It was just past 10 PM on the wet streets of Paris as I was getting lost on purpose around the streets near the Church of the Sacred Heart. I bobbed and weaved through various little alleys, streets, and tiny bakeries (where I would just have to stop for a moment), before finding my way to this little faire. There was a small carousel spinning away with tiny little French children screaming wonderful things…
It was a perfectly beautiful day on my first visit to the Rodin museum in the heart of Paris. I’ve always liked his sculptures, and the way they were spread among the lush grounds of the chateau was rather… French. It was a good day of exploration!
This is Rodin’s huge famous La Porte de l”Enfer, also known as the Gates of Hell. I found it off to the side of the Musee Rodin in Paris while I was in a tempestuous mood.
The sculpture depicts a scene from Dante’s “The Inferno”. It contains over 180 of his finest sculptures. If you look closely towards the center of the top, you can see “The Thinker”, one of his most famous.
Don’t miss the giant Christmas tree in front!
I tried my best to sneak inside and go up top with the gargooyles, but the guards at Notre Dame are tough to trick… REAL tough!
I thought this was a cool and mystical place. I added no light and changed no colors. You can see my shadow there on the left of the glowing booth of mysteries.
Shot on a long walk back to my hotel after dinner in Paris…
I found this in a cool Benz dealership right on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
I spent part of Saturday visiting the Rodin Museum. It features these lavish gardens that have some of his best statues. Here you can see The Thinker in bronze. In the background is Les Invalides.
Thanks for the suggestion to visit this place… I had a nice evening walking around it and the general area snapping pictures. I even snuck inside through the abbey area to get some shots from the inside.
I did some research on this place and found out this is where the Jesuits were founded in 1534.
I am in France for the big game convention in Lyon where I have literally 30 meetings. Will can’t come because he has strep so I am on my own…which is fine because he is really touchy feely and would get me sick.
I came to Paris early for a few meetings here. I arrived this morning and went straight to visit a game company that has over 100 people and an office on the Champs-Élysées. I can’t imagine more expensive office space! After the meetings around 6 PM it was dusk, so I pulled out my camera and shot this on my walk back to the hotel.
Deep in the forests of France, I found this thing; I can’t remember the name of it.
I found this very unusual woman in front of the Eiffel Tower, so I had to get a picture. I actually don’t like much about the picture, other than the way the Eiffel turned out.
Here is an extremely French couple doing extremely French things in an extremely French place.
I was walking down this street to get to the Eiffel before sunset and snapped this shot.
Charles de Gaulle airport is a facility that could only have been built by the French government. I spent three hours there today going through lines, security, and more than a few bus rides. I barely made my connection. That airport is an order of magnitude worse than any other airport I have visited in my life. My bag is still lost there somewhere… I hope I get it soon because I am starting to smell rather… what’s the word… French.
On a better note, here is a view of Notre Dame.
