At this point, my family and I hang
our hats in Paris, France. Of course Paris has lots
of interesting things, but here is one of the high-points for
me. (Well, one of the online-high-points,
anyway.) It is a link to the Paris Yellow Pages, where you can
look for any business and see a picture of it! That's apart
from the normal, boring old map and aerial photograph! The
photo at the link is of a clothes shop on the ground floor of our
building, where they sell work clothes. If it doesn't work
(and for some reason it often does not) go here, type "henri bricout" in the "Name"
field, "Paris 3" in "Town" and click on Search. Then
click on "Photo" and voila! you're looking at my front
door. For a more famous example, look for "le deux magots" to
see a picture of the famous cafe, with a funny little yellow car in
front of it. It may even be a Trabant!
Paris is divided into 20 districts
("Arrondissements"), which are numbered in a spiral from the middle
out. We live in the Third, or "Troisiemme". It is not a
very exciting district, but is near to lots of interesting
stuff.
Here are some pictures I took around
our town ...
Eiffel Tower on New Year's
eve ... I wish I
could say that this was the view from our apartment, but that would
be a terrible lie. Last New Year's eve (2003/2004) we wanted
to go look at he flickering lights on the Big Steel
Stick at midnight, but we were a few minutes late. That's
what happens if you have children.
It remains a beautiful sight, day or
night.
Roller-blader near
the Louvre There are
many "plazas" in Paris, where there are no cars. People set up
ramps, barriers and cones and do the craziest things on their
roller-blades. I took this picture near the
Louvre.
Paris Catacombes These, believe it or not, are real, ex-live,
touchable skulls. There are miles of underground passages
(open for visits!), where they brought the remains of about 7
million people a few hundred years ago. The people were buried
in various graveyards in Paris, but the cemeteries were getting too
full. Apparently the ground level in some cemeteries had risen
by several metres. The chief constable and the inspector
of these centuries-old quarries decided that this would be the ideal
place to which to move this little problem. If you don't
believe me, look here. Grizzly ...
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