Day 31 & 32 - Montmartre, the Louvre

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August 31st 2013

Published: September 1st 2013

Today was another day of following a Rick Steves' walking tour; this time to Montmartre. This area compares with London's Camden Market in that it has historically been, and still is, a Bohemian area full of artists and night clubs. We took the Metro from nearby Passy station to Anvers stop, stepping out into crowds of people all around us at souvenir kiosks and in front of the Elysees Mon... Read Full Entry

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Eiffel Tower at sunrise

Lineup for the Louvre

Greek sculpture

Roman sculpture

Melpomine, the Muse of Singing

the Muse of Singing, then the Muse of Tragedy, the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne.

Winged Victory

The Apollo Gallery in the Louvre

Leonardo da Vinci, "The virgin and Child with St. Anne (1510)

Leonardo da Vinci "St. John the Baptist", 1508

Leonardo da Vinci "Virgin of the Rocks", 1486

Leonardo da Vinci, "La belle ferronnière", 1508

Crowd around the Mona Lisa

Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson

"Pygmalion et Galatee", 1824

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres "La Grande Odalisque", 1814

Michelangelo "Rebellious Slave", 1515

View from Jardin des Tuileries....

across the Place de la Concorde, you can see the Luxor Obelisk and down the Champs Elysees all the way to the Arc de Triomphe.

2nd September 2013

Arlene McKenzie
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Breathtaking Photograph
I am loving your blog and your photography Roger. Thank you so much Garth for sharing this with me. This Eiffel Tower at sunrise is beyond beautiful.

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