Saturday, August 11, 2012

Paris: Pantheon & Crypt



Despite its impressive size, its elaborate decoration, being the resting place for some very famous Frenchies (Victor Hugo, Voltaire, Rousseau, Marie Curie, Alexandre Dumas), and containing Foucault's pendulum which demonstrated the rotation of the Earth, the Pantheon was virtually deserted compared to Paris's other famous sites. That was fine by us, though. After the insanity of the Louvre, Notre Dame, even Shakespeare & Co. (that bookstore is packed!), a cool, quiet, beautiful place with a lot of benches is a welcomed change of pace.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your pictures made me feel the essence and mood. It was wonderful.
Thank you.
Mom

kyleen said...

The Pantheon is so beautiful! I hope I can visit it one day.