The famous American cabaret singer Josephine Baker made Paris her 'home' in one of her songs: J'ai deux amours (I have two loves)...and went on to say that mon pays est Paris (my home is Paris). Well, that pretty sums up what Paris can do to people when they know her well enough.
Here are some pictures from the past that I have taken from my first long visit to Paris in the winter month of January 2005. I visited for the first time this enigmatic ville to find out for myself just what is it that made millions come. I stayed at a friend's apartment in the Parisian suburbs and we had to take the bus, train and metro to visit the city but it was one of the most memorable visits...from the guard at the Notre Dame de Paris who told me to take off my hat in the church to watching jugglers in the park and making the queues with other tourists like me to catch a glimpse of the famous La Joconde, everything only falls into place after the visit itself. The effect of a longing to revisit the place develops and calls to you when you least expect it...
Here are some pictures from the past that I have taken from my first long visit to Paris in the winter month of January 2005. I visited for the first time this enigmatic ville to find out for myself just what is it that made millions come. I stayed at a friend's apartment in the Parisian suburbs and we had to take the bus, train and metro to visit the city but it was one of the most memorable visits...from the guard at the Notre Dame de Paris who told me to take off my hat in the church to watching jugglers in the park and making the queues with other tourists like me to catch a glimpse of the famous La Joconde, everything only falls into place after the visit itself. The effect of a longing to revisit the place develops and calls to you when you least expect it...
Moulin Rouge at Pigalle
Brightly lit buildings at the La Defense area
The famous arch overlooking the vast open space of the La Defense square
La Tour Eiffel from Trocadero
Two jugglers practicing in the park outside Notre Dame de Paris
Beautifully decorated Pont Alexandre from a river boat's view
Details of Pont Alexandre
A panoramic view of the Notre Dame from a river boat
Observe the signatures buttresses of the Notre Dame
Bateaux Mouches, Fly-boats if litterally translated to English, are boats that Parisians call homes, bars, discotheques and even restaurants permanently moored on the banks of the Seine
Beautiful architecture of typical Parisian buildings on the Right Banks of the city
A view of the Seine, here divided by the island that houses the famous Quartier latin
Vuitton flexing its creative muscles even in renovation -the facade of its flagship store under cover of two huge monogram luggage pieces that made the reputation of the house
Details of the Arc de Triomphe
Entering the Louvre from the Richelieu wing...
A view of the gigantesque Louvre from its center coutryard
Inside the glass pyramid of I.M. Pei, the entrance into the galleries of the Louvre
Nightfall outside the Louvre, punctuated by a crystal blue nightsky and a sickle moon.
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