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Invocation of science
This would have been slightly more interesting if I’d known it while I was there, but there are 72 names on the Eiffel Tower; Gustave Eiffel called it “an invocation of science” because of his concerns over protests against the tower. It doesn’t sound especially plausible, that a list of names would calm down protesters, but the very existence of the tower indicates that it worked. I guess.
(Click for a larger view, and you can see them, at the bottom of that rectangular section.)
Eiffel Tower
Paris
photographed 6.8.2017
Follow
Well, in spite of those very simple instructions (that were even in English!), I actually failed to follow the rabbit.
along Rue Saint-Rustique
Montmartre
Paris, France
photographed 6.9.2017
The observer
This guy did me a huge favor by looking at the buskers across the street at exactly the moment I made this photo. Merci, random French guy!
along Rue Norvins
Montmartre
Paris, France
photographed 6.9.2017
Street-side wares
An open-air shop display caught my attention – I liked these whimsical pieces. The fact that they were bolted to that shelf sort of made the whimsy evaporate, though.
along Rue des Saules
Montemartre
Paris, France
photographed 6.9.2017
