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| Jardin du Luxembourg
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| The Palais du Luxembourg in the Jardin du Luxembourg now houses the
French Senate. There's something perfectly idyllic about this shot, but
I can't place it.
View the full-size, high-resolution image to see the details on the
people, statues, reliefs, etc.
| Close-up.
| A 360 degree panoramic video of the park's octagonal pool (including its
model sailboats and its ducks), the Palais du Luxembourg, and its many
grassy areas.
| Di Yin sitting by the octagonal pool.
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Statues are dotted around the park.
| As shown in this photo, the park has many tree-dotted areas with
scattered seats. Happily, the trees are packed closely enough to yield
continuous shade.
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The outside ring of the park has lots of playgrounds, playing courts,
etc.
| A tree-lined grassy strip in the park, covered with many people
relaxing. I created this image by combining two exposures, one set for
the sunny left side of the picture, the other set for the shaded right
side. The result looks otherworldly.
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| One part of the park has a view of the Pantheon.
| Fontaine (fountain) Medicis, a nice place to read. Note how every chair
is occupied.
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There's actually a fountain on the other side. It's less elaborate than
the Baroque sculptures on this side.
| Close-up.
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| I think these plants along the fountain's pool look like big smiles.
| This one at first made me think of a heart.
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| Latin Quarter
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| Ecole Polytechnique in the Latin Quarter. It's one of France's best
universities.
| A relief portraying the tools of knowledge. Excellent for its
interesting content.
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| Sorbet from Berthillon
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| I'd planned for us to stop at Berthillon, a notable sorbet shop,
at some point during our trip to Paris. This was the first day we were
near it when it was open. A section with waiter service is on the left;
the take-out section is on the right.
| Berthillon's sorbet containers are the smallest I've seen at any shop of
this type.
| Excellent taste and and picture.
Melon sorbet (left) - better than I recall the one
in Rome being. Certainly better than my frozen melon that I make at
home.
Wild strawberry (right), with three pieces of frozen strawberries -
maybe made from the super-strawberries I
previously discussed.
| Di Yin's flavors: banana (left) and raspberry with rose (right) (very
rose-y). Similarly good.
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| We sate some sorbet in front of the store and some on the banks of the
Seine not far from this picturesque spot. Excellent?
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| Dinner at Home
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| We ate dinner at home: leftover vegetarian soup and a baked eggplant
dish that we bought from a market a few days prior.
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| Fodder for Jardin des Tuileries Pool Panorama
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| Fodder for One Monet Panorama
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