Day 17:: Catching Up #3

I am located in an area with many art sellers.  Some of their displays are very interesting.  The hat guy was asleep in the back, very old school.

Day 16: Catching Up #2

Some interesting pics and some observations:

                               Street entrance to my apartment building.

Mail boxes.

It's 77 stairs up to my place.  Hitchcock would love it!

Door knocker, very nice.

Come on in!

Locks left by lovers.  One bridge has had the wire mesh replaced with solid panels due to safety concerns.

More locks of love.

My favorite food store.  Chocolate croissants for E0.35 each.  At least 2 miles away.

Paris night life on a Sunday night.  The empty chairs belong to a closed cafe.  Lots of people out for a stroll at 8 pm.

Day 16: Catching Up #1

I finally figured out how to transfer most of the camera photo s to Chuck, despite Amazon's attempt at secrecy. These are photos of some pretty familiar sites, although the mostly sunny day was very rare for winter.  But first s little trivia:

The Eiffel Tower was considered ugly when built and was scheduled for demolition when it'd 20 year permit expired.  It became useful when radio was invented, and beloved after it played a key role in the defense of Paris in WW1.  The tower is made of puddle iron (not steel).

The gargoyles on Notre Dame Cathedral were added in the 19th as decorations for downspouts.

The Bastille Prison was destroyed by a mob in the French Revolution that later claimed the lives of Louis 16th and his wife.  The prison was huge but held only three prisoners st the time.

I think huge ball hanging in the Eiffel Tower was supposed to be a weekChristmas decoration.  Very cool.

 Climate change conference starts on Monday.

Place Bastille column marks site of destroyed prison.