Me and the Seine

The Louvre

Notre Dame

Begun in 1163 and completed
around 1345, Notre Dame is one
of the most magnificent achievements
of Gothic architecture.

Musee d'Orsay, housed in a
1900 train station and containing
art from 1848 to 1914.

Along the Seine

A view of the Tour Eiffel
in the distance

Sorbonne

Founded in 1253 as a college
for 16 poor theology students
(I like it!), it was closed in
1792 by the Revolutionary
government and then opened
again under Napoleon

Me, Jerry, Notre Dame
and The Seine

Ste Chapelle

Consecrated in 1248,
Ste Chapelle was built in three
years to house a crown of
thorns supposedly worn by
the crucified Christ.

An interesting looking man
across the cafe...

Basilique du Sacre' Coeur

This church on the hill was
built to fulfil a vow taken
by Parisian Catholics after the
Franco-Prussian War
of 1870-1871

Looking down the spiral staircase
of the Arc de Triomphe

Musee Rodin

The grounds of the Musee Rodin

Versailles, Hall of Mirrors

The Treaty of Versailles,
which ended WWI, was
signed here

The Palace Gardens

Looking at the Palace

Night view of the Tour Eiffel

The Eiffel Tower is 1000 feet tall,
covers two and a half acres,
weighs 7000 tons, and is
just as impressive in person as
you might imagine!