Heather and I were married on November 10, 2007, but didn't go on our honeymoon until April 2008. We had a lovely trip to Paris.
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| Paris from the air | Ponf Neuf | Pont Neuf and a sailing barge | Heather at the base of the stairs leading to the park at the point of Ile-de-Cite | Heather at the base of the stairs leading to the park at the point of Ile-de-Cite |
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| Notre Dame, the front | Notre Dame, the crowd in the front | Detail of the base of the tower | Gargoyles | Flowers near Notre Dame |
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| Flying butresses | Flying butresses | Fancy cross on the roof | South side of Notre Dame | A little door on the roof |
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| Flowers | Gargoyles | Back of Notre Dame including a small memorial | Back of Notre Dame including a small memorial | Heather showing off Notre Dame |
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| Flowers | A gargoyle | A row of statues | Little buildings at the base of the statues | Figures along the side of an arch |
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| A dog and bird at the base of a statue | More unpleasant statues | A sharp upward view of the main arch in the front of Notre Dame | Door detail | A sharp upward view of one of the towers |
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| A distant Eiffel Tower beyond the Tuileries | A westy dog near the Louvre | Details of the small arc de triumphe near the Louvre | One of the Louvre's pavillions | Columns on the Louvre |
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| Collonande along the southern wing of the Louvre | Trompe d'oile of a statue on a column | "Infinite mirrors" in the Louvre | Panini's painting of the Opera house and the painting of the inside of a basilica | Panini's painting of the inside of a basilica |
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| Views of modern Rome | Views of ancient Rome | A grand gallery to the arts | A grand gallery to the arts | The Eiffel Tower |
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| The Eiffel Tower | The Eiffel Tower | The Eiffel Tower | The Eiffel Tower | Centered view of the Eiffel Tower from below |
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| Details of the Eiffel Tower | The base of a pillar | Notre Dame seen from the Eiffel Tower | Hotel Des Invalides seen from the Eiffel Tower | The Arc de Triumphe seen from the Eiffel Tower |
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| The Grand Palace | The Louvre | The Seine | Heather and myself on the Eiffel Tower | Myself on the second stage of the Eiffel Tower |
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| Lights on the side of the Eiffel Tower | Heather on the upper floor of the second stage with the top of the tower behind her | Myself on the second stage | Heather on the stairs between the first and second stages | The funicular track |
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| The top of an approaching funicular | Girder details | Girder details | Girder details | The base of the eastern pillar |
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| Girder details | A connecting plate | Girder details | The Tuileries with the obelisk in the distance | A little moat in the Tuileries |
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| The Eiffel Tower in the mist | A crane at the edge of a pond in the Tuileries | Groomed trees in the Tuileries | Heather with the Louvre in the background | Lion statue with the Louvre in the background |
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| Flowers | Tree-lined walk in the Tuileries | Heather and myself | The Arc de Triumphe seen from a bus | La Defense seen from a bus |
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| An ornate ceiling in Versailles | Our tourguide with ornate parts of Versailles in the background | The tops of some pillars in the Versailles chapel | A lion looking out from underneath a cloak in a statue in Versailles | Fancy marble doorways |
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| Dogs on a ceiling decoration | A circular painting above a door | Interesting excessive molding | Parts of the palace viewed through a window | Fleur-de-lis as a fancy corner decoration |
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| The gardens seen through a window | Bronze guns and figures as a corner decoration | A chandeleir | Part of a tapestry | The gardens |
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| Infinite throngs of people in an infinite series of rooms | A chandeleir | Approaching the hall of mirrors | The canal seen through a window | The ceiling in the hall of mirrors |
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| Cornice detail in the hall of mirrors | Oval window | Oval window framing a dormer | Latch detail on a door | Marble columns |
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| The hall of mirrors | The hall of mirrors | Some doors in a fancy wall | Pointed bushes in the upper garden | Part of the immense palace |
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| Lower gardens and interestingly large side buildings | Side buildings and the palace | A distant statue | Heather in front of the palace | A road leading off into the gardens |
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| The canal | The canal | A fountain | Driving through an archway in the Louvre | Chartres Cathedral |
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| A old tower along a small river in Chartres | Chartres Cathedral rising above closer buildings | The flamboyant tower | The gothic tower | A westy in front of Chartres |
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| Arch details on the cathedral | Upper arch detail including plants growing on the side of the building | Stained glass window | Windows and arches | Stained glass windows |
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| Arches inside of the cathedral | Stained glass window details | Stained glass windows | Rose window | Rose window |
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| Arches and windows | Statuary along the altar screen | Fan vaulting | Fan vaulting | Part of the labyrinth |
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| Flying butresses and arches | Rose window from the outside | Column-like statuary on the outside of the cathedral | Myself taking a photograph of an interesting house | The top of an interesting house |
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| An interesting house | Butresses and arches | Three doors in a building behind the cathedral | The south doorway into the cathedral | A view into a courtyard of a building |
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| A narrow corner house | The Chartres cathedral in the distance | An old tower along the river | Children playing on a statue near the Louvre | The Louvre |
