{"id":8235,"date":"2017-10-03T06:34:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T14:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/?p=8235"},"modified":"2017-10-03T06:34:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T14:34:25","slug":"paris-france-part-one-eiffel-tower-musee-de-lorangerie-le-palais-royal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/2017\/10\/03\/paris-france-part-one-eiffel-tower-musee-de-lorangerie-le-palais-royal\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris France Part One &#8211; Eiffel Tower &#8211; Mus\u00e9e de l&#8217;Orangerie &#8211; Le Palais Royal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our day in Paris started with a really, really early wake up call in London England. We had an 8:30 AM flight from\u00a0Heathrow International Airport to Paris France that required us being picked up from the hotel at 4:30 AM. The company providing the transport to the airport really, really wants you to arrive 3 hours before the flight. We did. In fact we made it to Heathrow so quickly we had to wait almost an hour just to check in as the Airline check in service doesn&#8217;t start till 6 AM. A short flight to Paris, and our 3 days there was ready to start.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sunset over Paris seen from the top of the Eiffel Tower.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8240\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-01.jpg\" alt=\"If you time you visit just right you can witness the sun setting over Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower\" width=\"939\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-01.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-01-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-01-768x610.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-01-340x270.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We are out of here. Goodbye London. Heathrow airport below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8241\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-02.jpg\" alt=\"The London countryside seen from our jet taking off from Heathrow Airport near London England\" width=\"939\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-02.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-02-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-02-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-02-362x270.jpg 362w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not only does it feature world famous art works inside, the Louvre Museum looks pretty nice outside.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8242\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-03.jpg\" alt=\"One of the several buildings that make up the Louvre Museum \" width=\"939\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-03.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-03-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-03-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-03-394x270.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Carrousel+Arc+de+Triomphe&amp;meta=lr%3D%26hl%3Den&amp;btnG=Google+Search\">Google<\/a> says the\u00a0 Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel was\u00a0 built between 1806 and 1808 to commemorate Napoleon&#8217;s military victories.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8243\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-04-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in Paris France\" width=\"939\" height=\"647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-04-1.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-04-1-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-04-1-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-04-1-392x270.jpg 392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After a very early breakfast and now in our second country of the day, it was time for lunch. This is the menu from our lunch stop at La Terrasse De Pomone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8244\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-05.jpg\" alt=\"Lunch Menu at La Terrasse de Pomone in Paris France\" width=\"939\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-05.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-05-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-05-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-05-322x270.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Big Wheel at the Place de la Concorde. Sometimes it&#8217;s all a matter of perspective. That statue in front the big wheel looks like it might be 50 feet tall when compared to the 200 foot tall big wheel. It&#8217;s not. It might be at most 12 feet tall. It was just all a matter of perspective.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8245\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-06.jpg\" alt=\"Roue de Paris on the Place de la Concorde - Paris France\" width=\"939\" height=\"736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-06.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-06-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-06-768x602.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-06-344x270.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">One of a couple Monet paintings at the\u00a0Mus\u00e9e de l&#8217;Orangerie.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8246\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-07.jpg\" alt=\"A painting by Monet inside the Orangerie Museum - Paris France\" width=\"939\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-07.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-07-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-07-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-07-349x270.jpg 349w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Palais Royal with a tourist sitting atop one of the black and white striped columns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8247\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-08.jpg\" alt=\"17th Century Le Palais Royal - Paris France\" width=\"939\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-08.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-08-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-08-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-08-386x270.jpg 386w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Two famous landmarks in Paris, my shoes and the stairs of the Eiffel Tower.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8248\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-09.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs which allow you to climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris France. I would suggest taking the elevator\" width=\"939\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-09.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-09-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-09-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-09-366x270.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you work your way to one of the windows on the elevator up the Eiffel Tower you can catch this view.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8249\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-10.jpg\" alt=\"View from elevator the takes one to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris France\" width=\"939\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-10.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-10-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-10-768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-10-439x270.jpg 439w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Amazing view of Paris from the 2nd floor of the Eiffel Tower. The third floor is all the way at the top.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8250\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-11.jpg\" alt=\"View from the very top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris France\" width=\"939\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-11.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-11-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-11-768x579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-11-358x270.jpg 358w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">View from the elevator going down to ground level in the Eiffel Tower.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8251\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-12.jpg\" alt=\"Taking the elevator down from the top of the Eiffel tower one sees that stairs the also take visitors to ground level - Paris France\" width=\"939\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-12.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-12-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-12-768x582.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Paris-France-12-356x270.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our day in Paris started with a really, really early wake up call in London England. We had an 8:30 AM flight from\u00a0Heathrow International Airport to Paris France that required us being picked up from the hotel at 4:30 AM. The company providing the transport to the airport really, really wants you to arrive 3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[]},"categories":[2692,4,3],"tags":[2704,2658,2705,2655,2706,2656],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8235"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8255,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8235\/revisions\/8255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}