clgoss77: I never get tired of Citröen 2CVs.
clgoss77: I have no idea for what occasion this statue was built, but it was pretty.
clgoss77: On the way to Gare du Nord - this street reminds me of Canal St. leading up to the Garden in Boston.
clgoss77: Subway - Prepared under your eyes!!! :)
clgoss77: Gare du Nord.
clgoss77: We happened upon Café de Flore - which Ina Garten wheezed about in one of her shows. We had to stop!
clgoss77: In front of the Café de Flore.
clgoss77: We're averaging three cups of espresso per day.
clgoss77: Sweet nectar of life, says Shaun. (Nombre Deux)
clgoss77: St. Sulpice
clgoss77: St. Sulpice
clgoss77: St. Sulpice
clgoss77: St. Sulpice
clgoss77: St. Sulpice
clgoss77: The pipe organ in St. Sulpice is one of the largest in the World with 6,588 pipes.
clgoss77: St. Sulpice
clgoss77: St. Sulpice
clgoss77: St. Sulpice
clgoss77: Organ concert at St. Sulpice church - Paris
clgoss77: The "Meridien Line" within St. Sulpice. The church points out repeatedly that everything Dan Brown wrote about this in "The DaVinci Code" is wrong. In reality it's an astronomical instrument from the 18th century.
clgoss77: One of the many "DaVinci Code" debunking notices.
clgoss77: It's interesting - the missing text on the obelisk refers to Louis XV ordering the church to be built.
clgoss77: St. Sulpice
clgoss77: After the organ concert you could stand in line to go upstairs and see the innards of the organ and meet the organist.
clgoss77: Shaun climbing the tiny winding stairs.
clgoss77: More stairs.
clgoss77: Shaun's peeking through the stained glass at the Mass going on below. "What's going on down there?"
clgoss77: The view of St. Sulpice from the organ loft.
clgoss77: This gentleman is the organist at St. Sulpice - he's an outstanding musician and very friendly, even with my broken French.
clgoss77: Inside the organ's loft.