Leaving Waterloo Station on the Eurostar (187mph, 2h 35min to Paris)

Mariott - 4 Stars. All the amenities you would expect... the big bed, nice view...

the flat screen..

and... The Book of Mormon?

Guards with assualt rifles under beneath the Eiffel Tower

Arc de Triomphe

looking up the Champs-Élysées toward La Défense (business district) and the Grande Arche

Sacré-Coeur

There is an hourly light show that lasts about about 5 minutes. "Ooh Ahh"

The Arc honors soldiers from Napoleon's days includes the tomb of the unknown soldier

I ordered a burger. This is what I got.

It was actually really good. The meat was way better then any burger I have ever had in Europe.

PSG's (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) store on the Champs-Élysées

Tony Parker is huge in France

Some things are easier to translate then others. This is clearly a magazine featuring women with large guts.

These bikes can be rented with a credit card all over the city as an alternative to public transit. Very cool. This truck is restocking a popular location.

Looking up at Tour (tower) Montparnasse from the famous Montparnasse Cemetery

At the time of construction (1972), it was the tallest building in Europe by roof height.

Two years after its completion, the construction of skyscrapers in the city centre was banned.

Jardin du Luxembourg, largest park in the city

It is the garden of the French Senate, which is housed in...

Luxembourg Palace.

Lots of runners and people relaxing

Someone torched this BMW

Notre Dame

one of the famous gargoyles

Door of the Judgement

north rose window

stations of the cross

another gargoyle

Hôtel de Ville (City Hall)

at first glance I thought this said "sandwiches & champagne" but it's really "sandwiches and company"

infront of the Louvre Pyramid

Hector Guimard designed Metro stop. He's widely considered today to be the most prominent representative of the French Art Nouveau movement of the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries.

Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel - Emperor Napoleon I commissioned it commemorate France's military victories