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| La Pantheon, a building built by Napoleon I to celebrate the French legacy. Buried inside are French legends Victor Hugo (author of Les Miserables, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, and numerous plays and poems), and Jean Monnet, the "father of Europe" who originally proposed the idea for what has become the modern European Union (thanks Dr. Robyn) |
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| Homer Simpson wants you to watch the World Cup games there |
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| La Cathedrale Notre-Dame |
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| Sneaking photos on the Metro... |
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| My favorite French existentialist couple, buried together at Montparnasse Cemetery |
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| A Gendarme directs traffic during a rainstorm |
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| Minaret of the Grand Mosque of Paris |
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| View of tourists from the balcony of the Paris Opera House... this square in particular is known as the American quarter, for its popularity with American tourists and ex-patriots |
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| More sneaking photos, here at a convenience store at Montmartre |
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| Beautifully-decorated metro entrance |
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| Sculpture at Luxembourg Gardens with Conseil d'Etat in back |
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| The Tuilery Gardens with some Haussmanian architecture in back (thanks Jean!) |
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| Parisian bookstore, very "punny" |
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