Hi folks. Been a good 3 weeks since we last completed our London and Paris trip in early december. I'm still no where done with the Paris photos, with a remaining 15% or so to sieve through. But I think I pretty much captured the essence of Paris in what I am about to show and tell. Nothing too amazing and probably have been shot a million times over by people all over the world. It was our first time there and I tried to squeeze whatever I can as a tourist and from a photographer's perspective.
Many thanks of course to the lovely missus who made it possible for me to capture some shots and who went through the terrible winter winds with me. I do hope the shots will do some justice to Paris and London as we fondly remember it. It was pretty scary doing photography there at times as Asians!
I'll start with the Paris leg first and then London next, though we actually went to these two beautiful countries in the reverse order.I decided to post Paris first because we had some really beautiful memories there and wanted to do it before 2013 hits us all. London has not been touched yet, but I will update this thread as we head along
This was the street that we stayed in, right in the heart of the Le Marais, which is a historic district in Paris, France. It is also incidentally the place where the jewish community and the gay community are concentrated in. We started our journey out onto Paris on a lazy, sunday, blessed with beautiful weather.
The bazar de 'hotel de ville which was only a mere 2 minutes walk away and is incidentally also owned by the famous Groupe Galeries Lafayette. We never did do much shopping there as it seemed catered to the french community, rather than tourists.
Musee du Louvre (besides Rue Cambon for the miss-us) was up on the list next as most of the boutiques were closed.
Ministry of Culture and Communication of France which was just opposite the museum. Vive le France! However we took the longer route and decided to walk via the Place Du Carrousel
Joan of Arc on her steed triumphantly watching over the traffic at the Place du Carrousel, which is a public square in Paris.
Many thanks of course to the lovely missus who made it possible for me to capture some shots and who went through the terrible winter winds with me. I do hope the shots will do some justice to Paris and London as we fondly remember it. It was pretty scary doing photography there at times as Asians!
I'll start with the Paris leg first and then London next, though we actually went to these two beautiful countries in the reverse order.I decided to post Paris first because we had some really beautiful memories there and wanted to do it before 2013 hits us all. London has not been touched yet, but I will update this thread as we head along
This was the street that we stayed in, right in the heart of the Le Marais, which is a historic district in Paris, France. It is also incidentally the place where the jewish community and the gay community are concentrated in. We started our journey out onto Paris on a lazy, sunday, blessed with beautiful weather.
The bazar de 'hotel de ville which was only a mere 2 minutes walk away and is incidentally also owned by the famous Groupe Galeries Lafayette. We never did do much shopping there as it seemed catered to the french community, rather than tourists.
Musee du Louvre (besides Rue Cambon for the miss-us) was up on the list next as most of the boutiques were closed.
Ministry of Culture and Communication of France which was just opposite the museum. Vive le France! However we took the longer route and decided to walk via the Place Du Carrousel
Joan of Arc on her steed triumphantly watching over the traffic at the Place du Carrousel, which is a public square in Paris.
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