Friday, May 16, 2008

Paris in April



Entertainers




Gina at Monmatre







All around Monmatre












Maxims






Our hotel right in the centre.

The fish, meat, vegetable and bread market in the next street
The City of Paris is dominated by old 5 to 6 storey stone and brick buildings which appear to glow. We believe that Paris has undertaken a huge building cleaning programme over the past 5 years. I do wish the City Fathers and Mothers of Harrogate would do the same!


Madame outside her favourite shop

The original cable cars up the Eiffel Tower are still in daily use.
www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/


Male & Female Military personnel with automatic weapons patrol the Eiffel Tower.




Arc D'Triumphe




Parc et Château de Versailles
www.chateauversailles.fr/index.cfm?langue=en






The Hall of Mirrors, Versailles



The opulence of the vast buildings and grounds of Versailles was one of the touch papers for the start of the revolution.



Gare du Nord
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gare_du_Nord