What were they (again) thinking?

There's that "Dark City" wallpaper again. This time it's The Courtyard in Ronkonkoma, NY.

Mike in Paris - The view from butte Montmartre.

Montmartre is the highest point in Paris; photos can only hint at the grand view.



The Eiffel Tower, from butte Montmartre.



As there are some 300 steps, I used my transit pass to ride the "Funiculaire de Montmartre" to the top.

Mike in Paris - How we roll in Paris.

Hit the photo booth (in many Metro and RER stations) for the picture you'll stick on the self-adhesive patch of the "Navigo Découverte" companion ID card. The patch is smaller than the picture; trimming is required.



Because of the included admission discounts, the "Paris Visite" transit pass may be a good buy, if your plans include plenty of typical "tourist" spots.




After you've obtained your transit pass, just find a Metro station and roll.

Browse to transilien, dot com, for details. You'll have to read the pages in French for information regarding the Navigo Découverte pass.

Mike in Paris - It's a bridge! It's art!

Stop, you're both right!

The Rue de la Convention bridge, adjacent to the Javel RER C train station.

Mike in Paris - Notre Dame

It's a pretty good crowd, for a Saturday...



No power tools, but there it is.



This fellow was banging out good, I mean really good, classical music on that steel drum. Street performers don't normally impress me, but for these tunes, I tossed a two euro coin in his instrument case.

Mike in Paris - R.I.P., Jim Morrison

Yeah, a guy old enough to have seen The Doors play at The Whiskey just had to find it.



It's a shame the cover stone has not been replaced.



The map just inside the gate tags Jim as Number 30.



If you're looking for Morrison, use the Rue de Repos entrance. It's just a few hundred meters north from the Philippe Auguste station on Metro train number 2.

Mike in Paris - The Tower

That's a lot of iron.



The long view from the Parc du Champs de Mars.



As with any large iron structure, The Eiffel Tower needs constant maintenance to keep the thing from turning into a big pile of rust. These workers have the swell job of chipping away at the old paint.