Tuesday, October 18, 2011

June 2011: #4 An evening in Paris.

After a very long day in Paris, we decided to jump into the metro and go grab a drink in one of those lovely cafe’s and then walked about a bit. Here are some of the photographs of that little time.


Photobucket

Heading into the metro.

Photobucket

The metro trains are nice.

Photobucket

Crossing the river.

Photobucket

Hmmm, I wonder what that gazebo is.

PhotobucketPhotobucket

These advertisements are a bit weird, what has damn orange juice got to do with sitting on an animal and sipping on it? zoophilia or what?

Photobucket

Hmmm, i didnt know. Know the stations of an underground and know the city I suppose.

Photobucket

Popping out on one of the most famous streets in the world. Waiting for the other lot to arrive so take some photos of the surroundings.

Photobucket

Angled windows.

Photobucket

Windows with lovely balconies

Photobucket

Lovely windows.

PhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucket

Talking about which, the frontage of our building in Paris has some wonderful carvings, which have these round holes. I wonder what’s the background to these holes? Light? Ventilation? it is indeed a very beautiful building, marble, carvings and the lot.

PhotobucketPhotobucket

The city of Love?

Photobucket

And tourists?

Photobucket

Some fast cars around the place.

PhotobucketPhotobucket

The lampposts on Champs Elysee. This stands for the Elysian Fields. Given that this is one of the most expensive places in the world, the name is a tad ironic. But you have to admit that these lampposts are exquisite.

PhotobucketPhotobucket

The horse chestnut trees were in full flow.

Photobucket

The pavements lined with cafe’s. Extremely expensive cafe’s

Photobucket

Another cafe.

Photobucket

Baron Haussman did a great job with the architecture no?

Photobucket

Milady Paris and the George V hotel. Nice hotel, I stayed that some time back. I always get a kick out of staying in a hotel named after a British King in the heartland of France.

Photobucket

And then you have this excrescence.

Photobucket

Photobucket

Cabaret’s..

Photobucket

The man doesnt look happy at all.

Photobucket

The bicycle docking stations

Photobucket

Photobucket

More lovely facade’s

Photobucket

That is a street sculpture of copper pans.

Photobucket

This was funny, the chap was driving this Lambo and was revving it up to high heaven going into the parking lot on the right. Obviously to show off. And so everybody was watching him. And then he stalls and runs out of petrol. lol, he has to get out and push. It was just so amusing, the entire street was laughing at him.

Photobucket

Damn dogs, pooping everywhere.

Photobucket

The girls got me this girly drink. Can you imagine? It was disgusting.

I was reminded of this old Hindi film while perambulating around Paris in the night. Next is Arc de Triomphe.

No comments: