June
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Our apartment has bunk beds |
OK, we're at Gare du Nord, now
where do we go? |
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Our first stop - The Tower of
St Jacques |
Winged Victory |
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Sainte Chapelle
- Click HERE or
above photo for more pictures |
The Hall of Justice |
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The Conciergerie - Click
HERE or above photo for more pictures |
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The Cathedral of
Notre Dame - Click HERE or any photo for more pictures |
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That's the line to climb to the
tower |
And we got to the top at noon
just as the bells were ringing |
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Closeup of a gargoyle.
That's Napoleon's tomb in the distance |
Extensive excavations and exhibits
are under the cathedral |
The
Eiffel Tower in
the distance Charlemaine - the first king of France  |
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Bird watching in front of Notre
Dame |
These containers are actually
the stalls of booksellers, a tradition along the Seine since the 18th century |
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The Metro has double decker trains |
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Scenes around the city  |
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This obelisk in the Place de
la Concorde marks the position of the guillotine |
After a walk down
the Champs Elysees, we reached the the l’Arc de Triomphe. Click HERE or the photo for more pictures |
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Umm, ice cream! |
This is a French hot dog |
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Boat tours on the Seine |
Click
HERE or the photo for pictures
of our cruise |
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Good shopping as we walked toward
Montmartre |
The Church of Sacre Coeur where
an extreme skating event is scheduled Click HERE or either photo for more pictures |
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The Palace at Versailles
12 miles outside of Paris. Click HERE or any photo below for more pictures of this day long tour |
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The RER back to Paris |
One final look at the Seine |
