Paris Pictures

A couple of weeks ago, I linked to a blogger who is showing his Paris pictures. I have a couple of good ones too. These were taken in 1996 so they are scanned from prints rather than being digital pictures. I attended a conference at Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Manchester, England and took a few days vacation in London and Paris. My most vivid memory is the train trip to London from Manchester. There was, maybe, a quarter inch of snow and the whole country just seemed to shut down. What should have been a fairly short train ride ending up taking most of the afternoon. That night, even the Tube was running very late.

The photo results of the trip were disappointing, though the trip itself was great. I haven't ever gotten all the decent ones scanned, so this post will just have a couple. Someday I'll get the others scanned and will post. I'll also post my photos from a trip to Rome sometime.

	The first one is my favorite, the Eiffel Tower at night, shot from the Trocadero. I remember carrying my equipment up there to take the picture, and while I'm setting up a woman trying to hawk postcards of the Tower. I thought it was funny and told her I was making my own. In both London and Paris, I was trying my hand at night photography, and this was one of the best results. Unfortunately, the original slide is long lost and all I have is one print.
	This is the Tower in the day. The light isn't great, but I like the perspective.
	This is a more artistic picture taken through an arch at the Louvre. This has always been one of my favorite pictures. I was into using objects like arches or trees to frame my images.

Like I said, just a couple of pictures, but ones I'm proud of. I would love to be a travel blogger. Travel the world with a laptop and a digital camera, take pictures, and write about the experiences. Ah well.