Europe Part 2.2 - Paris, France #

Paris #

First day I arrived in Paris, my sandals started giving blisters. So I bought new shoes. A pair of well-worn leather sandals with black buckled straps sitting on pavement Looking down at navy sneakers with white laces and white socks on a Paris sidewalk

After that I was able to enjoy the city without causing any more foot damage.

The red windmill of the Moulin Rouge overlooking a busy Paris square, tourists sitting and walking in the foreground Selfie of a bearded man above crowded steps in Montmartre, the Paris skyline stretching out hazily below Selfie of a bearded man in front of the white domes of Sacre-Coeur basilica in Paris, crowds on the steps behind A harpist plays beside wide stone steps in Paris while onlookers sit along the stairway Panoramic view over Paris rooftops from the hilltop terrace at Montmartre, visitors lining the railing Vans drive past the ornate Palais Garnier opera house in Paris, a gilded statue atop its corner under grey skies

Tourists photograph each other before a tiered fountain with sculpted figures at Place de la Concorde in Paris Selfie of a bearded man across the traffic circle from the Arc de Triomphe in Paris Closer selfie of a bearded man beside the Arc de Triomphe, cars and vans circling its base Selfie of a bearded man with the Eiffel Tower rising behind him under an overcast sky Boats and barges moored along the Seine in Paris under heavy grey clouds Selfie of a bearded man in front of the twin-towered facade of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris Dim stone chapel in Paris with a rose window above tall stained-glass panels and an angel statue at the altar

Interior of Sacre-Coeur basilica, its huge apse mosaic of Christ with outstretched arms above the altar A smiling man in a t-shirt and shorts stands on a rooftop terrace railing with the Paris skyline behind Panorama of the Paris cityscape from a fenced rooftop observation deck at dusk Aerial view of the Eiffel Tower and the green lawns of the Champ de Mars amid dense Paris rooftops The Eiffel Tower glowing at night, its searchlight beam sweeping over dark treetops The gilded dome of Les Invalides at the end of a tree-lined lawn under dappled clouds in Paris