Notre-Dame de Paris

I took a quick lunch break walk to Notre-Dame de Paris.  It’s been more than 20 years since I was last here.

The cathedral must have been so impressive back when most of Paris wasn’t more than four stories high.

Dark building on a bright blue background.

A whole lot of stone went into this building.

The upkeep must cost a fortune.

Saint John Paul II, who I saw lying in state at the Vatican a few years back.

The front entrance.  I remember the stonework being in much worse shape before.

What a big, impressive cathedral!  I still think though the cathedral in Trondheim, Norway is more impressive.

Some restoration going on along one side of the cathedral.

 

Walking Around Paris

A bust of Nobel Prize winner, Henri Becquerel.

Walking through a park where there is a huge steel statue of a whale vertebra.

A statue in the park.

The Panthéon peaking through some buildings.

Big building.

The Eiffel Tower in the distance.

 

A celestial observatory on top of a building in the middle of Paris.

A monument to Dr. Pasteur.  I used to walk past Place Pasteur in Tunisia all the time.

A monument to Pierre and Marie Curie outside the laboratories where they worked in Paris.

Fancy ice cream.