On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.
From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.
I absolutely love the statues of the saints on Notre Dame, and that’s a great angle for the pic of “the guy” that Omnes loves; I love him, too. And as I scroll through the pictures, the stained glass at Sainte Chapelle seems almost 3-d and jumps right out at me. Please tell me that you guys are seeing that, too. ~WaterGirl
Omnes Omnibus
I tried to pick a few that other people haven’t shown yet.
Tuileries to the Arc de Triomphe.
Some saints on Notre Dame.
I can’t help it. I love this guy.
Invalides, the site of Napoleon’s tomb.
Invalides and the Eifel tower.
Sainte Chapelle. One of the few places I have been that just stunned me into silence. I am more accustomed to the austere stone of the Gothic churches in Protestant countries. The explosion of color everywhere was amazing.
Sacre Coeur
MomSense
Beautiful!
Lapassionara
These are great! Are they saints on Notre Dame? I thought they were the kings of Judah. Anyway, thanks
Wag
Great photos. I especially like the one of St Chappelle. Amazing color.
Lapassionara
This reminds me to ask why you travel? Some travel to be somewhere different. Some travel to be someone different. Which is it for you?
Barbara
Lovely! I saw Sainte Chappelle for the first time almost 30 years ago and I still haven’t gotten over it. I try to imagine the impression it made on those who saw it nearly 1000 years ago, who did not have tv or films or any artificial light except fire.
randy khan
That first photo of Ste. Chappelle is amazing. And I say that as someone who has a ton of photos of Ste. Chappelle because I love that place more than anything else in Paris.
Auntie Anne
Those are gorgeous pictures! Thank you.
Omnes Omnibus
@Lapassionara: Fuck if I know.
Lapassionara
Great answer.
BigJimSlade
@Omnes Omnibus: I think my version of ‘that guy’ shows up tomorrow night :-) But in yours I love how you can see Montmartre in the background.
Omnes Omnibus
@BigJimSlade: He does have a great panorama to look out at.
Omnes Omnibus
@randy khan: Pure luck. I was using a little pocket sized Canon.
satby
Beautiful pictures Omnes.
I seem to be the only person in the world who hasn’t been to Paris.
@Lapassionara: I’ve mostly travelled for work or volunteer vacations, so pretty exclusively third world countries. I prefer experiencing life like a local in the countries I visit, and on most of my trips we definitely live and eat like the people we work with. For some that wouldn’t be a vacation, but for me it’s the best kind.
MissWimsey
@Omnes Omnibus: those pocket-sized canons are good. My photos were taken with a canon powershot camera. I was pleased with the photos I captured in Paris and Amsterdam.
Comrade Colette Collaboratrice
Wonderful pix, especially the one of Sainte-Chapelle. I’m so glad we went there last time we were in Paris in December 2018. The window restoration is glorious, and the explanatory videos and signs about how they did it were fascinating. And I’ve mentioned it before, but my traveling companions all went across to Notre Dame, too, but I didn’t bother because I’d been so many times and it would always be there. Just like the redwoods. And we’d always be able to go back to Paris, because Americans are super special and can go anywhere. Right?
I might be leaking a few tears, just a little, right now.
John Revolta
I’ve got a picture of myself next to that guy with a similar expression on my face. Oughta try and find that.
Benw
God bless the gargoyles.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
I’m looking at a picture of that guy on my wall, taken from his other side by a photographer friend of ours.
Nope, false alarm. Just studied the picture on our wall some more and realized our guy has a beard and isn’t holding his chin in his hands. Different gargoyle.
@Lapassionara: They do look like kings as they seem to have crowns. One of them appears to be holding a lyre or some other musical instrument, I wonder what the significance of that might be? A lot of cathedrals have statues of bishops in positions like that.
Another Scott
@satby: Come sit 6 feet away from me on the Never Been to Paris bench.
Nice pictures, OO. Thanks.
Cheers,
Scott.
Yutsano
@Ceci n est pas mon nym: All gargoyles is good gargoyles. Or something along those lines.
A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)
@randy khan: Me too!
pacem appellant
Paris me manque. Cettes photos, je les adore. Merci.
donatellonerd
@Ceci n est pas mon nym: They are kings and the one with the lyre is David. I might once have known who the others are but …
great pictures.
Mary G
Thanks for putting up Sacred Couer. It was my favorite of all the Parisian churches I saw, maybe because I wasn’t elbow to elbow with hordes of Ugly Americans there.
opiejeanne
Your photos are great, but Sainte Chappelle, those are glorious. The first time we went they were about halfway through restoring the tall stained glass panels so these photos, yours and the others’ photos of Sainte Chappelle are wonderful to see
Thank you for sharing.
There go two miscreants
Nice! I like that first one but they are all good.
Omnes Omnibus
@There go two miscreants: I am glad someone commented on that one. I included it because I thought it was pretty cool.
Omnes Omnibus
Thanks for all the kind remarks.