Paris Travelog #4 – Second Photo Essay

Did you all read the previous post on the French Revolution by Priya Raju. If not, you may want to read it before reading this post which is a companion photo essay.

Don’t know if my photos will do justice to the grandeur of the Versailles Palace that Priya described so well. I have always wanted to try a photosynth and decided to try it with the Versailles Palace photos. Hope you all like it?

The famous Hall of Mirrors in the Versailles looked like this. It is a real spectacle to see this in person.

There is a special garden created for the queen outside her room’s window in the Versailles. When we saw it was covered in snow. Still you could imagine how nice it would look in spring. Legend has it that Marie Antoinette had gardeners plant fresh flowers in the garden even if it is not in season.

Her bedroom inside the palace looked like this.

I could go on and on with photos of the Versailles, but i stop here for want of space.

Priya referred to the Place de la Concord as a picnic spot in her post. Here is how it looks.

The Obelisk looks magnificent. The day we landed, we did an illumination city tour and i managed to capture a good photo of the Obelisk illuminated.

The same obelisk without the illumination looks like this.

The infamous Marie Antoinette’s cell looked like this in the Conciergerie with 2 soldiers watching over her 24×7.

Epilog
We will be interrupting our Paris Travelog series to post the Blog Pongal – the best posts of Year 2009, the 5th year we will be doing that. If you have any suggestions on the best posts of 2009, please mention it in the comments section. The next post in the series on the Louvre will be published after that.

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    Arunava Bose said January 10, 2010, 10:53 pm:

    Stunning pictures. Thanks for sharing.

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    Sukumar (subscribed) said January 10, 2010, 10:53 pm:

    Thanks for the kind words Arunava.

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    Priya Raju said January 10, 2010, 10:56 pm:

    Sukumar – If only you had taken a pic of the barbe-a-papa.

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    Raghu (subscribed) said January 10, 2010, 11:06 pm:

    Excellent collections sukumar!. It makes me remembered my Paris trip during last winter.
    Keep us posted more!.

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    Srinivasan Venkatarajan said January 11, 2010, 12:42 am:

    Paris…through Sukumar’s lens 🙂
    Nice Pictures.

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    Ila (subscribed) said January 11, 2010, 5:00 am:

    Nice Pics Sukumar! I know you are a excellent blogger… Now we get to see the photography skills too :)) Awesome….

    Looking forward to seeing more of Paris….

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    Ramya said January 11, 2010, 4:05 pm:

    After reading / seeing the first photo essay, I had been looking forward to the second one. I loved it because it did contain the typical Eiffel Tower during day, when illuminated, from the dinner cruise etc. pics. I know quite a number of people who feel they have seen Paris if they have seen Eiffel Tower and I think I should share your photo essay with them.

    Both you and Priya are doing a good job of bringing about the beauty, sights, culture (and of course History) of Paris in your respective posts. Looking forward to more of the Paris Travelog series.

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    Sukumar (subscribed) said January 11, 2010, 5:38 pm:

    Priya,
    Yeah right. LOL.

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    Sukumar (subscribed) said January 11, 2010, 5:39 pm:

    Thanks for the kind words Raghu. Yes depending on Priya’s essays, i plan to do atleast one more photo essay.

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    Sukumar (subscribed) said January 11, 2010, 5:39 pm:

    Thanks for the kind words Srini.

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    Sukumar (subscribed) said January 11, 2010, 5:40 pm:

    Ila,
    Thanks for the kind words. Yes there is atleast one more photo essay coming up.

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    Sukumar (subscribed) said January 11, 2010, 5:41 pm:

    Thanks Ramya for the kind words. Yes, Priya is going to do a few more posts on Paris and i am planning atleast one more photo essay.

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    Ramya said January 11, 2010, 8:26 pm:

    Read my line:

    I had been looking forward to the second one. I loved it because it did contain the typical Eiffel Tower during day, when illuminated, from the dinner cruise etc. pics.

    as

    I had been looking forward to the second one. I loved it because it did NOT contain the typical Eiffel Tower during day, when illuminated, from the dinner cruise etc. pics.

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    Megz said January 11, 2010, 8:58 pm:

    Lovely pics sukumar… the garden was superb and the illuminated obelisk splendid 😀

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    Sudhakar said January 11, 2010, 10:15 pm:

    Brilliant follow up to the previous post Sukumar. The photosynth was well done. Looking forward to the blog pongal. 🙂

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    rajagopal sukumar (subscribed) said January 11, 2010, 10:35 pm:

    thanks Ramya for the correction. I guessed as much.

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    rajagopal sukumar (subscribed) said January 11, 2010, 10:35 pm:

    Thanks for your kind words Meghana. Glad you liked the pics.

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    rajagopal sukumar (subscribed) said January 11, 2010, 10:37 pm:

    Thanks for the kind words Sudhakar. Glad you liked the photosynth.

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    pk.karthik said January 12, 2010, 9:32 am:

    Great Photos Sukumar..Photosynth is really good.

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    rajagopal sukumar (subscribed) said January 13, 2010, 1:56 pm:

    Thanks for the kind words Karthik.

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    Vamsi said January 13, 2010, 5:09 pm:

    Sukumar, I agree with Ramya. Lovely post.

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    rajagopal sukumar (subscribed) said January 13, 2010, 7:21 pm:

    Thanks Vamsi for your kind words.

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    Ranjit said January 14, 2010, 2:11 pm:

    Thanks for these pictures Sukumar. Next stop, Paris 🙂

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    Sukumar (subscribed) said January 14, 2010, 2:38 pm:

    Thanks Ranjit. Have fun in Paris.

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    Ranjit said January 14, 2010, 5:16 pm:

    Oh, that was just wishful thinking seeing your pics 🙂 Liked the Photosynth idea..seeing it for the first time.

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