Paris (May 20-23 2005)

All the major Parisian site photos I took are in the Gallery to peruse if interested, but the real Paris -- the seamy underbelly, that's what I'm going to blog about. And by seamy underbelly, I mean the glossy touristy stuff that I found funny.

Suicide Booths?



Okay, maybe I don't get jokes. Entirely possible. But reading this brochure left me scratching my head...



From the Jardin des Tuileries, on the way to the Louvre.






Ram mentioned to me last week of his dislike for people taking photos of photographers. I, on the other hand, love it. Cause of the rare times you get stuff like this. [there was supposed to be a link to a couple who met through flickr because one took a picture of the other taking a picture. but i can't find that link. but imagine the beauty of that.]



I know how you feel dude, I know how you feel. That's why Paul and I split up in Paris. I had enough of the museums and art galleries and whathaveyou so the Louvre was my only major stop.



On a mission for a late night shawarma we saw this guy drive up to a spot to parallel park. I made a comment about how fast he was going and how in awe I was about European drivers being able to whip into those spots so elegantly. On cue, he accelerates into the spot, hitting the car behind him, then pulling forward into the car in front, and finally, for good measure, backing up again into the car behind him to straighten out the wheels.




This panorama was taken across from the Montparnasse Tower, the tallest building in Paris.



Seriously? Could he be any more French?



Jardin du Luxembourg



Paul took a nice shot from the top of the L'Arc de Triomphe.



The city was amazing, and 4 days wasn't enough, but it was time to move on if we were going to see Spain at all. Also, it should be noted by this point of my trip, my calves were seizing up on a regular basis; this was likely due malnutrition from my chocolate pastry & falafel based diet. Stupid delicious train station pastries.

I'll leave you with some soothing segway action and a 360 view of the area around the Eiffel Tower. Can you imagine if downtown T.O. had green space like this?

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