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These photos accompany the Paris portion of our report from France of 22 October 2005.

Notre Dame, seen from Pont du Sully.

Stained glass in Ste. Chapelle.

Place de la Concorde. Despite the peaceful name, many people went to the guillotine here during the French Revolution, including Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Robespierre, and Danton.

In the Jardin des Tuileries.

In the Jardin du Luxembourg.

Stravinsky Fountain near the Pompidou Center.

One section of The Lady and the Unicorn tapestry in the Cluny Museum.

In the Bois de Boulogne, the largest park in Paris.

Street artists hoping to make a sale in the Montmarte area.

The bike path along Canal St. Martin passes through Parc de la Villette, where we found several soccer games, a children's playground, and this wonderful bicycle "sculpture". Parts of a wheel, pedal, seat, and handlebar are scattered about.

In the huge Père Lachaise cemetary.

Chopin's grave in Père Lachaise cemetary. It was the day after his birthday, hence all the flowers. Chopin's body is buried here, but his heart is buried in Poland.

Grave of Héloise and Abélard in Père Lachaise cemetary. They were reburied here when the cemetary opened in 1804.

The Eiffel Tower at night, sparkling with its hourly light display.

The children's playground in the park in Square Maurice Gardette, across the street from our hotel.

Parisian fashion essential: the scarf.

Parisian fashion essential: the scarf.

Parisian fashion essential: the scarf.

Our friends Patrick and Cecile -- wearing matching scarves.

Parisian fashion essential: the scarf.

Parisian fashion essential: the scarf.

Parisian fashion essential: the scarf.

Parisian fashion essential: the scarf.

Parisian fashion essential: the scarf.

A lull in the traffic around the Arc de Triomphe.

Does the sign in the window mean the cat's name is Olivier, and that he is for sale for 17 euros? This cat looks a lot like Pixel, our spotted cat.

Produce in an outdoor market.

Lettuce for salad in an outdoor market.

Dates in an outdoor market.

Pomegranetes in an outdoor market.

Meat delivery to a butcher stall in an outdoor market.

Eyes, anyone? The window of a doll repair shop.

Book vending machine built into the wall of a Left Bank book shop.

Looking into a shop selling sculpture.

Shop selling fashion accessories -- lots of scarves, of course!

Women's clothing shop. Based on our observations of young Parisian women, the off-the-shoulder look is (currently) the height of fashion.

One of the many tents at the antique exposition and sale on Avenue de la Grand Armée.

Shop selling jam.

Algerian sweet shop.

Gorgeous and tasty: sweets in a bakery shop window. Usually sweets were in the window, breads in rows behind the counter. Do the French consider their wonderful bread too ordinary for window display?

Butcher shop.

Fish shop.

Chocolatier.

Florist shop.

Vegetables in a green grocer's shop.

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