Paris, the city of light! In March 2005, I finally persuaded Pip to go to Paris with me. I was continually surprised how beautiful the city is. The meticulous alignment of boulevards alone is impressive. We managed to cover most of the famous monuments in the short time we had.

Pictures from 2010 onwards can be found here.

As usual, clicking a picture makes it bigger.

The Paris Opéra, designed by Charles Garnier.
La Madeleine, a church.		The Paris Métropolitain, an underground railway.
Île De La Cité, the medieval centre of Paris.
The Cathedral Of Notre Dame De Paris, begun in 1163.
The rose window of the northern transept.		The Conciergerie on the île.
		Pip and I on the bank of the Seine.
La Sainte Chapelle, built to hold the Crown Of Thorns now held at Notre Dame.		The Panthéon, where many great French men are buried.
The immense Tour Eiffel.
Le Palais De Chaillot, built in 1937.		The École Militaire, Tour Montparnasse and Les Invalides are easily visible.
L'Hôtel Des Invalides houses Napoleon's tomb.		An Egyptian obelisk, a symbol of the sun god Ra.
Melpomene, the muse of tragedy (Roman statue).	Pip, and the crowds around Da Vinci's Mona Lisa.	The Dying Slave, by Michelangelo.	La Musée D'Orsay, previously a railway station.
The arch outside the Louvre, aligned with the Champs-Élysées.		The alignment continues past La Place De La Concorde, all the way to the Arc De Triomphe.
From L'Arc De Triomphe, La Grande Arche De La Défense is visible.		L'Arc De Triomphe.

And we were lucky enough to pass through again in 2007.

La Gare Du Nord, gateway to London.		L'Hôtel De Ville.
St. Eustache overlooks Les Halles.		La Bourse Du Commerce.
Le Palais De Justice on the île.

Pictures from 2010 onwards can be found here.