Gentle Friends... with the tragic fire on the Ile de la Cite at Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday got me to thinking about some past visits to Paris and so I dug up some of my own photos...
... this is my favourite tea shop on the left bank where you can get...
... a pot of tea and some delicious cream filled choux... and while you enjoy this treat you can sit an look at this view...
... I took this shot of the towers of Notre Dame sitting at Odette...
... here's a shot of the front...
... from the Petit Pont (or Small Bridge)...
... here's a shot of the now lost roof and 19th-century spire taken from the Pont de l'Archeveche (the Archbishops Bridge)
... and a shot of the gardens at the back of the church... all the roof structure is gone along with the spire. There was so much loss but there was so much saved... I've been really lucky to have been able to visit Paris quite a few times and to see this wonderful structure both inside and out.
.... and a shot I lifted from the interent of the high alter amid the ruble.
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