8 November 2005
I suspect this is the parthenon
13 November 2005
Warning: overheated chestnuts may explode
20 November 2005
The shops in passages were built in the 19th century. This kind of shopping fell out of favor for a while, but has recently regained popularity.
20 November 2005
The Galleries Lafayette are a department store which advertises using the symbol of a woman with a model of the Eifel Tower on her head. They have an xmas light display.
20 November 2005
The animated window displays drew crowds, even though the store is closed on Sundays
20 November 2005
Kids and adults crowded aorund the display windows, which had automated puppet shows inside
20 November 2005
The old opera house from the back
20 November 2005
The old opera house from the side
20 November 2005
A light pole at the old opera house.
20 November 2005
A bust of Charles GARNIER (1825 - 1898) outside the old opera house
20 November 2005
What better way to symbolize music than make a huge statue of angels playing instruments that don't exist anymore?
20 November 2005
In the 19th century, naked people dancing around with tamborines is a celebration of the purity of the arts. In the 20th century, it's a bunch of hippies.
20 November 2005
A light pole in front of the old opera building. After taking this picture, I attached a flip-folder to it.
20 November 2005
It's a hell of an opera building. There are busts of composers in all the cricles above the columns. The round things below the wide columns are reliefs of busts. The french don't discriminate. Europeans from many countries are represented.
20 November 2005
The reason I have so many pictures of Nicole taking a picture is because we tend to take pictures of the same things and it takes me much less time. Then I have my camera out and I'm waiting, so I snap her photo. Her pictures come out better than mine.
20 November 2005
Nivole in front of the opera house
20 November 2005
Nicole and I in front of the opera house (why do I always looks so goofy?)
20 November 2005
The light display at the Magasins du Printemps
20 November 2005
Crowds also gathered at the Magasins du Printemps
20 November 2005
Their lgihting was weird. Blue cars, red double-decker busses, pink tea pots, disco balls and the green tardis?? Maybe they're also excited that the new season of Dr Who is about to start up.
20 November 2005
Printemps from across the street.
20 November 2005
I meant to figure out which church this is . . . It's between the Galleries Lafayette and the Moulin Rouge.
20 November 2005
The Mouln Rouge
The red light district is right on the border of the 9th and the 18th (or is the 20th? where's my map?) but it's not really all that seedy. There are naughty shops, but I didn't see anybody who looked like they were working.
24 November 2005
Cola took a picture of me in my new coat.
26 November 2005
Snow in Paris
Somebody built a tiny snowperson in the roof of a car.
Neige à Paris
26 November 2005
Snow in Paris
Snowperson construction in the park by the Saint Martin Canal in the 10th
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26 November 2005
Snow in Paris
The other snow person. Clearly, this was a lot of effort to build.
Neige à Paris
26 November 2005
Snow in Paris
It didn't snow all that much and it's not really that cold out, so coverage inside the park is not heavy, and coverage outside the park is limited to cars.
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