January 11, 2004: A visit to the Eiffel Tower

-- Irene and Richard at the entrance to the Eiffel Tower
-- The Eiffel Tower
-- Eiffel Tower metal detail
-- Looking down at the line-up
-- View of Paris showing Tour Montparnasse (modern tower at right)
-- The gold domed building is Les Invalides, buriel place of Napoleon
-- Montmartre in the distance
-- Palais de Challot in the foreground, La Defense in the background
-- The Seine
-- The large dark region at the back is the Pere LaChaise cemetary, where "dignitaries" like Jim Morrison are buried. We live right by it.

January 14, 2004: Irene's new school

-- The main courtyard of College Voltaire, a 5 minute walk from home
-- Irene at the school

January 15, 2004: The Gymnastics Club

-- The "Gym Paris 15" gymnastics club The closest competitive gymnastics club, only 22 metro stops from home!

January 17, 2004: The Louvre

-- A Louvre painting. Anyone know what it is? Email me if you do because I didn't make a note of it.
-- ditto The paintings have a reflective covering so that flash photos straight on just result in a glare in the photo. Pictures at an angle seem to work.
-- Mona Lisa (!!) from the left
-- Mona Lisa from the right. When you're there, you're certain her eyes follow you. Examining the photo afterwards doesn't leave this impression. Must be psychological, like the moon illusion.
-- Irene in front of a statue
-- Judith in front of a statue Statue IDs?
-- The Venus de Milo
-- A gold and porphyrie table
-- Alexander the Great in porphyrie

January 19, 2004: The Arc de Triomph

-- The Arc de Triomph
-- The Bachelut name inscribed on the Arc de Triomph An acestor of Irene's on the Brueckner-Bachelut side

Lots more photos here.

Last revised January 20, 2004