
- dedicated to St. Genevieve
- Paris city back at the hotel
- Inside the gardens
- The richly detailed Corinthian order
- Outside the lobby area
- It's situtated on a vantage point
- The Palace grounds
- Here we are under the Arc!
- aka the Palais du Luxembourg!
- Pantheon meaning "Every god" in greek
- On Rue Soufflot street!
- Shops in the station
- buzzling!
- The Medici Fountain (1630)
- View of the Pantheon from the Luxembourg Palace
- The Eurostar Alstom trains
- Back the Gare du nord station
- The Luxembourg Palace and Gardens!
- and is the 2nd largest public park in Paris
- Where are we now?
- and wall space
- Back at the hotel
- The Observatoire
- it's originally built as a church
- are all covered with deco
- The place's pretty decked out too
- the food and service's rather good
- The station's main entrance
- The Arc de Triomphe!
- The University of Paris
- All board!
- mother of king Louis XIII of France
- Lets get a move on!
- Behind the wrought iron grill and gates...
- Our restaurant of choice
- The Nord is a high speed train station
- The arc spots a Neoclassical version...
- Back in Cluny for supper!
- Deckout out!
- of ancient Roman architecture
- Not to mention a splurger's haven
- and the nearby Notre Dame
- Now it's a secular mausoleum containing the remains of distinguished French citizens
- The underground entrance to the top of the arc
- Our uphill climb ends and...
- I spy with my little eye...
- The Place de la defense further west
- complete with street performers
- An early example of neoclassicism
- So is vehicular traffic