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One of the
highlights of a trip to Paris is a cruise down the Seine on a
Bateaux Mouche. This is the first glimpse of the Eiffel
Tower from the riverboat |
Notre Dame from the Seine – looked for Quasimodo and
Esmerelda, but couldn’t see them |
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Notre Dame from a different angle |
Yet another building on the banks of the Seine |
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We
traveled to Paris by train under the channel tunnel, from
Waterloo in London to Gare du Nord in Paris. This is the
International Terminal at Waterloo. |
Gare du Nord in Paris, the flags aren't out for us, it
was taken in August 1998, and there had been a football
competition – may have even been the world cup |
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The Tuilleries Gardens are the grounds of the Louvre,
the French call them Les Tuilleries, and they were may
favourite bit of Paris. During July and August they have Fete
de Tuilleries, with a funfair and side shows. This is one of
the rides |
The Tuilleries Gardens
The Ferris wheel - the photo doesn’t really show
how huge it was
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The Tuilleries Gardens
The log flume, it was great because the weather was so so hot,
and it you got very wet on it |
This golden
monument was built after WW2 as a symbol of Anglo-French
Relations, and is just by the entrance to the Pont d’Alma
underpass. So since Princess Diana’s tragic death just a
few yards away in the underpass, it has become a sort of
memorial to her. There were flowers, messages, photos and
graffiti from all over the world on the monument, the
surrounding flagstones and the structure of the top
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