Joyeux Saint-Valentin
Not from a fine Parisian pâtisserie,
but the wish for a Happy Valentine's Day
to all my readers just the same
Somebody has already
asked for the sugar-laden
Eiffel Tower.
Beyond Paris
Showing posts with label La Tour Eiffel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label La Tour Eiffel. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
La Tour Eiffel
Do you know that the tower is painted every
seven years and that it costs over $5,000,000 to do it?
It is all painted by hand with paintbrushes,
and although the color may change every seven years,
there are actually three colors with the darkest shade on the
bottom and the lightest on the top.
La Tour Eiffel
75007, Paris
Friday, August 19, 2016
Réflexions sur la Seine
Seine Reflections
The quiet of late night
on the Seine.....
perfect solitude
la Seine
75001, Paris
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Paris au printemps
Paris in Spring
After a frigid winter
all of Paris prepares for spring
and even la tour Eiffel
dons a prissy pink crinoline
(almost spring)
la tour Eiffel
Champ de Mars
5, avenue Anatole France
75007, Paris
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
La Tour Eiffel en hiver
Do you know that it takes
about 60 tons of paint every seven
years to keep the tower looking young?
The tower is actually three shades of brown (often called "milk chocolate")
with the darkest at the bottom and the lightest at the top.
La Tour Eiffel
75007, Paris
Thursday, December 10, 2015
La Tour Eiffel
La Tour Eiffel
Seen in a shop window on avenue de l'Opéra...
A crystal Eiffel Tower would be a great
conversation piece but I could not
figure out how to get it home!
miniature Tour Eiffel
avenue de l'Opéra
75002, Paris
Friday, September 11, 2015
Paris de la nuit
Paris by night
Looking west from Pont Neuf
the Seine sparkles with the
reflection of lights...
both the famous
and the ordinary
from Pont Neuf, the Seine
75001, Paris
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Quatre Églises, la Tour Eiffel, et le Grand Palais
Four churches plus the Grand Palais and Eiffel Tower
Looking at the skyline from left to right from the Printemps rooftop:
Notre Dame de l'Assomption built in 1676,
The double spires of Basilique Sainte Clothilde,
built in the neo-Gothic style mid nineteenth century
Église Saint-Louis des Invalides,
commissioned by King Louis XIV in 1670
Église Saint Madeleine,
with its 52 Corinthian columns,
The Grand Palais,
built for the Universal Exposition of 1900
The Eiffel Tower (1889)
which at 324m. (1,063ft), was the tallest
man-made structure in the world, a title it held
for 41 years!
bon dimanche
Paris Skyline from Printemps
75009, Paris
Monday, July 13, 2015
13 juillet - les bals des pompiers
Les bals des pompiers
The pompiers around Paris (and all of France) have celebrations
tonight and tomorrow in honor of Quatorze juillet.
Enjoy the party!
Les bals des pompiers
13, 14 juillet
Friday, April 17, 2015
Parc du Champ de Mars
On the great lawn in front of La Tour Eiffel
one can walk, play, picnic, and lounge
on the grass, at least in the spring and summer.
bon weekend
Parc du Champ de Mars
75007, Paris
Thursday, April 16, 2015
un printemps à Paris
Oh, la Tour Eiffel
with her crinolines of pink,
fully dressed for spring
La Tour Eiffel
75007, Paris
Friday, March 13, 2015
La Tour Eiffel, la Seine, et des Ponts
Paris at Night
The mighty bronze sculptures of Pont Alexandre III
gaze nightly at "the tower" as it lights up the evening sky.
I have stood on this same spot in all kinds of weather,
and I can close my eyes to be transported there in my imagination.
bon weekend
Pont Alexandre III
75007, Paris
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Theme Day - What Would I Miss Most...
Les Enfants de Paris
What would I miss most about Paris if I were never to return?
How can one even think in those terms?
...the people of Paris,
the children, the parks and gardens, the green chairs,
the music, the churches, the architecture, the history, the Seine, the bridges,
the Métro, the secret little spots discovered over 20+ trips, the food,
ex-pat friends, Parisian friends, the grand views from Paris landmarks,
sitting on green grass when it is permitted, dancing on Rue Mouffetard,
and so much more.
No matter what the future holds, I will always have a bit of Paris,
and all that it is, in my heart.
(and tens of thousands of photos, if I forget)
What Would I miss most?
75000, all of it, Paris
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
La Tour Eiffel
La Tour Eiffel
I cannot count the number of photos I have taken of the Eiffel Tower,
but it still takes my breath away like I am seeing it for the first time.
I have been to places where the hype exceeded the excitement of actually being there,
but the Eiffel Tower marks the landscape with golden light
as I gasp yet again and hold my breath to take the shot.
La Tour Eiffel
from Palais de Chaillot
75007 and 75016, Paris
Saturday, November 1, 2014
City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Landmark"
City Daily Photo Theme Day
"Landmark"
Although Paris has many "landmarks" and it was difficult to choose just one,
this photo has my favorite plus a bonus:
la Tour Eiffel and Grand Palais.
With the setting sun of autumn the structures of both are seen in silhouette,
the Eiffel Tower with its familiar pattern of steel,
and the Grand Palais with its glass vault.
Would you believe that there are 6,000 tonnes of steel
in the Nave of the Grand Palais
which is more than in the whole Eiffel Tower?
la Tour Eiffel, 7ième
Grand Palais, 8ième
taken from the rooftop of Printemps, 9ième
from around the world
Thursday, October 23, 2014
La Tour Eiffel en automne
La Tour Eiffel
In the winter,
in the spring,
in the summer,
Can it be that the best season is autumn?
Poor M. Eiffel. He did not live long enough to know
just how beloved his 'temporary structure' has become.
La Tour Eiffel
75007, Paris
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Mona Bismarck American Center - l'escalier
Mona Bismarck American Center
This hôtel particulier was built at the end of the 19th century and remodeled by Stéphane Boudin in the 1950s for Mona Bismarck. The windows, woodwork, and structural details retain the elegance of its origins.
Mona Bismarck was a philanthropist, a beautiful, wealthy woman who divided her time among residences in New York, Paris, Palm Beach, and Capri. Her legacy lives on in this museum just across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower with its art exhibitions. You can even have a party in the ornate premier étage salons with an unobstructed view of the Tower.
Mona Bismarck American Center
34, avenue de New York
75016, Paris
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Carrousel de la Tour Eiffel
Carrousel de la Tour Eiffel
A trip to Paris would be so much easier
on a plane like this...
No crowding, no security,
and no Air France pilots striking!
La Tour Eiffel et Le Carrousel de la Tour Eiffel
75007, Paris
Monday, August 25, 2014
La Tour Eiffel en reflet
La Tour Eiffel
in reflection
It was early enough that there was not much of a crowd,
and the tower's reflections in the wet stones
were not hampered by either tourists or hawkers.
Rainy days and Mondays -- still nice in Paris!
La Tour Eiffel
75007, Paris
(from Trocadero)
75017
Friday, August 22, 2014
La Seine, le Pont au Change, Dôme des Invalides...
The Seine, Pont au Change, the dome of Invalides...
...and faintly seen in the background is la Tour Eiffel,
a little surprise I had not noticed in my photo
de Quai de Gesvres
75004, Paris
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