Notre Dame is one of those landmark buildings that is so big you can’t really capture it on camera, especially if all you’ve invested in photography is in your phone. Still, I try to shoot some good pics, to no avail.
I’m awed by the church, really. By the way, the above sculpture wasn’t IN the church, for obvious reasons. LOL
I am standing under the Arc de Triomphe watching the presidents of France and Poland lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier, then reignite the flame, signifying the end of the War in Europe in 1945. It is a somber occasion, and from my vantage point I can only see a portion of it. Continue reading
When I was a kid, I always loved Jules Verne, especially his classic “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea”. In it, Captain Nemo explores a strange underwater world using a new invention, the submarine. Verne was ahead of his time, and so I was delighted by his name being attached to a restaurant in the Eiffel Tower, which was also far ahead of its time when it was built during the glorious Belle Epoque era back in the nineteenth century when Verne was kicking around Paris. Continue reading
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