Indisputably the best ice cream in Paris.

The back of Notre Dame.

Meditation on the edge of Ile St. Louis.

The front of Notre Dame.

All kinds of birds on offer at Le Marche d'Oiseaux.

One of the best ways to see Paris, on a boat tour along the Seine.

Musée d'Orsay… a beautiful converted train station.

This statue of a Zouave soldier on Pont de l'Alma is used to gauge the height of the Seine. During Paris' worst flood, the water level reached his neck!

Pictures just don't do it justice...

This is the smallest house in all of Paris. Not much more than two metres wide.

Although it looks wooden, the Pont au Double is constructed from cast iron.

The Conciergerie where Marie Antoinette was held before meeting the guillotine.

The arch angel Michel slaying demons.

In France, even the birds kiss this way...

… not to mention what else they do!

The acts of one-up-manship on display at Cimetière Père-Lachaise must truly be seen to be believed.

The most famous grave here...

Right beside Morrison's grave, which is cordoned off is this tree full of used gum that visitors leave behind as an offering. Yum!

Our first try going to the Arc de Triomphe was thwarted by a ceremony being held to honour France's veterans.

Ladurée's shop proper was closed for renovations, but they were still selling their signature macarons in a street side tent.

Les Champs-Élysées looking towards Place de la Concorde's obelisk.

… and looking back up Les Champs-Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe.

The oldest monument in Paris is the 3,300 year old Obélisque de Louxor looted from Egypt in 1833.

A traditional galette brettone, enjoyed in a crêperie in Dinan, Brittany.

And of course the meal wouldn't be complete without some sweet crêpes to go with the savoury galettes.

Dinan is full of these half timbered medieval dwellings.

Le Mont Saint-Michel, a surreal church/town built upon a hill in the middle of a tidal pool.

Nothing says metal more than a patent leather handbag.

Le Panthéon de Paris holds the remains of France's most treasured citizens.

Cheese at Formagerie Androuet on rue Mouffetard.

The tower twinkles at the top of every hour, though they were hard to capture without a tripod.

I.M. Pei glass pyramid in the courtyard of the Musée du Louvre

Arc de Triomphe de Carousel

The Louvre just goes on and on… it's hard to capture the scale in a photo.

Sacré Coeur on Montmartre as seen from the top of Musée d'Orsay.

Skirting the law by taking this illicit photo inside the Musée d'Orsay where cameras are not allowed. Seconds later I had security guards descend upon me with wagging fingers.

Musée d'Orsay again.

Relaxing around the fountain in Jardin du Luxembourg.

That prized possession is the bottom of an ice cream cone and its wrapper.

A peaceful seat on the bank of the Seine.

Our favourite mode of transport, the Vélib.