The Luxembourg Palace and Gardens!
Inside the gardens
The Palace grounds
View of the Pantheon from the Luxembourg Palace
aka the Palais du Luxembourg!
The palace was built for Marie de Medicis
mother of king Louis XIII of France
The garden is famed for its calm atmosphere
and is the 2nd largest public park in Paris
Crazy people not included!
Rue de Vaugirard
The Observatoire
de Paris Jardin Marco in the distance
The Medici Fountain (1630)
designed by Tomasso Francini
Back on the circle!
On Rue Soufflot street!
neat looking street
it's not sloping down right?
Where are we now?
Le Pantheon!
Pantheon meaning "Every god" in greek
It's situtated on a vantage point
Overlooking all streets around it
Xmas Decorations by it's facade
hohoho!
it's originally built as a church
dedicated to St. Genevieve
The nearby Saint-Etienne-du-mont
Now it's a secular mausoleum containing the remains of distinguished French citizens
The richly detailed Corinthian order
An early example of neoclassicism
A chruch in your hands!
Back in Cluny for supper!
Our restaurant of choice
the food and service's rather good
The place's pretty decked out too
decked out as in every ceiling space
and wall space
are all covered with deco
A sight to behold at least
very interesting indeed
Back at the hotel
Back the Gare du nord station
Shops in the station
The station's main entrance
Outside the lobby area
The Nord is a high speed train station
serving local and outbound trains
It's a TGV haven!