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| Breakfast from Beatrix
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| Pain aux raisins from Beatrix, the same bakery I tried the day before.
Definitely good. Had a bit of butter inside (not surprising given the
other pastry I had from the bakery) and the dough was fairly buttery
naturally. The butter was not overwhelming.
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| En Route to Notre Dame
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Hotel de Ville, the ornate town hall, is a 19th century reconstruction
of a 17th century building.
Di Yin says the 18th century was a
time of lots of nostalgia.
| Hotel de Ville straight-on.
| Cars sometimes get to drive right along the Seine. This shot looks west
toward Pont Notre Dame bridge and Pont au Change bridge beyond it.
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| La Fete du Pain
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| A short, ninety-degree panoramic video showing the setting for the Fete
du Pain (party of bread).
| Some of the many ovens and cooling racks used.
| Action shot of a senior baker making some sort of rolled bread.
| Action shot making a folded bread.
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| Demonstration twisted dough.
| Other demonstration shapes. Or should I say sculpted dough?
| Women bakers.
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| In one section of the pavilion, bakers had their profiles posted.
| Bakers hobnobbing with each other. This area was roped off.
| There were a few sculptures made entirely of bread. I liked this one
the best.
| When we visited the pavilion again an hour later, we saw students being
given lessons by the bakers.
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Di Yin peering into the stands across from the pavilion to see what
items they have for sale.
Yes, that's Notre Dame in the background.
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| Notre Dame: Exterior
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We once walked at night by Notre Dame and its gargoyles. Apparently the
former link is the only picture of I have of Notre Dame's front.
| The north side of Notre Dame.
| The east end of the cathedral as seen above Square Jean XXIII. Note the
flying buttresses.
| Flowers in Square Jean XXIII.
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| Notre Dame's south rose windows.
| On the previous day (May 15), while wandering around the Latin Quarter
Di Yin spotted Notre Dame from afar. We trotted closer to view it from
this angle. What a great perspective! Excellent. This picture
is high-resolution. I moved it here (along with two other shots of
Notre Dame I took the previous day) in order to group most of my Notre
Dame shots together.
| The same shot with slightly different composition. Also taken on May
15.
| Notre Dame, another angle. This picture was also taken on May 15.
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| Looking straight up the reliefs above one of the grand entrances.
Excellent.
| You can always spot strange scenes if you look closely at the sculptures
flanking any of the grand entrances. For instance, a saint holding his
own head will always strike me as odd. Also, see the dwarf-ish man
below, shoved into the same space given to a dragon, a lion, and a bird.
| A cute baby lion guarding a (his?) book.
Also marginally relevant: I've had a bookmark since I was a kid that
says, "This book protected by an attack cat."
| Inside Notre Dame, a model of Notre Dame. This picture looks at the
west end (the main entrance) and the north side.
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| The north side and the east end.
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