From Ron's Hotel RoomRon Traver's room at Novatel had (just barely) a view of the Eiffel Tower, while Larry's and my rooms overlooked office buildings.
Date: 01/13/2006
Ron Traver's room at Novatel had (just barely) a view of the Eiffel Tower, while Larry's and my rooms overlooked office buildings.
La Défense - OverviewLa Défense - Overview
Date: 01/13/2006
Everything in La De?fense is built to a fantastic scale. Notre Dame would easily fit inside that big square arch, for example.
La Défense - CNITContains fnac, a great French literature and media store, like a Barnes and Noble, or a Borders.
Date: 01/13/2006
Contains fnac, a great French literature and media store, like a Barnes and Noble, or a Borders.
La Défense - CNIT 2
Date: 01/13/2006
La Défense - La Grande Arche et CNITThe scale is kind of unimaginable...
Date: 01/13/2006
The scale is kind of unimaginable...
La Défense - La Grande Arche...but look how small the people get as they are climbing the stairs. [More]
Date: 01/13/2006
...but look how small the people get as they are climbing the stairs. Another way of looking at it is that the entire cathedral of Notre Dame could easily fit inside the Grande Arche.
La Défense - Sony IMAX
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La Défense - Quatre Temps
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La Défense - Le Football
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La Défense - Statue
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Versailles - View From CarI personally had four guidebooks with me, all of which surely mentioned that Versailles is closed on Mondays.
Date: 01/13/2006
I personally had four guidebooks with me, all of which surely mentioned that Versailles is closed on Mondays.
Versailles - Parking EntranceTrying my rusty French: "'Parking reserved exclusively for...autocars'? -- Hm, that sounds OK!" It turned out that an "autocar" is an inter-town bus.
Date: 01/13/2006
Trying my rusty French: "'Parking reserved exclusively for...autocars'? -- Hm, that sounds OK!"
It turned out that an "autocar" is an inter-town bus.
Versailles - Entrance GateAgain, hard to grasp how large everything is...
Date: 01/13/2006
Again, hard to grasp how large everything is...
Versailles Entrance, with Ron and Georgia Traver...unless you have willing models to pose and give things a human scale.
Date: 01/13/2006
...unless you have willing models to pose and give things a human scale.
Versailles Entrance, with Ron and Georgia, DetailYeah, you couldn't really see them before.
Date: 01/13/2006
Yeah, you couldn't really see them before.
Versailles - Entrance Statue 1
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Versailles - Entrance Statue 2
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Versailles - Statue of Louis XIV
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Versailles - Just Past Entrance Gate
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"Tom and Larry, with Versailles for Scale"...as I always refer to this photo.
Date: 01/13/2006
...as I always refer to this photo.
Versailles - Grounds Layout
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Versailles - Palace Far Left 1
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Versailles - Palace Far Left 2
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Versailles - Palace Center
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Versailles - Palace Center Detail
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Versailles - Palace Center Right
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Versailles - Palace Center Right Detail
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Versailles - Palace Center Right Detail 2
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"People Like Seeing Pictures of Themselves"Tom and Larry
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Tom and Larry
Versailles - Palace Right
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Versailles - Parking ExitMan, did we park in the Wrong Lot. Ever try to come up with $30 in coins?
Date: 01/13/2006
Man, did we park in the Wrong Lot. Ever try to come up with $30 in coins?
Driving - Sports Stadium
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Eiffel Tower - Idealized
Date: 11/03/2002
Eiffel Tower - Actual
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Eiffel Tower - Ron and Georgia
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"Larry, Standing Near a Large Object in Paris"...as he always refers to this photo.
Date: 01/13/2006
...as he always refers to this photo.
Eiffel Tower - Tower Base
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Eiffel Tower - Tower Base with Dead Trees
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Eiffel Tower - A Long Climb Ahead
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Eiffel Tower - Tower Babes
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Eiffel Tower - Tom
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Eiffel Tower - Larry
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Eiffel Tower - Sign - Le Trocadero
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Eiffel Tower - Le Trocadero
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Eiffel Tower - Le Trocadero, Level 1
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Eiffel Tower - Le Trocadero , Detail
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Eiffel Tower - Le Trocadero, Level 2
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Eiffel Tower - Le Trocadero, Level 3
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Eiffel Tower, Level 1 - The Seine
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Merry-Go-Round Near Eiffel Tower (Detail)One of my favorite photos. A happy accident.
Date: 01/13/2006
One of my favorite photos. A happy accident.
Notre Dame
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Notre Dame, with Trees
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Notre Dame , A Little Closer
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Notre Dame, Rear, Left
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Notre Dame, Rear, Top
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Notre Dame, Rear, Right
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Notre Dame and Our Heros
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Notre Dame and Our Heros - Again
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Notre Dame - Plaque de L'arbre de la liberte?
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Notre Dame - L'arbre de la liberte?
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Notre Dame - Entrance Left
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Notre Dame - Entrance Right
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Notre Dame - Entrance Top
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Notre Dame - Entrance Detail
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Notre Dame - Front
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Notre Dame - Interior
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Notre Dame - Translate This Sign
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Notre Dame - The River Seine
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Notre Dame - The River Seine, Again
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Notre Dame - View From Notre Dame
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Notre Dame - Spire from Ground
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Notre Dame - Spire from Above
Date: 11/03/2002
Notre Dame - Spire, Detail of Saints
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Notre Dame - Gargoyle
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Notre Dame - Gargoyles
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Notre Dame - Gargoyles
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Notre Dame - Bell
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Bell in Notre Dame.
Notre Dame - Bell
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Notre Dame - Lots and Lots of Stairs..
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Notre Dame - Some Made of Wood..
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L'Arc de Triomphe
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Odelisk and Ferris Wheel
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Louvre Pyramid
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L'Arc de Triomphe
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Odelisk and Ferris Wheel
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Odelisk and Ferris Wheel
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French Statue of Liberty
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French Statue of Liberty
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French Statue of Liberty
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La Colonne de Juillet, la Place de la Bastille
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La Colonne de Juillet, la Place de la Bastille
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Old-Fashion "Metro" Entrance
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New-Fangled Louvre Entrance
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New-Fangled Louvre Entrance
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Tom, with a Friend
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Venus de Milo
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La Carte de Venus de Milo
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The Winged Victory of Samothrace
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The Winged Victory of Samothrace
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La Joconde
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Moat
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Napolean as Julius Caesar?I believe that I read that this statue depicts Napolean as Julius Caesar, but I have to double-check.
Date: 01/13/2006
I believe that I read that this statue depicts Napolean as Julius Caesar, but I have to double-check.
