Flossbolna
Sea days are just so relaxing!
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- Sep 8, 2006
Hi everyone – work has been absolutely crazy over the summer (and it won’t get any better soon, but maybe I am adjusting to it now). But I really want to finish this TR in some way at least.
In the meantime, I have put together a little update for you that is far away from Orlando. I was in Paris in August for a few days and thought I would show you some of the highlights! This first update will be Paris, the city, the next update will be a few pictures form Disneyland Paris (you did not think that I would travel to Paris and not spend some time there as well? ;-)).
Oh – and in case you wondered about the new avatar: It is from the Walt Disney Studios Paris, not because I am such a great fan of that park (it has quite some flaws!!) but because I think it makes a very nice avatar!
I had a few days in Paris and walked around a lot – I just enjoyed all the different neighbourhoods and did not concentrate so much on the big sites as I had seen those on previous trips, so this is just a rather random collection of things I found interesting:
Let’s start at the Centre Pompidou – which houses the museum of modern art as well as a large library:
The museum is open until 9pm which was great for me as I spent the evening there and watched the sunset, you have a wonderful view from there. The first picture has the Eiffel Tower on the left edge.
And this is Sacre Coeur, a church on the top of Montmartre (I went there on another day):
This is kind of the contrast – the Louvre which houses all the old masters:
Since I am more into modern art than old masters, I did not go in there, but I managed to get into the glass pyramide which you can see through the arch on the previous photo which also functions as the main entrance to the museum:
Another interesting museum which I visited was the Musee d’Orsay which used to be a railway station and now houses lots of statues as well as paintings my the impressionists:
My hotel was between the Gare de Lyon which is a very impressive railway station:
and the Place de la Bastille – which now is home to this memorial:
but also is the site of the Bastille, a prison, which was famously stormed during the French revolution on July 14, 1789 – stilled celebrated today as the French National Day.
One thing I fell in love with in Paris were the parks – this here is the Jardin de Luxembourg:
And this is the Tuilleries:
Do you see the green chairs? They are made of metal and are scattered around the parks so people can sit and relax. It was so inviting and I spent quite some time there reading and soaking up the atmosphere!
On one side of the Tuilleries was the closest I got to the Eiffel Tower on this trip:
One of my walks (I had downloaded some apps with audio tours on my Iphone and those were really great for a solo traveller!) I walked around Montmartre which was very charming:
There was an interesting market street:
And that’s a good moment to include two other food pictures – from other places:
From the quaint streets I continued on to Sacre Coeur and suddenly met the masses of tourists I had so far avoided mainly. Since tourists are not so interesting, I only show you a close up of the church, it is quite impressive!
Let’s continue with a few more scenes from different streets:
This was a pretty door:
And just around the corner was some street art:
This impressive building is the city hall:
And let’s end with one site which is also the site of a Disney film – Notre Dame:
I hope you enjoyed the brief walk through Paris – as promised Disneyland Paris will follow shortly and then we will continue with the proper TR! I just felt that you needed some more pictures to make up for the long delay!
In the meantime, I have put together a little update for you that is far away from Orlando. I was in Paris in August for a few days and thought I would show you some of the highlights! This first update will be Paris, the city, the next update will be a few pictures form Disneyland Paris (you did not think that I would travel to Paris and not spend some time there as well? ;-)).
Oh – and in case you wondered about the new avatar: It is from the Walt Disney Studios Paris, not because I am such a great fan of that park (it has quite some flaws!!) but because I think it makes a very nice avatar!
I had a few days in Paris and walked around a lot – I just enjoyed all the different neighbourhoods and did not concentrate so much on the big sites as I had seen those on previous trips, so this is just a rather random collection of things I found interesting:
Let’s start at the Centre Pompidou – which houses the museum of modern art as well as a large library:
The museum is open until 9pm which was great for me as I spent the evening there and watched the sunset, you have a wonderful view from there. The first picture has the Eiffel Tower on the left edge.
And this is Sacre Coeur, a church on the top of Montmartre (I went there on another day):
This is kind of the contrast – the Louvre which houses all the old masters:
Since I am more into modern art than old masters, I did not go in there, but I managed to get into the glass pyramide which you can see through the arch on the previous photo which also functions as the main entrance to the museum:
Another interesting museum which I visited was the Musee d’Orsay which used to be a railway station and now houses lots of statues as well as paintings my the impressionists:
My hotel was between the Gare de Lyon which is a very impressive railway station:
and the Place de la Bastille – which now is home to this memorial:
but also is the site of the Bastille, a prison, which was famously stormed during the French revolution on July 14, 1789 – stilled celebrated today as the French National Day.
One thing I fell in love with in Paris were the parks – this here is the Jardin de Luxembourg:
And this is the Tuilleries:
Do you see the green chairs? They are made of metal and are scattered around the parks so people can sit and relax. It was so inviting and I spent quite some time there reading and soaking up the atmosphere!
On one side of the Tuilleries was the closest I got to the Eiffel Tower on this trip:
One of my walks (I had downloaded some apps with audio tours on my Iphone and those were really great for a solo traveller!) I walked around Montmartre which was very charming:
There was an interesting market street:
And that’s a good moment to include two other food pictures – from other places:
From the quaint streets I continued on to Sacre Coeur and suddenly met the masses of tourists I had so far avoided mainly. Since tourists are not so interesting, I only show you a close up of the church, it is quite impressive!
Let’s continue with a few more scenes from different streets:
This was a pretty door:
And just around the corner was some street art:
This impressive building is the city hall:
And let’s end with one site which is also the site of a Disney film – Notre Dame:
I hope you enjoyed the brief walk through Paris – as promised Disneyland Paris will follow shortly and then we will continue with the proper TR! I just felt that you needed some more pictures to make up for the long delay!
Yea...that's kind of all I've got. Guess I'd better drill tyler (who is in his 4th year of Francaise- oui? 
) before I ever go- which I am planning to within..mmmm.....the next 4 years. Nothing like planning ahead. 
Hi Rosie! Work is incredibly stressful for over half a year now, so I am even lurkier now than before 
