La Tour Eiffel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMkHp_IYgfdVJA-rrSKIh6hUEoVCY95kjyIag6GHu9k4vJmxfzbyVIZ1JmAK6KXOdMRMTak6gKNBOY3Mb8nBZl6flbbVu2N0lh7O2qLqvbLsj6wHVvky_it0NglhoLIzS0ZtS-KzYaKk/s1600/2012+Jan+14+2nd_0079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMkHp_IYgfdVJA-rrSKIh6hUEoVCY95kjyIag6GHu9k4vJmxfzbyVIZ1JmAK6KXOdMRMTak6gKNBOY3Mb8nBZl6flbbVu2N0lh7O2qLqvbLsj6wHVvky_it0NglhoLIzS0ZtS-KzYaKk/s1600/2012+Jan+14+2nd_0079.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">La Tour Eiffel</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I cannot count the number of photos I have taken of the Eiffel Tower, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it still takes my breath away like I am seeing it for the first time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have been to places where the hype exceeded the excitement of actually being there, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but the Eiffel Tower marks the landscape with golden light </div><div style="text-align: center;">as I gasp yet again and hold my breath to take the shot. </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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Tour Eiffel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">from Palais de Chaillot</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007 and 75016, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

La Tour Eiffel

La Tour Eiffel I cannot count the number of photos I have taken of the Eiffel Tower,  but it still takes my breath away like I am seeing it ...

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City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Landmark"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oleUVFQ4OTpzZqs6w_-bYb_DLo7jNQGgSwZiNnOL_TNxIRSI3EdXzw0BDIIc8bGo-vfQAqq2bHK6A4v4uxFC-PoRE7cXWdIMYTJ7qtpbqxwqDF0-iKmTTjUNtppiUttavT08lU5aYTk/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+372+DSC_1071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oleUVFQ4OTpzZqs6w_-bYb_DLo7jNQGgSwZiNnOL_TNxIRSI3EdXzw0BDIIc8bGo-vfQAqq2bHK6A4v4uxFC-PoRE7cXWdIMYTJ7qtpbqxwqDF0-iKmTTjUNtppiUttavT08lU5aYTk/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+372+DSC_1071.jpg" width="477" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">City Daily Photo Theme Day</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Landmark"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although Paris has many "landmarks" and it was difficult to choose just one, </div><div style="text-align: center;">this photo has my favorite plus a bonus:  </div><div style="text-align: center;">la Tour Eiffel and Grand Palais.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With the setting sun of autumn the structures of both are seen in silhouette, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the Eiffel Tower with its familiar pattern of steel, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the Grand Palais with its glass vault.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Would you believe that there are 6,000 tonnes of steel </div><div style="text-align: center;">in the Nave of the Grand Palais </div><div style="text-align: center;">which is more than in the whole Eiffel Tower?</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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">la Tour Eiffel, 7ième</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Grand Palais, 8ième</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">taken from the rooftop of Printemps, 9ième</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/november-2014-gallery-landmark.html" target="_blank">Click here to see city "landmarks"</a> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">from around the world</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Landmark"

City Daily Photo Theme Day "Landmark" Although Paris has many "landmarks" and it was difficult to choose just one,  this...

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Panthéon et Église Saint Étienne du Mont

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRwRHy3SDQ3w4N-THGBiANimo19jDIiDM7Bf9f4sJbXKCjdb54gecI4JN5s5O-S_8mOX1kCVx1HRRRzsp3jBFmY147M99jsXQ3QCX3-dDxcY51E4K51gIuyUpmC47uKgz5p8o1DAO2k1o/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_62DSC_4310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kpIIfdBUxwqwbvbBE9GKDV8anGAXuVHCiEBGZS7m0oidBppOWk2yYfV7nAyPW7NDkSeJhvnkczXikAdBJfqk1FWj0zTxOKp8AO8NU3uAY0LdjHRBxUegGBpozLHAgKc-lyhi3zdsB1M/s1600/2013+May+19+b+0519_62DSC_4310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kpIIfdBUxwqwbvbBE9GKDV8anGAXuVHCiEBGZS7m0oidBppOWk2yYfV7nAyPW7NDkSeJhvnkczXikAdBJfqk1FWj0zTxOKp8AO8NU3uAY0LdjHRBxUegGBpozLHAgKc-lyhi3zdsB1M/s1600/2013+May+19+b+0519_62DSC_4310.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;">Looking across the end of the Square de l'Île de France the textures and colors are punctuated by the 5ème arrondissement's notable skyline.  The Panthéon is the tallest building and Église Saint Étienne du Mont is to the left, an easy walk from Pont Saint Louis where this photo was taken.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">from Pont Saint Louis</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Panthéon et Église Saint Étienne du Mont

Looking across the end of the Square de l'Île de France the textures and colors are punctuated by the 5ème arrondissement's notable ...

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Parc des Buttes Chaumont VIII

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJdD2FiP8RqOB2uhLiRGARu5u4UDZ8UEQysG60GLVcpH8M3HyKl2whwokPqFH4S_zA5IORCakSO2S0qC5rkeW7iGr6RBV4t4xR7CrbyJBSCsro2YBPTqktYViP3McrOm_p4XJ7YjPA3g/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_290DSC_4538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="780" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJdD2FiP8RqOB2uhLiRGARu5u4UDZ8UEQysG60GLVcpH8M3HyKl2whwokPqFH4S_zA5IORCakSO2S0qC5rkeW7iGr6RBV4t4xR7CrbyJBSCsro2YBPTqktYViP3McrOm_p4XJ7YjPA3g/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_290DSC_4538.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Parc des Buttes Chaumont</div><div style="text-align: center;">Temple of Sybil</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although the Temple of Sybil may not appear so high on the cliff, </div><div style="text-align: center;">it is indeed a hike and a suspension bridge away.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">How can all of this be only a mile or two from the center of Paris?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If the weather cooperates for this last weekend in March, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the Parisians will be here with friends and family.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">How I wish that I could join them!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Parc des Buttes Chaumont</em></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>75019, Paris</em></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Métros Buttes Chaumont, Laumière, et Botzaris</em></span></span></div>

Parc des Buttes Chaumont VIII

Parc des Buttes Chaumont Temple of Sybil Although the Temple of Sybil may not appear so high on the cliff,  it is indeed a hike and a suspen...

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