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Paris: Royal Monceau Hotel - Hallway
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Here is a little teaser from where I had the pleasure of staying as a guest of the hotel itself when I was in Paris recently. The interiors are intricately and whimsically designed by Philippe Starck and I fell in love with them during my stay.
Here I am running down one of the hallways feeling like Alice in Wonderland.
I will be posting a huge photo-set from my time spent there later this week. But, I couldn’t resist posting this timed action self-portrait that I took with my Sony A7R. I set up my tripod in the hallway and used my phone to trigger the timer countdown on my camera. And then I ran and hoped for the best much to the amusement of some of the staff :).
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Paris: Montmartre street view of Sacré-Cœur Basilica
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And these streets
they falter
under the weight
of it all:
the joy,
the despair,
the endless
striving
for something,
anything
to
hold onto.
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Taken on an afternoon in Paris with my Sony A7R while wandering around Montmartre for hours with no particular plan.
Sometimes those are the best kind of afternoons.
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Paris: Sunset and the Eiffel Tower - Notre Dame View
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The clouds
opened
their palms,
storm-fingers
brushing against
the sunset
that caressed
the horizon.
And the bells
of Notre Dame
rang,
reverberating
over the rooftops
of Paris.
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This was taken on a typically moody Paris evening with my Sony A7R. I had climbed the 387 steps to the top of Notre Dame de Paris earlier in the week with a wonderful person who worked for , an organization that tends to the historic monuments and landmarks of Paris.
While standing on the highest platform of Notre Dame, I expressed to her that it would be incredible to photograph the sunset or even dusk from such an impressive vantage point.
Typically, throughout the year, access to the top of Notre Dame is restricted to the morning and afternoon hours. However, as fortune would have it, the summer hours had just started and evening access to the top of the cathedral which itself dates back to the 1100s would be starting later in the week.
Later in the week, I made my way up the 387 steps again later in the week on an evening when I wasn’t sure that the weather would cooperate. It didn’t really matter to me though. The view, in any weather condition, is nothing short of breath-taking.
I stood there as the storm clouds receded over Paris revealing a subdued sunset, a perfect backdrop for the tiny Eiffel Tower that stood in the distance.
And it was absolutely sublime.
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Paris - Light
I walked into my hotel today to the most stunning light I have ever seen in a hotel room.
It’s been a whirlwind of a few weeks. Really, it’s been a whirlwind of a few months.
And while my heart is heavy (incredibly so), it was enough to make me pause, take a deep breath, and just embrace the now, here in Paris.
Sometimes the now is all we really have.
And that can be beautiful.
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Paris - La Pagode
Paris has many hidden treasures.
One of them is La Pagode located in the 7th arondissement. It was on my original list of places to visit back in April but I never made it there.
Today’s rainy weather was perfect for a long walk from my hotel in Montmartre all the way down to Rue de Bablyone with an incredible stop at the (quite a hike!).
Built in 1896, it started out as a ballroom but was transformed into a theater in 1930. It is still in use today as a theater.
I literally dropped my bag when I entered the garden because I was overwhelmed by the emotional pull of the scene laid out before me. I stood there for a while watching the painter paint under the canopy of trees before taking photographs and sitting down for a while to savor the beauty.
What a perfect end to a whirlwind of a trip. I leave Paris early tomorrow morning with so many amazing memories.
Paris has a permanent spot in my heart.
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