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Steve from Mendocino – Paris

When Notre Dame burned, it rocked my world.  It represented yet another milestone in the apocalypse that we are living.  Given my age and my disregard for personal health, all of what we are experiencing gets included under the umbrella of my mortality.  The world may or may not go on, but my life is in its final chapter (which I hope will not be a short one).

On that happy note, let’s look at Notre Dame and Sainte Chappelle.

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On the Road: Week of January 11  (5 am)
Albatrossity – Big Bend National Park #2
Elma – Waterfalls
🐾BillinGlendaleCA – Snow Day
way2blue – Vis, Croatia
SkyBluePink – Skies of Blues & Pinks

On the Road: After Dark: Week of January 11  (10 pm)
We are still in Paris, with 5 more Paris posts from Steve from Mendocino.

🌺  And now, back to Steve from Mendocino, Paris part 5.

Steve from Mendocino – Paris

“Opera, Concorde and Madeleine”

The Eglise de la Madeleine (famous church) is situated between Place de la Concorde (one of the major public squares) and the Palais Garnier Opera house, in Haussmannian Paris.

 

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With the day we had yesterday, I’m not sure how many people will have actually looked at the submission from last night, so here’s a link in case anyone wants to take a look at part 3 today.

Steve from Mendocino – Paris

The Palais Royal is a vast complex of government offices, apartments, etc.  It used to house the Louvre until the construction of the pyramid.  I have no photos of the pyramid, partly because of my reactionary distaste for modern architecture next to the surrounding classic Parisian architecture but mostly because, by the time it was built, I’d abandoned the practice of schlepping a camera around with me at all times.  The pyramid has vastly improved the organization and presentation of the Louvre collection, so I consider my aversion to be wholly invalid.

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Steve from Mendocino – Paris

Sacre Coeur has an exotic feel to it largely because of the contrast of its architecture with that of most other architecture in Paris.  Being at the top of Montmartre and offering the best view of the Paris skyline other than the Eiffel tower, it attracts large numbers of tourists just milling about.  Street performers congregate here, and there are plenty of touristy snack outlets serving ice cream, crepes, etc. to visitors tired of moving from monument to monument around the city.

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