Week 11 Photo Gallery

Hotel Frontenac on Rue Pierre Charron

This hotel is near our place but look for the Turkish flag....

Les egouts

It is interesting to go down to the gutters of France and yet pay for it. Surprisingly there are no odors. I was expecting the worst. How it was built, why certain are where they are, it is very educational.

Les egouts

They have street signs for the canalization system as well.

Les egouts

Les egouts; engineer Eugene Belgrand

Les egouts

Les bateaux mouches sur la Seine

We have not ridden these yet on this trip. Waiting for sunnier and warmer days to do it.

The American Church on Quai d'Orsay

This is another American church. It was closed at the time but lots of young peoples checking the bulletin board for rental places.

Daffodils on Quai d'Orsay

Spring is surely on its way. Here and there flowers are coming up. I had not planted any this year so these make up for my laziness.

The American Church on Quai d'Orsay

L'Obelisque from Quai d'Orsay

We the barren trees, it is possible to see the Obelisque from far away. Reminds me of our house in Zurich where the lake was visible during the winter but not the rest of the year.

Aristide Erland memorial on Quai d'Orsay

Athena in front of Assemblee Nationale

I saw pictures of this statue during the Commune days. She looked the same.

Assemblee Nationale

Sully in front of the Assemblee Nationale

Legion d'honneure musee

As with many buildings, it is under renovation. Even though we cannot visit it for the next few years, I am happy that they are renovating it. It would be a shame to let all the buildings go to waste.

Les deux musees

We had lunch here and surprisingly it was very pleasant including the waiter.

Hotel de Pomereu

Another one of the big, beautiful, private hotels. People knew how to live at the time.

Hotel de Pomereu

Back of Musee d'Orsay

La maison des dames des PTT

For the women who worked at the Post, Telegraph and Telephone. There is an extreemly good restaurant here, called Le Telegraph.

Hotel de Salm

Saint-Roch on Rue du Rivoli

I had thought that the great dome we had seen from Assemble National was Saiant-Roch. But alas. However, it is a beautiful church. Some notable people are buried here. Just a few weeks ago in the Gala magazine I saw the funeral services for a friend of Johnny Holliday.

Saint-Roch on Rue du Rivoli

Memorial to Pierre Corneille at Saint-Roch on Rue du Rivoli

The philosopher lies here.

Saint-Roch on Rue du Rivoli

Hotel de Noailles on Rue de Rivoi

Hotel de Noailles on Rue de Rivoli

This famous street is a delight to walk. There are the famous hotels particuliers, small stores and towards the Place de la Concorde touristic shops. Many of them nice souvenirs of Paris.

Convent et club des Feuillants on Rue du Rivoli

La chapelle de l'assomption (Polish church) on Rue du Rivoli

Having been given to the Polish church many decades ago, it is a center for the Polish people. Many signs are in Polish. There is a soup kitchen to help the Polish homeless. It is the heart of Poland in Paris. And the dome is the MISSING DOME.

La chapelle de l'assomption (Polish church) on Rue du Rivoli

Rue Cambon

Cour des comptes

My ex-banker in front of the accounting building.

Cour des comptes

L'Orangerie at the Place de la Concorde

This is also under reconstruction. While the repairs were being done, they discovered some old remnants of days gone by. The archeological dig plans to save many of these.

Place de la Concorde

La fontaine at Place de la Concorde

Millet Les Glaneuses

One of my mother's favorite paintings. The museum of Orsay is really a wonderful place because one is able to see things without being rushed, pushed and shoved.

A painter copying Millet's Les Glaneuses

Millet L'Angelus

The accompanying painting to the Les Glaneurs.

Antoine-Louis Barye Les Cerfs

Guess who likes deer.

General view of the rez-de-chaussee of Musee d'Orsay

This was the platform; trains used to come right here

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres; La Source

Eugene Delacroix

Eugene Delacroix; we don't know the title of this picture

Eugene Delacroix; La chasse aux lions

Chasseriau, Theodore Le tepidarium

Many of the Orientalists will use this picture in their books.

Decamps, Alexandre Marchard turc fumant dans sa boutique

Books on Turkey or the Ottoman Empire use this picture.

Franz-Xaver Winterhalter; Mme Rimsky-Korsakov

Cabanel, Alexandre Naissance de Venus

Edouard Manet Olympia

The defiant and controversial Olympia. Her confidence became the rallying point for many feminists.

Claude Monet Femmes au Jardin

Claude Monet La Pie

This is one of my favorites because of the snow and its effects.

