Doors, Decorations and Street Lights in Paris, France

Various doors, decorations and a bunch of street lights from our trip to Paris.

This sort of decoration on a wall just makes my day.  Why doesn't the United States do this sort of thing on our houses?

And the doors are amazing!

Street light.

Street light outside the Hotel De Ville.

A modern street light outside some less than well cared for shutters above.

Walls have all sorts of interesting decorations.  Translations in comments please!

Der wife in Montmarte.  Pretty sure someone famous lived here once.

Another interesting house in Montmarte.

Saint Paul Saint Louis in Marais, Paris France

Saint-Paul Saint-Louis isn't a hugely famous church, but it must have been recently reconstructed; looking at google street view, the church facade is obscured by construction.  Both the outside and the inside are quite pretty.  There is a Delacroix inside, though I unfortunately didn't notice it.  :-(

The view from across the street; still can't quite see the entire building.

Wonderful red door.  I see a red door and I want it painted black.  Notice the beggars on the left and right side doors.  Every door to every church in Paris seemed to have it's assigned beggar there requesting alms.  But rarely were there more than one per door.

The upper portion of the facade.

A close-up of the clock.  Wouldn't that look great on your kitchen wall?

The side door opens onto another street.  Very odd from an American cities comprised of square blocks perspective.  A better view of the left door beggar on the right of the photo.

The ceiling inside is magnificent.  See the perspective on the dome here.

And the ceiling of the nave.  Gorgeous.

And the magnificent organ.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis

Street Scenes Lisbon and Ericeira

People out in the streets.

Walking the narrow streets of Lisbon.  Typical walls and sidewalk.

Cards in Ericeira.

Why?  Where do you skateboard?

The gaily colored umbrellas of street cafes in Ericeira. Heck. Gaily colored everything in Ericeira.

Sumol signs. Beach through road. Birds on lights. Couple. Borat.

Splash!

Ocean spray.  All taken from the same spot.

Spray!

The ocean catches its breath.

Farther along on the beach as the water drains back to ocean.

Signs of Portugal

Entertaining signs from Portugal

No poodles allowed.

For tourists who don't like tourism?

This being at a religious monument, and given that the bathrooms are not "down below", I can only assume this means that in Hell, men and women are separated by partitions.

No cows on the bridge!  Unless the cow is equipped with the Via Verde (Green Lane) automatic toll payment system.  No bikes, carts or pedestrians. Also, no blue.  (Okay, that means no stopping).

In a surf-side town, I found this message rather sweet.

Sightseeing in Lisbon

Photos of major and minor tourist destinations.

Cristo Rei is a statue of Jesus on a huge pedestal on the south bank of the Tagus overlooking Lisbon. Taken from the viewing platform at the base of the statue, at the top of the pedestal.

View of the Ponte 25th de Abril, modeled after the Golden Gate, taken from the viewing platform on Cristo Rei.

A typical bar in Lisbon.  Okay, not so typical, upscale and older than many bars.

Ornate metal work on the 19th century Santa Justa Elevador near Rossio.  Lisbon is quite hilly; the elevator was built as an actual transportation project.

The tile flooring of the Elevador.

View of the hilltop Castelo de São Jorge, Lisbon's moorish castle.

 Amoreiras buildings in Lisbon.

A windmill (looking rebuilt) in Ericeira.  The one picture not from Lisbon.

What's on Your Roof?

A few roofs in Lisbon.

Roof gardens are rare.  Grass is even rarer.  Looks quite lovely.

Red tile is ubiquitous.

Stark picture with telecommunications equipment on roof, a common sight.