We're going to actually start off today with a little 'Plus Action' before we get to the main events... La Tour des Tours...
After a short Metro ride, we exited at station La Bastille. And if you know your history, or even love musical theatre then you probably know a lotta stuff went down here...
Today it's home of the more modern Opéra Bastille.
After a short Metro ride, we exited at station La Bastille. And if you know your history, or even love musical theatre then you probably know a lotta stuff went down here...
Today it's home of the more modern Opéra Bastille.
At the centre of Place Bastille is the monument: Colonne de Juillet. Commemorating the Revolution of 1830. At the top, le Génie de la Liberté
After a short walk we arrived at the oldest and one of the most popular squares in Paris: Place des Vosges.
Two of the four fountains in the parc at the centre of the Square.
Roi Louis XIII.
One of the more plain courtyards in the buildings of Place des Vosges...
One of the more spectacular courtyards of Places des Vosges...
Soon after we arrive near l'Hôtel de Ville, and pass Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville that over looks Paris City Hall. Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville is one of Paris' more upscale and popular department stores.
And here is l'Hôtel de Ville. just a little building... City Hall also contains the living residence of the Mayor of Paris, although the current Mayor Bertrand Delanoë. He is widely expected to run in the 2012 Presidential race; not a rare political path of other Paris Mayors, but what is exceptional about him is that he is openly gay. You go gurl!
Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité
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