Paris Sights and Smells

We're going rapid-post style again.  Here's a bunch of places we went in Paris.

The gothic south side of Notre Dame

Interior rose window of Notre Dame

The most photographed gargoyle in the world (you can see the basilica Sacré-Cœur in the distant background

Quasimodo under Emmanuel (the bell's baptized name) 

Pyramid entrance to the Louvre

The Golden-gilt gates of Versailles

Flowers in the gardens of Versailles (you can see the palace in the background) 

The glory of Saint Chapelle - this beautiful chapel built to house the supposed crown of thorns uses gothic techniques to open up space for stained glass windows

Rodin's "The Thinker"

French Bakery Diet

Step 1: Eat loads of crepes, tarts, beignets, etc.

Step 2: Climb 2500 steps per day (Arc de Triomphe + Notre Dame Tower + Eiffel Tower second level)

View from the Eiffel Tower (after our climb to the second tier) 

The Eiffel Tower in all it's glory (striking photography by Shawna Henderson), this was just before we were verbally assaulted and threated by some crazy guy, evidently we were taking our pictures next to the bush he lives in.