J.B. Carpeaux Les quatre parties du Monde

Model of the Opera

Henri Chapu Jeanne d'arc a Domremy

Paul Gaugin Les lavandieres a Pont-Auven

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec La Femme aux gants

Alfred Sisley Vue du Canal Saint-Martin, Paris

We were here and it looks almost the same.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir; Margot

Claude Monet; Chrysanthemes

Pierre-Auguste Renoir; Jeunes filles au piano

Pierre-Auguste Renoir; Fete Arabe

Pierre-Auguste Renoir; Danse a la campagne

Shall we dance?

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Le Ravin de la femme sauvage

Paul Cezanne; La maison du Docteur Gachet a Auvers

Paul Cezanne; Le joueur de cartes

What a poker face.

Paul Cezanne; nature morte

Paul Cezanne; La maison du pendu, Auvers-sur-Oise

Vincent van Gogh; La meridienne

I think I would like this very much. Sleeping so peacefully on a hot summer day.

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh; L'eglise d'Auvers-sur-Oise

Claude Monet; Femme l'ombrelle

Claude Monet; le jardin a Giverny

We have not had the time to go there yet. In a way it is good because I am waiting for flowers to come up.

Claude Monet; les nympheas bleus

Alfred Sisley; Londres

Claude Monet; le pont d'Argenteuil

Pierre-Auguste Renoir; Le bal du Moulin de la Galette

We see the Moulin de la Galette in our walks. Just imagine how it must have been during Renoir's time.

Hmm...have to look up the name....

Claude Monet;La liseuse

Claude Monet

Don't know the name, what was special was the crystal vase, and perhaps that is the title

Edgar Degas

The ballerinas of Edgar Degas.

James Whistler; variations en violet et vert

His mother wasn't here although she is supposed to be....

Claude Monet; les Coquelicots

The puppies are so real. They almost dance in the wind.

Claude Monet; Carrieres-Saint-Denis

La grande horloge du cafe des Hauteurs

We took this picture while we were having lunch at the Cafe des Hauteurs.

Charles Cordier La Juive

This was a special exhibit and you weren't supposed to take photos. I snuk one....Cordier is really great. Gotta buy a book.

Jules Blanchard; Femme Arabe

Le restaurant du Musee d'Orsay

This is such an elegant place. We just had to stop and have something. It must have been left over from the great era.

Le restaurant du Musee d'Orsay

La grande horloge de l'allee centrale Musee d'Orsay

Art fell in love with this one.

La grande horloge de l'allee centrale Musee d'Orsay

Overall view from la Tour Seine

You can see the original platform....

Sema exiting the museum

French and Israeli flags on the Champs Elysees

The Israeli President is coming; he will lay a wreath at the Arc de Triomph so they are decorating. Barriers are back up; lots of security.

A very unusual church, Saint-Joseph on Avenue Hoche

Most of the church is built underground (I suppose the basement area).

A very unusual church, Saint-Joseph on Avenue Hoche

Hotel Royal Monceau

A hotel particulier on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore

Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky on Rue Daru

It was closed on the day we went by. I must read my guidebook a little bit more carefully.

Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky on Rue Daru

La Ville de Petrograd

Right across from the Russian church.

Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky on Rue Daru

Brasserie Lorraine at Place des Ternes

Flower shops at Places des Ternes

Ceramic Hotel on Avenue de Wagram

An interesting facade.

Memorial to Herve Alphand on Avenue Foch

Musee National d'Ennery on Avenue Foch

This is also under reconstruction.

A private courtyard on Avenue Foch

Embassy of Georgia on Avenue Raymond Poincare

The flag is white with red cross and red crosses in each quadrant. I looked up the flag for Georgia on the Internet which is different but the sign does say Georgia. Anyway, it is a nice flag.

Embassy of Georgia on Avenue Raymond Poincare

Embassy of Cote d'Ivoire on Avenue Raymond Poincare

Embassy of Moldavia near Avenue Raymond Poincare

Sema at Place Victor Hugo

Place Victor Hugo

L'eglise Saint-Honore d'Eylau at Place Victor Hugo

Place Victor Hugo

Lebanese Embassy on Rue Copernic

Reservoir de Passy at Rue Copernic

Not easy to determine what this was; finally found it on a map. Walked all around it; no entrance (thank goodness) and no sign.

Reservoir de Passy at Rue Copernic

Lafayette and Washington at Place des Etats-Unis

Place des Etats-Unis

Baccarat Store at Place des Etats-Unis

Myron T. Herrick Place des Etats-Unis

From Ohio, he was twice Ambassador to France. His last time was from 1921 to 1929 when he died, Easter morning. He was influential on the Panama Canal among other things.

