Pictures from Ian and Kat's Digital Camera: Our daytrip to Paris

Pictures from Ian and Kat's Digital Camera: Our daytrip to Paris
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Here are pictures from various trips I have taken to faraway (and not-so-faraway) places.

These are photos I took during my trip to Amsterdam (and a daytrip to Paris) between 28 April 1999 and 6 May 1999. After I passed my qualifying exams on 26 April, I hopped on a plane to Amsterdam the next day for a week and a half of partying.

Near the end of my trip, I also threw a Party At Ian's Place At the Hippies Hangout.

Shar, Nikita, and I took a daytrip to Paris on Sunday, 2 May. We went by the night train on Saturday night, spent 12 wonderful hours in Paris, and returned Sunday night.

It turned out Nikita had lived in Paris for a little while, 9 years earlier, and he had a useful amount of French in him (mine wasn't totally useless, either), so he got to be our Native Guide.

[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): The Paris train station, at about 7:30 am on Sunday. We're actually here!
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): We had breakfast at a cafe in Paris.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): Nikita and I at the cafe.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): And, for completeness, Shar and Nikita.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): Sacre Coeur. This is the highest point in Paris; we found it simply by walking uphill at each intersection until we got there. (Yes, I know about local maxima.)
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): The view of Paris from Sacre Coeur. Quite a bit of haze at this early morning time.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): About the area.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): Sacre Coeur from the front.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (960 x 1280)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): Walking our way down from Sacre Coeur, we encounter another church. Note the little Ian and Shar in front.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (960 x 1280)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): Zoom in on Ian and Shar.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): Place Concorde. Looks an awful lot like Washington, DC, doesn't it? (Though, correctly, I suppose it's the other way around.)
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): Oh; we can see the Eiffel Tower from here.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (960 x 1280)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): Shar sits on the fountain at Place Concorde.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): Ian. Shar. Champs Elysee. Arc de Triomphe. We're in Paris!
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): We approach the Arc de Triomphe. There's no obvious way to get across the street without being squished; yet there are many people there. So we look around, and find the pedestrian underpass. Phewf.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (960 x 1280)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): Inside the Arc de Triomphe.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): There's a military-looking guy with a big gun guarding the Arc.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (960 x 1280)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): Just after the Arc de Triomphe, we stopped at a great little cafe for lunch. Wine, cheese, French food. Very wonderful. Two hours later (at about 1 pm) we resumed our trek. We're getting nearer to the Eiffel Tower now.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (960 x 1280)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): As I turned the corner, I literally said, ``Ohmygodit'stheEiffelTower!''. Here's Nikita standing in front of it. The big clock on the Eiffel Tower is counting down days until Y2K.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (960 x 1280)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): Shar and I in front of the Eiffel Tower.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): Nikita and Shar playing in the fountain.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): Good thing they got out before the big guns went off!
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): I'm standing under the Eiffel Tower. It's just so mind-boggling; we came to Paris basically on a whim. We bought train tickets mere minutes before the train was to leave. What a trip!
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): A view from the base of the tower.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): The Eiffel Tower has three levels; you can walk to the first or second level, but you need to buy elevator tickets for the top. We didn't want to wait for the elevator, so we just walked up to the second level. Here's a view of Paris from the Eiffel Tower. Note Sacre Coeur on the horizon. We walked from there.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): My digital camera's zoom feature shows Sacre Coeur more closely.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (960 x 1280)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): More from the Tower.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): The Seine.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): The fountain in which Shar and Nikita were playing earlier.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): Shar, approaching the Louvre.
[1/256 size] [1/64 size] [1/16 size] [1/4 size] [full size (1280 x 960)] Comment on this picture (Last update: 17 May, 1999): Me, at the Louvre.

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This page last updated: 17 May, 1999

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