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| Lunch at Comptoir Mediterranee
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| We found an adorable little deli, Comptoir Mediterranee, that
served food from Lebanon.
| Di Yin in front of the deli counter. The menu, in chalk, hangs above
the ovens.
| My poulet au citron (kebab) sandwich. The chicken had been marinated in
lemon juice and grilled like a kebab. It was made into a folded
flatbread sandwich with lots of hummus and also spinach,m tomato and
then grilled. (That's why I couldn't open it up to photograph the
innards.)
The pen is for scale.
| Feuillete aux epinards (spinach-filled triangle).
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| Insides. Very spinachy.
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| Jardin des Plantes Quarter
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| Intricate metal screens cover the facade of the Institut de Monde Arabe,
the Arab cultural institute. I read that the holes in the screens can
enlarge or tighten to alter the amount of light entering the building.
| Looking down in a second-century Roman arena, Arenes de Lutece, now
rediscovered and restored.
| The leafy, curving path to the top of the arena.
| Another view of the arena and the men playing bocce ball within.
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| A panoramic video of the arena.
| The entrance to the Jardin des Plantes (Paris's botanical garden).
| Across the street from the entrance to the botanical garden is a
memorial to the naturalist Georges Cuvier. Notice the alligator!
| Flowers in the garden.
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| Innumerable rows of labeled plants in the back of the botanical gardens.
| One side of the Grande Mosquee de Paris (Paris's Mosque) complex. It's
Hispanic-Moorish style.
| Its minaret.
| The entrance.
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| A panorama of its garden courtyard. The walkway looks misleadingly like
water, but the only water is near the fountains.
| The mosque's largest inner gateway.
| Its door and handle.
| One room. Note the chandeliers and the stained glass.
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| The courtyard in front of the prayer hall. Note Di Yin sitting and
reading. You can also see my backpack.
| A close-up of the tiling and writing on the courtyard's walls.
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I didn't photograph the prayer hall itself.
| Rue Mouffetard, a street packed with restaurants and cafes.
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| A cross-street packed with outdoor seating.
| Further down Rue Mouffetard. I like the look of this street, especially
the lamps and eyeglass sticking out of the wall on the right side.
| The market section of the street.
| We grabbed a crepe as a snack from the joint with the orange signboard
at left.
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| Our nutella and banana crepe.
| We climbed the fence to sit in this round "square" to eat.
| Saint Etienne du Mont church. I like how it seems to step and reach
higher and higher into the sky.
| A high-resolution shot of the Pantheon. It's colossal. Note the
detailed pediment.
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| Another perspective of the Pantheon, to see more of its upper-level
colonnaded dome. I saw it from
afar earlier in the day.
| I took my favorite picture of the Pantheon when I walked by the
following day (May 18th). I like this shot because it clearly includes
all the levels of the Pantheon. Also notice the tiny
figures--people--allowed onto the second level.
| A sample of the reliefs on the front wall and the ceiling. I created
this image by combining two exposures, one of the reliefs (in shadow)
and one of the columns (in bright sunlight).
| A close-up of the excellent tops of the Pantheon's corinthian
columns.
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