Paris is beautiful. Its architecture, fountains, and statues are decorated in minute detail. From what I had been told, I expected the people to be rude and to snub my broken French. This was not my experience. People very politely corrected my French.

Notre Dame with its upper stories newly cleaned.

View from the top of Notre Dame.

The Seine.

Toys in the fountain outside the Centre Pompidou.

Fountains and statues are ubiquitous.

Each design is unique.