These photos were taken from atop the Tour Montparnasse in the section of Paris near my hotel. It was a cloudy overcast day (as it was all week), so I had to enhance some of the photos, but you can get the idea.

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A nearby neighbothood.

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This cemetery is just one street behind my hotel.

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The famous Paris ferris wheel.

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Close-up of a neighborhood.

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View atop the building

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Uno what...

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This it the Pantheon. Front kinda looks like the Parthenon.

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Main street

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Even in Paris. Lots of McDonalds, too.

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This is the Military School on the mall leading up to the Eiffel tower

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Grand Palace

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Another famous church -- St. Francis Xavier

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Another view from on top

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Small palace

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The Arc de Triomphe. See Photo Set 2 for more.

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What the window washers use

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I was pretty sure this was an important place when I took the photo. I found out later it is the Louvre.

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Looks like they are renovating this one.

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Notre Dame Cathedral. See Photo Set 3 for more.

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Some kind of park. Notre Dame in the background

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Street scene

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Didn't know what this was so I took a photo of it.

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My hotel. My room is circled in RED.

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Shopping place near my hotel.

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Just down the street from my hotel

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Looking up Montparnasse tower from the street.

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This was the tall building I was on top of - the Tour Montparnasse, which I think translates simply Montparnasse Tower.