Wednesday, 20 August 2014

Day 29 Paris Monday Tourist Activities

Well our last full day in Paris, we walk and explore all the well known attractions that people identify with Paris. Here are a few..........







A very challenging roundabout to tackle, about the perimeter of the MCG on the outside, about a dozen roads converging into the one point.









The Blackpool Tower  sorry I was thinking of where I went to boarding school in England. The intention was to build a replica of the Eifel tower but ran out of funds so decided on a smaller model.

The famous Eifel on the right standing at over 1000 ft sounds higher in imperial measures, alright 324 mtrs .Built to celebrate the centennial of the French....., sounds like Evolution, what year? For the World Fair 1889

Had over 7 million visitors ascend to the summit in 2011, that's over 19000 per day 24/7. Needless to say there was a queue.. This liitle bunny is not waiting in line.Maybe next time.


The famous Blackpool Tower (only to English people) Built in 1894
Stands the same height as Koln Cathedral, yes go back to my earlier notes on Koln to find out how high this is.

I haven't been up this one either and I went to boarding school here for 5 years.

You know you can walk up to Mt William in the Grampians stand on the edge of a 3000 ft drop overlooking Ararat for free.....I know it's not Paris or Blackpool by the sea but.....







The National Academy of Music, and the Garnier Palace (Paris Opera). We saw a guy busking on the steps, 7 busts of people like Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt above, I am sure they were impressed.





This was a common sight in Paris, I do not know what mutual arrangements they have with each other, as to how you get out of this no matter how small your car is.





The Conciergerie of Paris formerly a prison, and part of the Royal Palace, now known as Palais de Justice. On the Ille de la Cite or Island of the City, or the same bit of land that Notre Dame is on in the middle of the Seine.











Last bit of shopping on the roof of La Fayette the well known shop in the Paris, well we bought a LaFayette bag here and shopped else where...at least I bought the bag in La Fayette Sarah!





The other end of the Louvre, Museum or former Palace of the Kings of France




The Last Supper for Peter and Myself, a little Italian restaurant and a Cafe we had breakfast in on the right. This is the Rue La Fayette and the shop is right down the end.

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