Saturday, February 11, 2006

Paris.. more pictures :)

The fountain next to the Pompidou center

Le Centre Pompidou in the background, which hosts the modern art museum, and is generally dedicated to culture. Sitting in front of the Tinguely-Niki de StPhalle fountain, which is covered in ice and doesnt work.. i have that same picture of me with my brother, 10 years ago.. :)

The Louvre

In front of the Louvre museum and the Arch of the Caroussel

Notre-Dame de Paris

Last time I was in Paris, they were renovating the church.. now it's shining white, just amazingly beautiful, specially in the sunset..

A Gargoyle from Notre-Dame-de-Paris

Another of the famous gargoyles from Notre Dame

The Thinker, in the Rodin Museum

Next to Les Invalides, you find the Rodin museum. At his death, Rodin gave all his works of art to the state in order to open a museum. Some of the sculptures are outside, in a very nice garden, all his most famous ones are here. And you can take a picture of the Thinker with the Eiffel tower in the background :)

The Sacré-Coeur in Montmartre

Almost no tourist.. :) very nice. But Montmartre is much more than just the Sacré Coeur, it's a little village on its own, where you have to take your time, walk around, discover the small alleys. Much nicer in summer, with all the people in the street, the painters, musicians etc..

In the Musée d'Orsay

The Musée d'Orsay, built in an old train station. It hosts all the artwork (painting, sculpture and art deco) from the mid 1800s to the mid 1900s.. really worth it

La Sainte Chapelle

La Sainte Chapelle, the private chapel of King Saint Louis (Louis 9th), where the relics of the Passion of the Christ could be found (some of them are now in Notre Dame, other in the Vatican). So much glass, it's really amazing. Worth visiting, specially on a sunny day.

Being a lawyer in Paris

If i was becoming a famous lawyer in France, I could get my fancy attorney dress there.. ;)

On the way home..

On the train back home, tired tired... but how great it was :) Paris just is the nicest city!

1 Comments:

Blogger Kala said...

beautiful photos!! I wish to visitthese places one day =)

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