Yesterday we headed down to Porte de Versailles to attend the Salon de l’Agriculture. The show, the focus of which is, surprise, agriculture, wound up being much like Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo without all of the sucky bits (like the rodeo and the carnival). We petted cows; bought cookies; looked at surprisingly artistic cow …
The Basilique de Saint-Denis is a strange place. Originally a shrine built over the site to which Saint-Denis, a patron saint of Paris, supposedly carried his head after a 10-kilometer hike from his place of execution atop Montmartre, the site would eventually become, with some coaxing by Saint-Louis, the French royal necropolis, with nearly every …
Part of the La Defense skyline (from the esplanade outside the mall)
A train on the M1 line (the Arc de Triomphe is in the background, Neuilly in-between)
The Grande Arche from the back (Nanterre side)
The huge mall in La Defense, taken from the steps of the Grande Arche
Charlemagne, outside Notre Dame
Guinea Hens from a weekend bird market. I have yet to decide whether you’re supposed to eat them or not…
Fezzik In Paris 