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| A tunnel in the catacombs | A tunnel in the catacombs | An area with supporting columns in the catacombs | A model town in the catacombs | Another model |
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| Another model | A stairway down to a still pool | Light in the distant tunnel | Interesting arches within the catacombs | Interesting arches within the catacombs |
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| The top of a reinforced "bell" dome | Statuary and Parisian buildings | Pillars on the front of the Opera | Mozart at the Opera | Pillar tops at the Opera |
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| Ceiling detail | Ornate pillars | Balconies near the grand staircase | Myself on the grand staircase | The libreto library |
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| Doors to box seats | The libreto library | The grand foyer | An empty plaque on a pillar | A view of the grand staircase past some curtains |
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| A side hallway in the Opera | Heather and infinite mirrors | Looking up at a balcony | A strange ballustrade | A ceiling in the basement |
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| A statue of Charles Garnier outside of the Opera | A corner building near the Opera | An oval window in the Opera | A bridge that can be climbed from two levels, meeting in the middle, near Musee d'Orsay | The Louvre across the Siene |
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| Looking beneath some bridges at an oncoming vessel | The Grand Palais from the dual-entry bridge | Notre Dame from the dual-entry bridge | A giant head about Les Halles | Saint Eustache |
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| The giant head in front of Saint Eustache | Me, seated near Saint Eustache | Flying butresses on Saint Eustache | The obelisk and street lamps at Place de la Concorde | A fancy lamppost in Place de la Concorde |
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| The Eiffel Tower | The obelisk | A fancy fence | One of the fountains in Place de la Concorde | A statue with a fish |
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| Heather with the obelisk behind her | The obelisk | A Greek-style building (Ste Marie Madeleine, I think) down a side street | Details of a lamppost in Place de la Concorde. It reminds me of an Egyptian barge | The Arc de Triumphe seen from Place de la Concorde |
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| Myself at the edge of Place de la Concorde with the Arc de Triumphe in the background | The entrance of the Petit Palais | The entrance of the Petit Palais | Bulging pillars on the Grand Palais | An ornate top on the Petit Palais |
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| Heather on the steps of the Grand Palais | Vases on the Grand Palais | The top of the Grand Palais | The Eiffel Tower | The two of us on Pont Alexandre III with the Eiffel Tower in the background |
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| A gilt statue on Pont Alexandre III | The ornate Pont Alexandre III | A gilt headpiece on the bridge | The Hotel des Invalides | The Grand Palais |
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| The Pont Alexandre III with the Grand Palais behind it | A fancy foot of a lamppost | The Eiffel Tower seen through the batobus | The two of us with the Eiffel Tower behind us | The Eiffel Tower |
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| A Parisian building | Water in our wake | Notre Dame from the side | A bridge over the Seine | Part of a fancy bridge |
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| A nice bridge railing | Our silhouettes on a bridge | A barge with its bow under water | The approaching batobus | The Musee d'Orsay |
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| The main hall of Musee d'Orsay | A crest on the wall | A big clock from a bottom angle | A lion statue | Looking through various rooms and doorways, Heather approaching |
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| The Arc de Triumphe | My rental bicycle with the Arc de Triumphe in the background | Musee d'Orsay at night | The tiller handle of Napoleon's ceremonial barge | A small boat in a painting |
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| A model of a ship's boat | A figurehead of a lion and a lioness | A figurehead | A bow gun on a small boat model | A small sailboat in a painting |
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| A stack of ship's boats on a model ship | A ship's boat on a model ship | A bow gun on a small boat model | A model of a drydock | A statue of de Bougainville |
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| The Arc de Triumphe | The two of us in from of the Arc de Triumphe | La Defense | Details of the Arc de Triumphe | Details of the Arc de Triumphe |
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| Looking down on the Place de la Concorde from the Arc de Triumphe | Details of the Arc de Triumphe | Details of the Arc de Triumphe | Details of the Arc de Triumphe | Heather, smiling |
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| La Defense | Details of the Arc de Triumphe | Details of the Arc de Triumphe | Looking down on the Place de la Concorde from the Arc de Triumphe | Details of the Arc de Triumphe |
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| A carved mural on the side of the Arc de Triumphe | Sacre Coeur | Looking up the Funicular | Sacre Coeur | Gargoyles on Scare Coeur |
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| Notre Dame seen from Sacre Coeur | Gargoyles on Scare Coeur | A gargoyle and a tower | A gargoyle | A pale brick building near Scare Coeur |
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| Looking down the funicular | Looking through the Hotel de Ville at an inner courtyard | Looking through the Hotel de Ville at an inner courtyard | The Hotel de Ville | The Hotel de Ville |
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| Ile St Louis | Ile St Louis | Looking down the central space of our hotel | Looking up the central space of our hotel | Looking at the stairway from across the central space |
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| Heather across the central space | Looking up the central space of our hotel | Looking up the stairwell | Looking down the stairwell | A man painting the Seine on Pont des Arts in front of Institute de France |
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| The point of Ile de Cite | Looking down from the airplane | Monty and the Lego Eiffel Tower | A white beast attacks the Eiffel Tower | The beast looks for other prey |
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| The beast attacks Paris | Saved by Mama | Heather and the Lego Eiffel Tower |