We took a bus tour to Paris for two days. All I can say....absolutely awesome! Of course we didn't get to see all that could have been seen, so we will have to go back again someday, maybe when we get some visitors....hint hint!! Even thou I took over 120 pictures, I scaled it down to give a glimpse of a few things we got to see. The bus tour took 5 hours, if we took the train it would be 2 1/2 hours, if I drive we will be there in 1 hour!!! LOL Enjoy the pictures as I try to explain each one.
The Notre-Dame Cathedral
The three portals into the cathedral of Notre-Dame
The middle portal,
The left portal,
The right portal, all have beautiful carvings
The rose window, depicts virgin Mary surrounded by figures from the Old Testament
Napolean's Tomb, directly below the golden dome on the ground floor.
The Arc of Triumph, Napolean's triumphal arch, each carving depicts his victories, the arch was started in 1806, completed in 1836. Napolean,s funeral procession passed through the arch
These two characters always seem to jump in front of my camera!!!!
A shot of a many carvings on the arch
Inside the arch, with carved names
Also beneath the arch is the tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Opera National de Paris Garnier, another words opera house, designed for Napoleon III in 1862
close up shot of architecture on the opera house
Surrounding the opera house are ladies holding light fixtures
Glass Pyramid on the square of Museum of Louvre
The Louvre is huge, would take a whole weekend to see it all
Put all three pictures together and you'll have the whole museum!
The La Seine River, showing some of the beautiful buildings along the river
Museum D'Orsay, houses art from 1848-1914, formerly a railway station, sits along the La Seine River
Got a shot of the Louvre while crusin down the river
Conciergerie, an imposing gothic palace, originally home to the caretaker and guards of the Palais de Justice, then turned into a jail at end of the 14th century, Marie-Antoinette was held priosner here, it remained a prison til 1914, now a museum which displays its prison walls, guillotine, and sculptures of famous prisoners
Some beautiful buidings along the river cruise
More beautiful buildings along the river cruise
Pont Alexandre III bridge,
Crusin the river, and the Eiffel Tower showed up
200,000 watt lighting system, starting at dusk it sparkles like a giant Christmas tree for 5 minutes every hour until 1 am. Totally Awesome!
The boat that gave us our tour on the La Seine River
From the very top of the Eiffel Tower, 1,023 ft
Just another angle of the city, atop the Eiffel Tower
At ground level, looking up at 2.5 million rivets, 18,000 metal parts that can expand up to 6 inches on hot days (what the book states)! Erected in 1889 by Gustave Eiffel was the world's tallest building until New York's Empire State Building in 1931.
