Saturday - Paris December 2008
Saturday
Saturday 6th December 2008
First day in Paris, arrived by Eurostar around lunchtime. Met up with Benoit for dinner in the evening.
Paris December 2008
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| 13:24:12 Chie in the now standard Eurostar picture, at Gare du Nord. | 14:43:19 Chie on the metro on the way to our hotel. | 15:18:09 By the side of our hotel, just after checking in, we were intrigued by this public bike rental system they have in Paris. |
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| 15:18:20 A couple of those bikes up close. | 15:34:43 A heron in a little park near Bercy. | 16:08:24 Lunch at a place in the Bercy village shopping centre. |
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| 16:40:00 Not sure what the donkeys were here for. | 16:52:41 Heading into the centre of Paris, one of the many bridges over the Seine. Reminded me a bit of kintaikyo in Japan. | 16:53:54 The bridge again from a slightly different angle. |
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| 18:44:26 Bon Marche - a department store in the centre of Paris. I liked the lights here, although they didn't really come out that well in this picture. | 19:35:12 You can't beat a little turret like this. | 19:35:32 Quite an appealing looking restaurant frontage to the right hand side as well. |
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| 19:43:35 Notre Dame, not very well lit in this picture. | 19:49:41 That's better! The Christmas tree was rather nice too. | 19:50:13 ...even better still I think. |
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| 19:56:55 Close up on the Christmas tree. | 20:01:33 Notre Dame from the side. | 20:04:01 ...and almost from the back. |
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| 20:04:27 On Chie's map it said this was a good place for a view of Notre Dame - I think it probably meant by day. | 21:19:41 Aha! This is my former colleague Benoit - I'd emailed him last minute to let him know we were coming to Paris, and luckily he was free this evening. So here we are in a very French bistro, looking very French indeed. | 22:09:55 Chie with her Tarte Tatin. She rather liked this apparently. |
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| 22:10:19 A picture Benoit took of the two of us (no we don't know those other people). | 22:30:30 Chie and Benoit outside the restaurant. | 22:30:52 Me and Chie outside the restaurant. |
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| 22:41:25 A couple of buildings we walked past on our way to a bar to have another drink... | 22:41:35 ...and another. Apparently lots of famous French people buried here. |
