The term diaspora (Ancient Greek διασπορά, "a scattering or sowing of seeds") is used to refer to any people or ethnic population forced or induced to leave their traditional ethnic homelands; being dispersed throughout other parts of the world, and the ensuing developments in their dispersal and culture."... full info
P2Notre Dame by night. Hard to believe that it is (at least part of it) over 8 centuries old.
P3Notre Dame by night. Hard to believe A balsa model of Notre Dame. The artist definitely got an A+ from the Woodshop 101 teacher on this one.
P4View from Hotel St Jacques balcony on Rue des Ecoles. Left - The Patheon, originally built in 1744 to commemorate, and I shit you not, Louis XV's recovery from a serious bout of gout. Now home to Voltaire and Victor Hugo, among others.
P5View from Hotel St Jacques balcony on Rue des Ecoles. Right - Notre Dame. Not bad huh?
P8Inside the courtyard of The Louvre. This building was built as a fortress in 1190, went through many transformations and was finally opened by the wee General Napoleon himself as a museum in the early 1800s.
P17The main courtyard of The Louvre at dusk, and the start of the 'Grand Axis', which runs a straight shot through the heart of the city in-line with the path of the sun, from here...
P21..ending at The Arc du Triomphe, which is the city's main square for events. The arch was built by Napoleon 1806-1836, and commemorates him kicking ass across the world. Not pictured is the rocking brass band we heard belting out La Marsaillaise shortly after.