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Pictures - Europe 2003 - Part 2 (Owner: dvsing)
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Fountains on the way to the Eiffel Tour
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Getting closer...
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Crossing the Seine River
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At the base of the Eiffel Tour
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..So close that I can't quite fit the whole base into the frame
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Looking up to the top
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Getting into the elevator
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Elevator operator and controls
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We begin our ascent up to the 2nd platform (we were unable to go to the 3rd platform because it was closed)
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The elevator to go back down
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Elevator tracks up one of the legs
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An elevator on it's diagonal ascent up one of the legs
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Just after dinner following a long day of walking around Paris
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Day 2 in Paris and we visit the Louvre
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Crown Jewels
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Lookup up into the Pyramid at the Louvre from the inside
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Picture taken outside the Louvre
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Picture taken outside the Louvre
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Louvre metro stop
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I'm not quite sure what that sign means =)
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Notre Dame Cathedral
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Gare du Nord train station
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Bullet trains (TGV, etc) at Gare du Nord
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A sign near our hotel, telling people to clean up after their dogs. From personal experience, not many people payed attention to this sign. Watch your step in Paris.
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Information sign at the Gare du Nord
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There's our train leaving for Bruxelles - Midi
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Outside Gare du Nord
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Outside Gare du Nord
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Getting ready to board the TGV train to Belgium
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Boarding the TGV to Belgium
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Compact dog belonging to the woman who sat across from me on the TGV. She kept it in her bag the whole time and I didn't even notice it until halfway through the ride.
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Bruxelles Tram from Midi station
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Jeff getting his bearings
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