Chuck: The tower is always lit during the Xmas season - good for
tourism they say ...
Nice series of night shots Nathan - sometimes flare doesn't count :-)
Nathan and Tarek, I wish I had been there.
But I'm still coming from Dec 12th to 19th.
Amitiés
Philippe
Le 30 nov. 12 à 02:37, Chuck Norcutt a écrit :
> The couple shot is very good as is the shot of the Seine and Eiffel
> tower. Is the lighting on the tower relatively new? I haven't been
> in
> Paris for very many years and don't remember the tower lighting.
> But I
> was also working late at night so perhaps just never saw it.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 11/29/2012 5:10 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> I just got back from a couple of days in Paris. It was a business
>> trip, so not many pictures, but here is an amuse-bouche from
>> Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
>>
>> Tuesday, November 27th:
>>
>> I arrived in Paris Tuesday evening, made my way from Orly to the
>> city. Walking to my hotel from the RER station:
>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!
>> i=2244355717&k=ns4CGhj&lb=1&s=O
>>
>> I met up with Tarek on Place Saint Michel, from where we walked to
>> a beer bar. Tarek had some difficulties with the new Apple maps:
>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!
>> i=2244356145&k=KBGLzJd&lb=1&s=O
>>
>> We did find the bar, for some reason it was called the Mayflower,
>> but never mind, it had lots of good Belgian beers on tap, including
>> Tripel Karmeliet and Delirium Tremens. All were served in regular
>> UK half pint and pint glasses, a really strange experience:
>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!
>> i=2244356514&k=nBjqsLK&lb=1&s=O
>>
>> After a few hours of this, we hit the metro and went to our
>> respective homes (in my case, a dumpy Best Western hotel):
>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!
>> i=2244356784&k=N6tRNkr&lb=1&s=O
>>
>> Wednesday, November 28th:
>> I spent all day in an OECD conference room, and making a
>> presentation to a heavyweight audience with a hangover is no fun.
>> But I survived, and in the evening I went out for dinner with a
>> group of economists from the US, Europe, Canana, the UK.
>> Afterwards, while walking to the metro to go back to my hotel, I
>> spotted this nice couple of Avenue Victor Hugo:
>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!
>> i=2244357843&k=J2XjNpf&lb=1&s=O
>>
>> And then I took the metro from Charles de Gaulle-Etoile, walked to
>> my hotel in the rain at the other end, and hit the bed.
>>
>> Paris is magic.
>>
>> All pictures with the Fuji X100 toy camera.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>>
>>
>> YNWA
>>
>>
>>
>>
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