"* CITY * OF * LIGHTS *" Paris by pieter_jan_v


Paris Travel Guide: 26,625 reviews and 51,992 photos

Ici Paris
Once again: Paris

Paris, it's a city you return to without hesitation.
My first trip was in 1971 when I joined a 3-day organized school trip.
Arriving during a metro strike gave me a good opportunity to see more than planned.
In 1979 I returned with my wife and ended up in the May 1 (Labor Day) demonstrations. Besides that we explored a lot.
In 2004 we combined business and leisure in mid-December and once more enjoyed the French capital.
In 2011 Paris was one of the destinations in ausirose's European round trip. We joined her at several Paris VT-meetings (see the T-logues).

Notre Dame

Of course Paris is known by world famous attractions like the Notre Dame.

On each visit to Paris I went into the church and I never was disappointed.

360 degrees picture of Paris at the Notre Dame
26 G-pixels panoramic picture of Paris

Pros and Cons
  • Pros:Great buildings, parcs and people
  • Cons:Smog, mass tourism
  • In a nutshell:THE French capital
  • Last visit to Paris: Sep 2011
  • Intro Updated Nov 6, 2011
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    MATIM Nov 18, 2011 at 5:56 AM Report Abuse

    Leuke foto's PJ. Sorry dat ik ze nu pas bekijk, maar ben meer op FB dan op VT de laatste tijd :)

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    Nemorino Oct 21, 2011 at 2:12 AM Report Abuse

    Hi PJ, I enjoyed meeting you at the VT meetings in Paris in September. Since then you have added lots of great photos, tips and travelogues to your Paris page. Beaumarchais is one of my favorite authors, but somehow I never noticed his statue in Parc Saint Antoine. Nice idea to take photos of five different Boulevard de la Madeleine signs!

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    aussirose Sep 25, 2011 at 9:35 AM Report Abuse

    Fabulous PJ! :o) I am so greatful to meet you and your lovely wife :o) It was a pitty that it was so short. Next time we will have to make sure it is longer. Thank you for everything! Big hugs xx

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    Waalewiener Sep 19, 2011 at 4:58 PM Report Abuse

    Great pictures P J well done and quite fast also
    Any places you have been with your nose lately other then bronse boobies haha

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    pfsmalo Sep 19, 2011 at 1:24 PM Report Abuse

    Excellent work Pieter, love the TL's. Some great pics of the whole happy family. Very nice. To tell you the truth I didn't remember that at the Mad Maker.....

  • Mariajoy Feb 4, 2007 at 11:18 AM Report Abuse

    Oh yes *Beats* - that's almost like *beads* isn't it? ;-)) You call them Kralen don't you?

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    Aleyd Dec 7, 2005 at 7:56 PM Report Abuse

    Hi, Am enjoying browsing thru your pages. So many! Aleyd :-)

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    mariev Dec 31, 2004 at 11:02 AM Report Abuse

    Yes, they are so photograph-tempting those store windows, aren't they ? Bonne Année !

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    TravelerM Dec 26, 2004 at 12:05 PM Report Abuse

    I like the photos here and some info is very interesting to read about.

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    irisbe Dec 21, 2004 at 4:02 AM Report Abuse

    MMMMMMMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOI met dat vogeltje! marvelous picture!!! you can do shape change Pieter_Jan?

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