Day 2 - Paris

The Fontaine des Mers on Place de la Concorde is a classical fountain completed in 1840 with figures & sea-life designed by Jacques Ignace Hittorff.
The Egyptian Obelisk on Place de la Concorde
The Paris Opera is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the Académie d'Opéra, and shortly thereafter was…
At the centre of the Place Vendome's the long sides create palace-like fronts. The architectural linking of the windows from one floor to the next, and the…
The place Vendôme has been renowned for its fashionable and deluxe hotels such as the Ritz it is also the home of the Ministère de la Justice (Federal…
The Louvre or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre), is the world's largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France. A central landmark of the…
The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built as the Louvre castle in the late 12th to 13th century under Philip II. Remnants of the fortress are…
The Pont Saint-Louis bridge and the buildings along on Île Saint-Louis.
The Hôtel de Ville.
The École nationale de la magistrature or French National School for the Judiciary is a French post-graduate school, where French judges and public prosecutors…
Ken in front of Notre-Dame de Paris Cthedral. The "heart" of the country, both geographically and spiritually stands on Île de la Cité. Pope Alexander III laid…
The two towers of Notre-Dame de Paris are 226 feet high, and were the tallest structures in Paris until the completion of the Eiffel Tower in 1889. The towers…
Until the French Revolution, Notre-Dame was the property of the Archbishop of Paris and therefore the Roman Catholic Church. It was nationalized on 2 November…
While undergoing renovation and restoration, the roof of Notre-Dame caught fire on the evening of 15 April 2019. Burning for around 15 hours, the cathedral…
The Hôtel des Invalides is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military…
Ken and Sharon in front of the Dôme des Invalides (originally Chapelle royale des Invalides) is a large former church in the centre of the Les Invalides complex…
A view from Rond-Point du Bleuet looking up Avenue du Maréchal Gallieni toward the Grand Palais and the Petite Palais.
Sharon in front of the Eiffel tower on the Champ de Mars. Originally, the Champ de Mars was part of a large flat open area called Grenelle, which was reserved…
Ken and Sharon in front of the Eiffel Tower between Avenue Pierre Loti and Avenue Anatole France on the Champ de Mars.
Another view of the Eiffel tower from the Avenue Pierre Loti.