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Mouse ([personal profile] castalie) wrote2005-07-24 12:31 pm

Picspam: Paris - by night and by day.

If some of you remember the wedding I went to early July? Here are the pics I took from the barge sailing through Paris:

Random Sights Along The Seine

I took those ones because they're just gorgeous:

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Oh and a sight you get to see a lot in Summer in Paris. People doing picnics on the side of la Seine:

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On a funny note - well, I thought it was funny at least - the barge you see in the background? Is a fire station *g*

And la Samaritaine which is like an Institution here... and is going to disappear. It's still a mystery:

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As for the colours? It was before we knew that London would win the Games. During the whole Olympic Game campaign, Paris was 'decorated' with the Olympic colours each night *g*

I'm quite disappointed because I missed the Cathédrale, so could only took a pic of it when it was a) far away, b) hidden and c) from behind. But well, it's better than nothing. I guess. And it'll give you an idea of some of the sights you can get when you're wandering around Paris, anyway *g*

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La Conciergerie

This is the Conciergerie. To make a long story short, la Conciergerie was originally part of the palace built under the reign of Philippe IV. It became a prison during the Middle Ages and its busiest time might have been during the French Revolution when the Tribunal Révolutionnaire decided to make it their own. Marie-Antoinette and Robespierre - just to name a few - were imprisoned over there:

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Les Invalides

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Some Famous Parisian Bridges

Pont Alexandre III with a bit of the Tour Eiffel in the background, and if you think it's sparkling, you're right, it is *g*

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Pont Alexandre III again:

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Pont Neuf:

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Pont Notre Dame - or passerelle Soférino... or something. OMG I suck at being French! But I'm a Choisyenne, not a Parisienne so er yeah, I still suck *sigh*:

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And all right so I don't know the name of that bridge but I just liked the bit of Tour Eiffel in the background again, so there *g* Ladies and gentlemen, that's le Pont des Arts:

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La Tour Eiffel

Two pictures of the Iron Lady. Illuminated and all.

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And this banner was on the Tour Eiffel too - on one of the arcs - to celebrate Paris' candidature. We were motivated, weren't we? lol

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Know what? I love my capital - nothing new, mind, but it bears repeating *g*

Re: Off Topic

[identity profile] castalie.livejournal.com 2005-07-25 09:02 am (UTC)(link)
Dude! That's awesome!

Re: Off Topic

[identity profile] babycakesin.livejournal.com 2005-07-25 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
HEY! *offended* I had posted a comment here and stupid LJ apparently ate it! *glares at LJ*

anyway, what I said was:
or imagine Daniel delivering your SG1 DVDs...