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Champs Elysees, LesCarsRouges, Musee d'Orsay, Musee du Louvre, Notre Dame, Opera, Paris Sightseeing Tour, Torcadero, Tour Eiffel, Vedettes de Paris
Today was typical tourist day, with snapshots of all the major sites in Paris. I first took the LesCarsRouges LesCarsRouges website which is a hop on, hop off tour. I just stayed up there on the top deck and let them drive me all over Paris while I exhausted the battery of my Nikon P100. I picked up the bus at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. There are ear phones and recorded tour information in many languages. After my bus tour, I took a small Siene River cruise tour, past all those same monuments and sights again, but from a slightly different angle. By then, the sun was shining and it was quite enjoyable to be out there on the river going under the famous bridges. There are many river tour companies, but I liked the look of the smaller boat and chose Vedettes de paris which is just at the foot of the Eiffel tower, or Tour Eiffel as they say in Paris. I’m getting pretty good at navigating the metro, especially since I’ve been to the same station only a week ago. I also enjoyed my first Crepe today. Chocolate and Banana for 4.50 Euros.

Eiffel Tower from Trocadero

Assemblee Nationale

The Louvre

Booksellers along the Seine

Concergierie – where Marie Antoinette spent her final days

Notre Dame Cathedral

Fancy bridge work

The other side of Notre Dame

More fancy bridge work

Seems the fire department had a little issue

The oldest bridge in Paris


The whole bridge is full of locks, a few years back couples started expressing their love by locking a lock to the bridge

I like the little girls hand – she was waving, but it looks like she’s trying to touch the bridge

That’s my very first Parisian Crepe cooking there



Musee D’Orsay

Avenue Des Champs Elysees

Arc De Triomphe

Champs Elysees


Opera


Place de la Madeleine

Place de La Concorde

Musee D’Orsay