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sgilliamh: Square Viviani, next to Hotel Esmeralda and St. Julien-le-Pauvre
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sgilliamh: my tiny room, Hotel Esmeralda
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sgilliamh: nothing if not colorful! # 6
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sgilliamh: lace curtains at my window, Esmeralda
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sgilliamh: Door locked with a skeleton key! I took precautions...
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sgilliamh: Near Musee d'Orsay, looking across to the Louvre
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sgilliamh: Musee d'Orsay used to be a train station
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sgilliamh: Musee d'Orsay - the wonderful facade
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sgilliamh: Musee d'Orsay entrance on the side - LONG lines...
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sgilliamh: Rhino and tourist sightings...
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sgilliamh: I think this is near the Opera - but I could be wrong
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sgilliamh: Relaxing at Café de la Paix during rush hour
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sgilliamh: We are near the Opéra and Violetta is the hook for a metro ad
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sgilliamh: Café de la Paix - time to relax
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sgilliamh: My delightful waiter, Café de la Paix
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sgilliamh: Opéra from Café de la Paix
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sgilliamh: Opéra - the whole facade, more or less
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sgilliamh: Place Vendome - Colonne
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sgilliamh: Place Vendome - Column, a bit closer
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sgilliamh: Place Vendome, looking back up rue de la Paix
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sgilliamh: Gallery, rue de Rivoli - shadow
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sgilliamh: Rue de Rivoli
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sgilliamh: rue de Rivoli - posh hotel entrance
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sgilliamh: Near rue de Rivoli?
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sgilliamh: Orchid shop
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sgilliamh: Charlemagne - outside Notre Dame de Paris
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sgilliamh: Notre Dame - getting ready for Pope Benedict's visit
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sgilliamh: Notre Dame facade, morning
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sgilliamh: 18/16 rue du Cloitre Notre Dame
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sgilliamh: "je t'aime aussi" - near Notre Dame