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Beginnings... |
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 That's the ticket, Aaron |
 Zhan is set |
The City of Lights |
 The Eiffel Tower can be seen from anywhere |
 A street in the business district |
 A fountain near the Louvre |
 M is for Metro and McDonald's |
 La Grande Arche de la Defense |
 There's a big thumb there as well |
 Notre Dame, as seen by Zhan |
 Notre Dame, as seen by Aaron |
 A nice little niche area |
 A view of Arc de Triomphe from Champs Elysees |
 The beautiful river Seine |
 The spiral staircase |
 Pere Lachaise cemetery |
 The grave of Jim Morrison |
 Memorial of Oscar Wilde |
 Sonya and Ed enjoy some Haagen Dazs |
 Sonya, Ed, and Zhan take a walk |
 That's one big vending machine |
 Aaron mails a postcard back home |
 A tribute to our friend Graeme |
 Zhan on a bridge |
 Zhan in some sand |
 Aaron in some sand |
 Gare du Nord train station |
 Hi Zhan |
 Sonya greets us at our hostel |
 Aaron takes a rest in the hostel |
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Eiffel Tower |
 The base of the Eiffel Tower |
 Another take of the base |
 Look at the lineup |
 Peace |
 Eiffel Tower - bright |
 Eiffel Tower - dark |
 Eiffel Tower - dusk |
 Eiffel Tower - Zhan, Ed, and Sonya |
Roland Garros |
 The legendary red clay of Roland Garros |
 Excuse me, how do I get to Wimbldeon? |
 Stade Roland Garros |
 The lucky spectators who have tickets |
 I have to view through the bushes |
 Or peek through the tarp |
 At least I get to kiss Martina |
Arc de Triomphe |
 Arc de Triomphe |
 Aaron is feeling triumphant |
 Aaron on top |
 Zhan on top |
 Aaron and Zhan on top |
 A decoration on the Arc |
 A view of the Eiffel Tower |
 A view of La Grande Arche |
 All roads lead to the Arc de Triomphe |
 Aaron descends the spiral staircase |
 That's not a parking lot, it's a roundabout |
 The Unknown Soldier |
 Aaron is planning our next stop |
Fondue |
 Aaron looks drunk |
 So does Zhan |
 Sonya and Ed might be as well |
 Whoever took this photo certainly was! |
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Louvre |
 The Louvre Pyramid is the main entrance |
 Look at the long lineup. We don't want to wait. |
 So Aaron takes a picture of me |
 And I take a picture of him |
 The pyramid from another angle |
 Smaller pyramids |
 This arc hides a secret entrance to the Louvre |
 Take a closer look and remember this when you go |
 Hold on, take a picture by the fountain first |
 One more picture before going inside |
 This is the pyramid from the inside |
 Greeted by the Winged Victory of Samothrace |
 And a very ugly face |
 Let's visit Mona |
 Tourists illegally flashing Mona |
 Zhan, Aaron, Mona, Ed |
 Let's go see Venus now |
 Lovers in a dangerous time |
 Getting a little Egyptian |
 With Ramses II |
 The Code of Hammurabi |
 Can you read Cuneiform? |
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 A view of the city from its tallest building |
 This building is taller than the Eiffel Tower |
 An exit sign...to a 209m drop to the ground |
 We're about to fall! |
 Look at those fools |
 It's Ed taking a picture of Sonya |
Versailles |
 Let's have a picnic |
 Let's visit Louis XIV |
 Beautiful courtyards |
 And lots of fountains |
 Let's take a closer look of that fountain |
 It has statues in the fountain |
 Ed, Zhan, and Sonya by a fountain |
 Gardens fill the fields |
 Sonya like this fountain |
 Ed controls a fountain |
 A symphony of water |
 They also have carriage rides |
 We are about to leave |
Hotel des Invalides |
 Beautiful on the outside |
 Beautiful on the inside |
 The tomb of Napoleon |
 Ouch! That must of hurt! |
 Aaron wants to be a knight |
 Ed, Sonya, and Zhan might also be invalids |
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