Okay, here they come, more pictures of the Eiffel Tower than you'd ever like to see. Really, I tried to keep it to a reasonable number of photos, so here's just a few of the many Eiffel shots taking up space on my hard drive.
A few more? No problem.
My had-to-have Paris souvenir: tiny tower. (souvenir is the French word meaning: remember). I had to keep Derek from eating it and the love-birds from eating our picnic.
View from the top.
Paris is such a huge city, and so flat after spending time in the Geneva area. My favorite thing to do in any new place is to go to a high point and get a look-out at the pattern of the roads and buildings. Paris seems to go on forever in all directions.
Since the sky seemed to be threatening a little rain, we went to the Musee Rodin (my favorite museum the last time I visited Paris). I love this museum because it is a manageable size and I tend to prefer seeing the works of an individual's lifespan than moving too quickly through a spectrum of histories. The Rodin Museum is also in a gorgeous estate with incredible gardens and not too crowded.
le baiser and detail. Actually, combined, Derk and I took more photos of Rodin sculptures than anything else in Paris, yes, including the Eiffel Tower.
Perhaps the most famous, le penseur. We caught an open bench facing this sculpture and watched all out fellow tourists pose with him...a must do in Paris ;)
Walking past sculptures everywhere in the city. While walking back to the Louvre gardens again- so nice to relax and people watch.
Near the Louvre, (l-r, t-b) orange pants man, cutest kid ever, boys playing football on bikes, street performance, group shot, us.)
We sat near this corridor to listen to the clarinetist and cellist play for over an hour. They were really amazing. We started to say goodbye to the dusty light and golden glow of the city. We went to a vegan/vegetarian restaurant for a good dinner where we met a New York couple and moved our new party to a nearby cafe on our last night in Paris.
