These are the pictures from my first big trip to Europe - August 15-September 2, 2001.

Days 11 - 12: Versailles and Paris (France)


Arriving at Versailles

Closer to the palace

Going around the side of the palace at Versailles

The back of the palace

Neptune behind Versailles

Some of the gardens at Versailles

The grounds of Versailles

A beautiful fountain

Looking at the palace from the grounds

Another fountain on the grounds

A very cool fountain

Another view of the same fountain

A more straight-forward fountain

A little lake near the Hameau

The Petit Trianon

The Grand Trianon

The gardens at the Grand Trianon

The main gardens from the palace window

One of the rooms in the palace

A bedroom in the palace

Throne room in the palace

Carving of the Sun King, Louis XIV

Ceiling in the Hall of Mirrors

The amazing Hall of Mirrors

Leaving Versailles

Arriving at the Eiffel Tower

Looking waaaay up

Underneath the Eiffel Tower

Paris from the Eiffel Tower

More of the city from up high

Tiny people (looking down from the Eiffel Tower)

The top of the tower from the observation deck

The Eiffel Tower lit up

The Eiffel Tower at night

The Statue of Liberty at night

The Moulin Rouge

Arc de Triomphe

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Under the Arc

The French flag at the Arc de Triomphe

Climbing the stairs inside the Arc

The Eiffel Tower from the Arc de Triomphe

The Champs Elysees from the Arc de Triomphe

Montmartre from the Arc de Triomphe

Place de la Concorde

The Obelisk at Place de la Concorde

The Obelisk with the Eiffel Tower in the background

The Arc de Triomphe from Place de la Concorde

Buildings on Place de la Concorde

Mary Magdalene Church

The Paris Opéra

The side of the Opéra

Close-up of sculptures on the staircase

The chandelier

Orchestra level

Box 5 of the Paris Opéra

Under the staircase of the Opéra

Entrance of the Paris Opéra

Sacre Coeur

Gare du Nord, Paris


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