Memorial to September 11 Place des Etats-Unis

Tree planted in honor of the September 11 victems at Place des Etats-Unis

Horace Wells, inventor of anesthesia at Place des Etats-Unis

Memorial to US Resistance helper at Place des Etats-Unis

Kara Mia's Francois 1er hotel on Avenue Magellan

Flemish, Belgian, EU flags

Banque du Bosphore on Rue Euler

Another one of Art's findings. Later we looked it up on the Internet. Neat.

French and Israeli Flags on Champs Elysees

Saint-Leon

Flowers at Saint-Leon park

Saint-Leon

Gazebo at Saint-Leon park

Saint-Leon

Statue at Village Swiss

This was a real disappointment especially for Art. We were sort of expecting a rural Swiss village. Instead there are modern apartments with some antique shops on the ground floor. Anyway, some had good antiques.

Village Suisse

Champ de Mars

I probably will have all these signs photographed.

Sema at Les Invalides

La Porte de L'enfer at Musee Rodin

Part of the museum is under reconstruction but the side entrance to the garden and then to the museum is nice. There is much to see and take in. The garden is huge and must look great during the summer months. A little piece of heaven in the middle of the city.

Les Bourgeois de Calais at Musee Rodin

At the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena they also have the Burghers of Calais.

Les Bourgeois de Calais at Musee Rodin

La Cathedrale at Musee Rodin

Eve at Musee Rodin

La centauresse at Musee Rodin

Musee Rodin at Hotel Biron

The Kiss at Musee Rodin

I appreciated the Kiss even more in memory of Nejad and Munire Enustun. They had one in their dining room buffet.

The Kiss at Musee Rodin

L'Age d'airain at Musee Rodin

Les petits at Musee Rodin

Le Penseur at Musee Rodin

Probably the most famous statue by Rodin.

Le Penseur at Musee Rodin

L'Idylle d'Ixelles at Musee Rodin

Victor Hugo at Musee Rodin

Vincent van Gogh; Le Pere Tanguy at Musee Rodin

Part of Rodin's private collection.

Auguste Renoir; femme nu at Musee Rodin

Part of Rodin's private collection.

Vincent van Gogh

Part of his private collection.

hmm...don't know the name....

Garden of Musee Rodin

The Invalides from the Gardern of Musee Rodin

Garden of Musee Rodin

I could live with this garden.

hmm...don't know the name

The Invalides from the garden of Musee Rodin

Les trois ombres at Musee Rodin

Le Penseur at the garden of Musee Rodin

Garden of Musee Rodin

Hotel Biron Musee Rodin

Garden of Musee Rodin

Hotel Biron Musee Rodin

Garden of Musee Rodin

Eve at Musee Rodin

Les Trois Ombres

Garden of Musee Rodin

Trees at Garden of Musee Rodin

Back of Hotel Biron Musee Rodin

Garden of Musee Rodin

Balzac in the Garden of Musee Rodin

Art with the Le Penseur at the Garden of Musee Rodin

The two thinkers.

Front of Hotel Biron Musee Rodin

La Porte de L'enfer at Musee Rodin

Cite Vaneau

Hotel de Castries

Hotel Matignon

Home of the Prime Minister....nice digs, huh?

Hotel Matignon

Hotel particulier

Edith Whiston's house

Cite de Varenne

Italian Embassy on Rue de Varenne

Hotel Galliffet

Hotel Galliffe

Nice buildings on Rue Varenne

Hotel Nevers on Rue du Bac

Rue du Bac

Musee Maillol on Rue Grenelle

Apparently this was built to supply water to the rich residents in the area but to hide it behind this beautiful fountain.

Musee Maillol on Rue Grenelle

Champs Elysees with French and Israeli flags

Donkey rides at park near Musee Marmatton

Their eyes are so beautiful.

Flowers at park near Musee Marmatton

Musee Marmatton

I was able to take some pictures at the beginning but later they said no....

Musee Marmatton

Park on Bois de Bologne

Monument on Boulevard Suchet

Boulevard Suchet

Boulevard Lannes

Boulevard Flandrin

Avenue Foch

Hanneke and the Flews at Le Telegraph

She came to Paris and it was nice to see her. We had lunch at a very nice restaurant. Art and Hanneke reminisced about the good old days.

Hanneke and the Flews at Le Telegraph

German restoration of the Hotel (residence) Beauharmais - Napoleons wife Josephene

Le pont de la concorde

Maurice

Nora Seni's husband at Saime's house.

Alicia Ginio

Alicia at Saime's house.

Joel, Nora, Saime, Maurice

I took the pictures so I am missing. Dinner at Saime's was very nice.

Alisa, Joel, Nora, Maurice

Photo Gallery Week 11