Night Light

Here are a few low-light night shots, from Boston, Kauai and the last two, taken in Paris.

Paris: Rodin

No blog is complete without a Rodin post!  Okay, that's not true, but I have to share my Rodin experience.  We made it to the Rodin Museum 5 minutes before closing!  Oh the madness!  Here are some shots that were taken in those 5 minutes!  We loved the colourful stickers from the museum that were stuck on everything from the sidewalk to the posts outside the museum! The bicycle shot is for Hobography: welcome back!

Les Invalides, Paris

Built in 1679, Les Invalides (The National Residence of the Invalids) is an incredible piece of architecture.
The building houses the museum of the Army of France and is the burial site of Napoleon Bonaparte among other French war heroes.

Here are some shots.

Black, White and Red

Hope you all had a lovely weekend! I'm back from La Peche, Quebec where we spent the long weekend; I'll post up pics soon! Today, we'll go back to Paris; here are couple of black and white photographs with a pop of red.

Paris: Bicycle

It's Friday, so here's a bicycle shot or two and a lovely green mosaic wall on the Rue de Rosiers.

It's a long weekend for us here in Toronto; Monday is "Family Day".
It's also Presidents' Day, for those of you in the States, so have a GREAT LONG WEEKEND!

Paris: McDonald's

Don't judge me.

We did it in India, so we had to do it Paris.

Eat at a McDonald's, that is.

And it was très magnifique!

Gotta love this guy who posed for the picture!

Oh we also had a Kronenbourg 1664 beer, but it wasn't cold enough.

Paris: Macarons

So, everyone, and I mean EVERYONE told us to visit Ladurée in Paris for their famous macarons! We found a little kiosk at the  Printemps department store. I was surprised that the lady didn't allow us to take any photographs of it, though.  Also, we decided to save them to eat in the Jardin du Luxembourg, but by then, they were smushed.  We liked the pistachio best. A couple of them tasted like soap. I wish everyone had told us which ones to order.

Flash

Then it was off to see the Eiffel Tower at night! We had a reservation (which we booked online at the hotel) for 9:30pm. We still only got into the elevator past 10pm though, since the reservation line-up was long (certainly not as long as it would have been had we not made reservations)!

Needless to say, it was spectacular, particularly when the lights began to flash and dance.

Lil’ Ol’ Ladies

As seen along the Seine and in the Latin Quarter.

I can't believe how doubled over that lil' lady is!

Notre Dame

How could we have missed going to see this magnificent cathedral? We were too late for the tour, but it was still magical.

Kebabs and Petals

As we were walking around the Latin Quarter, we noticed many touristy restaurants, none of which looked that appealing.








THEN, we saw Amorino!
The famous gelato joint which was one of the must-dos on my list!

The line-up was huge, but the wait wasn't long until we had our very own giant cone with as many flavours as we wanted (that's right, as.many.flavours.as.you.want) arranged beautifully into a flower.

Ah.maz.ing.

Yellow + Scooter

= WIN

Bridges and Museums

Then it was a walk along the Seine and towards the Musée d'Orsay, which was simply gorgeous. No photography allowed, however :(

Water Lillies

Next, we went to Musée de l'Orangerie, to see Monet's Waterlillies and other impressionist/post impressionist work.

The Water Lillies were breathtaking, to say the least.