Quatre Églises, la Tour Eiffel, et le Grand Palais

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKOGfV2vdPMXz2wxVGQ2hsRFpMJ5ctvGb1pJs1Qt1gMpy66_LMKBHjNrb0fQylihRNKuRbwg_HWpxuqK8RuzC-B-2oGOwKQZSEIApb9UtpYgillL2w4uO34p550rNUnY-1w8sRWqw2dV8/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_34DSC_8628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKOGfV2vdPMXz2wxVGQ2hsRFpMJ5ctvGb1pJs1Qt1gMpy66_LMKBHjNrb0fQylihRNKuRbwg_HWpxuqK8RuzC-B-2oGOwKQZSEIApb9UtpYgillL2w4uO34p550rNUnY-1w8sRWqw2dV8/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_34DSC_8628.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Four churches plus the Grand Palais and Eiffel Tower</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking at the skyline from left to right from the Printemps rooftop: </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>Notre Dame de l'Assomption </u>built in 1676, </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">The double spires of <u>Basilique Sainte Clothilde</u>, </div><div style="text-align: center;">built in the neo-Gothic style mid nineteenth century</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>Église Saint-Louis des Invalides</u>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">commissioned by King Louis XIV in 1670</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>Église Saint Madeleine,</u></div><div style="text-align: center;">with its 52 Corinthian columns,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The <u>Grand Palais</u>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">built for the Universal Exposition of 1900</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The<u> Eiffel Tower</u> (1889)</div><div style="text-align: center;">which at 324m. (1,063ft), was the tallest</div><div style="text-align: center;">man-made structure in the world, a title it held</div><div style="text-align: center;">for 41 years!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Paris Skyline from Printemps</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Quatre Églises, la Tour Eiffel, et le Grand Palais

Four churches plus the Grand Palais and Eiffel Tower Looking at the skyline from left to right from the Printemps rooftop: Notre Dame de l...

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Ladurée -- le petit déjeuner

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_qqhSASmmwXxVoVB26VPIbZRekSvCB4W48QrKQvTqE56IESb4dJD9znzT7xBkkNkz-5lYayn64MhyphenhyphenuCsgly9dq4gzcbzAXBYHRlprC60vmkAQgsRqefsP1o9nOCuK_Y3mtQLn9nq_RY/s1600/2010+0621+Paris+rescued+00011cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521041382410021970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_qqhSASmmwXxVoVB26VPIbZRekSvCB4W48QrKQvTqE56IESb4dJD9znzT7xBkkNkz-5lYayn64MhyphenhyphenuCsgly9dq4gzcbzAXBYHRlprC60vmkAQgsRqefsP1o9nOCuK_Y3mtQLn9nq_RY/s640/2010+0621+Paris+rescued+00011cropped.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div>In June just a few doors from our hotel on Rue Jacob was Ladurée. The room adjacent to the usual sales room was set for le petit déjeuner. It looked lovely and elegant with its crisp linens, roses, and china. </div><div></div><div><br />Did we enjoy a leisurely breakfast at Ladurée? Non, we just grabbed a variety of macarons and headed to Église St. Madeleine where we devoured them all on the flower-covered steps. miam-miam!</div>

Ladurée -- le petit déjeuner

In June just a few doors from our hotel on Rue Jacob was Ladurée. The room adjacent to the usual sales room was set for le petit déjeuner. I...

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