It was cold and raining when I took this picture of the Notre Dame at 5pm in November. 4 deg C and my fingers felt like they were falling off. One often wonders, what the heck!
Notre Dame at a better time at 2pm, sky was clear and temperature was about 10 deg C. Bearable.
Me in Chateau du Vincennes. Summer sun on my 9th trip to Paris. Temperature 34 deg C, that is why I am hiding in the shade.
Placed the camera on the bridge ledge on self timer and ran for a shot of myself. I propose visitors to Paris to stay around here, hotels are 30% cheaper than Grand Blvd areas and things are 40% to 50% than downtown Paris where coffee standing at the bar costs about 1.90 Euros, here, seated and with croissant costs only 2.50 Euros. What the world are talking about, the Singaporean will protest....we have a big bowl of famous East Coast Road Prawn noodles for that! Or a big bowl of AH CHWEE Pig Giblets Soup in Geylang! 6 Chopsticks on Makansutra for both!
Well, in Europe, you get to pay top dollars for low quality food unlike Singapore, the haven of gastronomy!
I was driving the rental Opel Meriva on Summer tyres and when I reached Nancy, it was minus 8 deg C and I was sliding all over the place at speeds up to 150 km/h on the Autobahn.....my rally racing days skills come in handy here.
Notre Dame. If you think its Paris then you are wrong.......tehhhhhh.....its in Rheims. This is where the Wehrmacht met the Allies, had it not been clear skies, Patton would have lots his pants here and then some. The bullets are still lodged in most of the buildings here. This is the capital city of Lorraine. Click on the photos to see the larger views.