{"id":1011,"date":"2006-06-25T00:41:33","date_gmt":"2006-06-25T07:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/?p=652"},"modified":"2006-06-25T00:41:33","modified_gmt":"2006-06-25T07:41:33","slug":"paris-day-25-catacombs-arc-de-triomphe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chasethelight.com\/blog\/paris-day-25-catacombs-arc-de-triomphe\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Day 2.5 \/ Catacombs \/ Arc de Triomphe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a HREF=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/062506a.jpg','','width=1200,height=800')\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/062506a.jpg\" class=alignleft WIDTH=925 border=\"1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom: 0.25em;\"><\/div>\n<p>The internet connection has been a bit dodgy the last few days. So this is a little late. Long days combined with exhaustion have left little time for writing, but now that we&#8217;re on a 9 hour train ride from Paris to Berlin it&#8217;s catch up time.<\/p>\n<p>Hopped over this morning to the Catacombs to check out millions of dead people. It&#8217;s unbelievable how many people are interred there. Millions. You really have to see the amount of bones to believe itIt&#8217;s another thing probably not great for the extremely claustrophobic. They frown on flash photos in there so it was good I brought the uberfast 50mm f1.4. I was able to grab a lot photos with it that would have been impossible otherwise. Of course Jill had a little shadow in the form a security guy down there that took a shine to her and held a flood lamp for her for almost the whole time we were in the catacombs. One of the benefits of being a girl. No dude&#8217;s going to be holding a light for me! I knew my photos would look better in natural light anyway. Heh heh. Bring a fast lens though.<\/p>\n<p>After the catacombs was The Orsay! Yea, I love you Orsay! Its collection of Impressionist paintings is remarkable. Got there a little late so I had to rush it a bit, but I did get to see almost everything I wanted to see including the Art Nouveau section with all its furniture pieces. Great great museum.<\/p>\n<p>Waited for Jill outside and then headed over to Champs de Elysee and the Arc de Triomphe. Didn&#8217;t go up in the Arc but walked down the Blvd. and looked at the shops. Got tired and headed home a little early. The hour time change from London still hasn&#8217;t clicked into my body. Was up until 2:30. It hasn&#8217;t been getting dark until almost 10:30 at night so that&#8217;s not helping.<\/p>\n<p>Catacombs &#8211; Cool! Champs de Elysee &#8211; No biggie. Arc de Triomphe &#8211; Nice. The Orsay &#8211; Rawk!<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/062506c.jpg','','width=1200,height=800')\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/062506c_th.jpg\" class=alignleft WIDTH=293 border=\"1\"\/><\/a> <a HREF=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/062506d.jpg','','width=1200,height=800')\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/062506d_th.jpg\" class=alignleft WIDTH=293 border=\"1\"\/><\/a> <a HREF=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/062506e.jpg','','width=1200,height=800')\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/062506e_th.jpg\" class=alignleft WIDTH=293 border=\"1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom: 0.25em;\"><\/div>\n<p><a HREF=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/062506f.jpg','','width=1200,height=800')\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/062506f.jpg\" class=alignleft WIDTH=925 border=\"1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom: 0.25em;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The internet connection has been a bit lacking the last few days&#8230;.  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