting, Yeah Baby!

http://youtu.be/0U8EJWE7cMU

 

16 Days and Counting

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Corvette, Eiffel Tower, nap, No Parking Zone, Paris, Pont d'Iena, relaxing, Seine, Sundays, vacation

Sundays were made for relaxing!

What more can I say, it’s Sunday and Paris is the place to do pretty much nothing, well, if you live there and you aren’t on vacation there and just have 5 days like we did in 2003. We were on our way to the Eiffel Tower crossing the Pont d’Iéna looked down at the Seine to see this beautiful Corvette sitting in a No Parking Zone with it’s owner taking a Sunday nap! Apparently all traffic signs are to be ignored in Paris? But, as I said, Sundays were made for relaxing!

 

Sundays were made for relaxing!