Wednesday, 22 January 2014

PARIS - January 2014

Apologies in advance to all French people.  Nil use of any accents as English keyboard in use 

Taking a city break at L'hotel Novotel Paris Charles De Gaulle


Feeling in a technicolour mood after a breakfast featuring croissant avec cafe au lait
Note - un crossaint not multiples otherwise a much longer lie down would be necessary



Pocket size Tour Eiffel
Handy for travelling


With Bryn facing the Palais De Chaillot the photographer views the Tour Eiffel  


 
This ended up looking slightly interesting.  The building to the left looks like a blue lego block in comparison to the iron lattice tower


Hamish in Usain Bolt mode with one of the wings of the Palais De Chaillot in the background.  The PDC was built in 1878 and is also known as the Palais du Trocadero.  A large concert hall with two wings and two towers.  Architecturally unusual it contains elements of both Moorish and Byzantine architecture.  There is an aquarium below the building


The Apollo Musagete statue which stands in front of one of the wings of the Palais De Chaillot (Trocadero).  Hercules stands in front of the other wing

Palais du Trocadero, it was a large concert hall with two wings and two towers. An architecturally-unusual building, it contained elements of both Moorish and Byzantine architecture. An aquarium was situated below the building.


You can never tire of looking at this iconic scene.  Located on the Champ de Mars it was named after engineer Gustave Eiffel whose company designed and built the tower in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair.  The tower is the tallest structure in Paris and the most visited paid monument in the world. Tour Eiffel is 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall and is roughly equivalent to an 81 storey building



No prizes for guessing what this famous landmark is

Arc de Triomphe Etoile.  The Avenue Des Champs Elysees runs to the left of the photograph and the ADTE is situated on an enormous roundabout with 12 roads leading from the roundabout


Meeting with a real French person.  The gorgeous Camille.  A romantic connection to a nephew soon to return to Australia when the visa is approved.
Our rendezvous at a cafe near the Gard du Nord station


 The Place De Clichy on the Metro 


Deux legendes indeed, H versus B.  Legends in their own lunchboxes!


Sky train to Terminal 1, Charles De Gaulle Aeroporte with Hamish steering this driverless conveyance



One more than cinq and one less than sept
Another variant on a selfie!


Back to L'hotel Novotel 
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