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Sitting in Judgement
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
The statuary here is beautiful and there is so much of it. Something that disturbs me a bit, that I see in all Catholic churches, is that most of the statuary looks very cruel and condemning. It's as if you have been judged and found to be wanting. As you walk through the cathedral, looking at the different statues, it can make you feel very small and unworthy. I'm sure that was the intention of the designers of the cathedral but I don't understand why they would want to instill such feelings in their followers.Read more
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The Rose Window
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
Wow! I'm finally seeing the rose windows of Notre Dame Cathedral and it's simply astounding! It's so much more beautiful, and larger, than I ever imagined it to be. I'm just speechless!
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Rose Windows
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
Using my fisheye lens I was able to get both of Notre Dame's rose windows in a single shot. I really love that lens! I'm able to get such unique shots with it, things that aren't possible with a more traditional lens.Read more
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Hooked on a Feeling
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
I've always loved visiting churches and cathedrals but the one one I've really felt a holy presence is in St Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. That's changed today. I can feel a very strong holy presence here in Notre Dame. If anything, it's even stronger than what I feel in St. Patrick's. I think that all churches should have that feeling but, sadly, very few of them do. I'm so happy to be getting that feeling here! It makes our visit here extra special!Read more
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Notre Dame Cathedral
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
I'm so happy that we were able to visit Notre Dame Cathedral. It's such an amazing place. There's still so much of Paris that we've got to see but I'm not sure that anything could beat Notre Dame. I definitely want to come back here again before we leave France.Read more
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Happy
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
Kathy isn't as big a fan of churches and cathedrals like I am but it's obvious that Notre Dame Cathedral really impressed her. If she was amazed by Notre Dame, then this place must really be something special. I always love to see her happy.Read more
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One Last Look
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
With a last look back at Notre Dame Cathedral, we're ready to move on and see more of what Paris has to offer. I'm so happy that we had an opportunity to see this famous and historical place. We're definitely going to come back here again. There's still much to see here at Notre Dame!Read more
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The Metro
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
After leaving Notre Dame Cathedral, we wandered around a bit and I found another of those fancy looking metro stations. I wish all of the stations were like this. It looks so much more ornate, and quite different, than our subway stations back home.Read more
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Should We Ride?
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
As much as I like these fancy looking train stations, I can understand why they are not all over Paris. These stations take up a lot of room! It's good for a park or a courtyard, as I'm seeing here, but for a regular street, like where our hotel is, there just isn't enough space on the sidewalk for something as elaborate as this.Read more
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Going Down?
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
Here's a look at the Cite Metro station's entrance from the other side. From this angle, you can see just how large this station is and how much street space it actually takes up. There's no way that this beautiful station would fit on the street by our hotel. There just isn't enough room!Read more
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The Kiosk
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
Our walking took us to Rue de Rivoli, one of the most famous streets for shopping in Paris. It didn't really impress us though. We are not big shoppers, especially in trendy boutiques that look quite expensive.
I'm noticing these newsstands on nearly every corner around here. Upon closer inspection, I see that are so much more than mere newsstands. Yes, they are selling papers and magazines but also candy, drinks, postcards, souvenirs of Paris, hats, and so much more! Oddly, I don't see very many people shopping at these little kiosks. I wonder why?Read more
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59 Rue de Rivoli
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
While we were walking around Rue de Rivoli, we saw this building and didn't know what to make of it. We thought that it was just another store but, when I looked it up later on the internet, I found out that it was actually a very interesting sounding museum. I wish that we had known what this place was. I would have liked to see it.Read more
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Crossing the Seine
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
Our walking took us back over the Seine, returning to the Saint Michel district. The Seine, with all the bridges crossing it, looks so beautiful! We're doing so much walking around and seeing a lot today!Read more
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Time for Lunch
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
By now, we were starting to get hungry and decided that we should stop and have lunch somewhere but the question is where should we go? There is certainly not a shortage of dining options in Paris and so many things look good. I'm sure that we'll find something good here in Saint Michel.Read more
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So Many Choices
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F
There's so many places to eat here in Saint Michel that it's hard to decide where we should go. For some reason, there's lots of pizza places around here. I think that we'll pass on pizza though. I have no idea what pizza is like here in France but I doubt that it could compare to what we have in New York City!Read more
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Gimme a Gyro!
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F
We decided to eat at one of the many gyro places around the Saint Michel district. I don't know why these places are so popular here but we're hungry and need to eat something. I guess that this place is as good as any.Read more
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What a Great Lunch!
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F
This humble gyro was a lot better than we expected it to be. We were surprised that the meat inside the gyro was chicken rather than pork or beef, as gyros are usually made with. It was sliced so thin that there was nowhere for the flavor to hide! It came with a side of fries, or frites, as they are called here. I'm not sure if it's the oil they are cooked in, or the type of potatoes used, but they are delicious! I must say, I definitely prefer the french fries in Paris more than what we have back home!Read more
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The Chicken Gyro Place
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F
I think the reason that all the gyro places around here don't use pork, as is typical, is that they are all run by Muslims and I think that they are not allowed to handle pork. While we've never really thought about making a gyro sandwich out of chicken, I must admit that we really enjoyed it. We're going to have to remember this place because we'd like to come back again.Read more
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The Boar in the Bathroom
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F
The bathroom was downstairs in this restaurant and, when I went down there, this big boar seemed to be guarding the restrooms. This surprised and startled me because seeing the head of a big animal was probably the last thing that I would have expected to see outside of a restroom.Read more
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Let's Go Shopping!
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
After lunch, we did a bit of shopping in the Saint Michel district. There are so many souvenir shops around here. In fact, that seems to be the only sort of businesses in this neighborhood. I guess that Notre Dame brings in so many tourists that the souvenir shops just naturally spring up to take advantage of it. It's very convenient to have all these stores in one place. We can easily do price comparisons and see lots of variety.Read more
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Searching for Scarves
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
Kathy really wanted to get some scarves for people back home and, possibly, for herself. The quality, and price, seems to carry from shop to shop so we went to lots of different stores to try finding the best deals. It was fun shopping all over town but after a while they all started to look pretty much the same. The sign for these scarves says that one scarf is 6 Euro or you can get two for 10. Unfortunately, all of the scarves that Kathy liked were "not included" in the sale. Hmmmmmm. That's very misleading and not fair.Read more
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One for the Road
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
We were able to find some good stuff while shopping but we didn't get everything that we wanted. Hopefully we'll have better luck next time. We had just enough time to share another crepe before we left Saint Michel. These crepes are so addictive!Read more
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What's My Line?
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
Having finished our time in Saint Michel, were back in the Metro and ready to head to the Louvre Museum. I'm not sure if we'll be able to get in, because it's nearly the end of the day, but it would still be great to see it. Those big glass pyramids are so iconic and will surely look great in pictures!Read more
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Insert Tickets Here
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
To get to the Louvre, we'll be riding on the RER. This is France's version of our Long Island Rail Road. I'm still amazed by how clean and new everything looks in the train stations here. I'm very impressed by how well they take care of their transportation system here. I wish people back home were as mindful about that as the people here are.Read more
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The Tracks
November 7, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
The stations in the Paris Metro are very nice! Most of them have some very unique qualities that make them stand out from all the others. This one, in Saint Michel, has this big mural over the tracks. It almost makes the station look like it's outside instead of several levels below street level.Read more
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