Notre Dame

Walking from the Louver to Notre Dame is basically along the Seine where there's great bridges and a walkway down by the water.

And there it is

And there I am

The back side is crazy complicated

Along the North side there is a narrow street and many shops

And finally the crowds.

Whew... Long day done!

The Louvre

Again with the lines... I decided to wait.

If you look through the nearby Arc Du Carrousel, past the inverted Pyramid...

you can see the full sized Arc Du Triomphe in the distance.

And outside... about to walk to Notre Dame

Sacre Coeur

After the Arc, I took the metro to Pigalle, then walked over and took the funicular up the hill at Montmartre to the beautiful...

Sacre Coeur

And some of the surrounding streets.

I had to take my hat off in here.

It's been pretty crowded all day.

OK then - Headed off to the Louver!

Arc Du Triomphe

And there it is, just like a million postcards...

And just as fantastic inside.

And here's something you don't see every day...

La Tour Eiffel

Started out as a beautiful day. I took the Metro to École Militaire and walked to the Eiffel Tower down the...

Champs De Mars.

The lines to go up were Ginormous.

Fisheye lens still barely captures.

 This one's for Siena...

From across the Seine at the Jardins du Trocadéro,

Now... off to the Arc.

Big Five Walking/Metro Tour

Mister noodle legs here... reporting in after an 8 hour tour de force. Eiffel Tower, Arc Du Triomphe, Sacre Coeur, the Louvre and Notre Dame! Metro assisted walking on a beautiful day jam packed with tourists.

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I'll post pix in five posts above once I get them organized.

Field Trip to the Future

Started the day walking to the production office - rendering a test while walking on the streets of Paris! - it's the future.

Then - field trip!

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Went out to Luc Besson's giant studio north of town to watch wardrobe tests and the test scenes that were shot in the tunnels at Cochin.

Here's some nicely organized images from the Cochin Tunnels

COCHIN