France

Western Europe, 2000 — 89 photographs

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Chartres

The fast ferry Portsmouth Express berthed in fog — Cherbourg, France (July 2000)

Passport control corridor at the ferry terminal — Cherbourg or Roscoff, France (July 2000)

Glowing stained-glass rose window and lancets — Chartres, France (4-9 July 2000)

The carved stone choir screen with statue groups — Chartres, France (4-9 July 2000)

The west front and spires of Chartres Cathedral — Chartres, France (4-9 July 2000)

The carved tour du choeur screen — Chartres, France (4-9 July 2000)

A medieval lancet window glowing in the dark — Chartres, France (4-9 July 2000)

Three twelfth-century lancet windows — Chartres, France (4-9 July 2000)

Disneyland Paris

Winnie the Pooh stage show before the castle at Disneyland — Disneyland Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

The Orbitron ride and Space Mountain at Disneyland — Disneyland Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

Performers with parasols on a brightly lit theatre stage — Disneyland Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

Crowds wandering the Frontierland area at Disneyland — Disneyland Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

The Bienvenue welcome arch at the Disneyland entrance — Disneyland Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

The pink Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland — Disneyland Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

Shelves of plush Mickey and Minnie toys in a Disney shop — Disneyland Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000)

Baloo and King Louie plush toys on shop shelves — Disneyland Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000)

The Disney Hotel and lighthouse across the resort lake — Disneyland Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000)

A woman riding a mechanical bull before a crowd in Disney Village — Disneyland Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000)

The gleaming Space Mountain dome in Discoveryland — Disneyland Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000)

The ornate facade of 'it's a small world' — Disneyland Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000)

Mickey Mouse greeting visitors by the Frontierland rock tunnel — Disneyland Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000)

A desert town diorama on an indoor ride — Disneyland Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000)

Nice

Fountains and strollers at Place Massena — Nice, France (13-20 July 2000)

Tall pine trees shading an old building — Nice, France (13-20 July 2000)

A Gothic church spire rising above ornate buildings — Nice, France (13-20 July 2000)

A woman paddling on the pebble beach of the Cote d'Azur — Nice, France (13-20 July 2000)

A fresh avocado and chicken salad at a restaurant — Nice, France (13-20 July 2000)

A plate of braised meat, beans and potatoes — Nice, France (13-20 July 2000)

A glass dish of mixed fruit salad on a cafe table — Nice, France (13-20 July 2000)

Paris

A sign announcing free admission to the Louvre — Paris, France (1 July 2000)

The Winged Victory of Samothrace at the Louvre — Paris, France (1 July 2000)

The Arc de Triomphe rising above busy traffic — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000)

Rooftops and the Seine seen from Notre-Dame — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000)

A panorama of rooftops and the Seine from Notre-Dame — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000)

The glowing rose window and chandelier inside Notre-Dame — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000)

Crowds and the Hotel de Ville on a sunny day — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000)

The twin-towered facade of Notre-Dame cathedral — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000)

The nave of Notre-Dame with worshippers in the pews — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000)

The luminous south rose window of Notre-Dame — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000)

A framed Baroque painting of cardsharps in the Louvre — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000)

A framed painting of a saint hung on a green wall — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000)

Durer's Self-Portrait with a Thistle in its gilt frame — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000)

Vermeer's The Lacemaker in its marquetry frame — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000)

Two dark Old Master paintings hung in the Louvre — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000)

The Grande Galerie crowded with visitors and paintings — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000)

The Venus de Milo on its pedestal before the crowd — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000)

The cardsharps painting in an ornate gilt frame — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000)

The Winged Victory of Samothrace atop its stairs — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000)

The Winged Victory above a crowd of museum visitors — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000)

A woman viewing a Caravaggio painting in a marble hall — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000)

A couple resting on a planter on the Champs-Elysees at night — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

Crowds and flares filling the Champs-Elysees in World Cup celebration — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

Night crowd waving tricolours celebrating France's Euro 2000 victory — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

A line of CRS police facing flag-waving celebrants at night — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

The floodlit Arc de Triomphe above a celebrating crowd — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

Revellers climbing a Champs-Elysees street-name lamppost — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

Two riders on a scooter along a dark roadside at night — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

Police vans and officers gathered in a night square — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

The illuminated Arc de Triomphe at twilight — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

A dizzying view straight down the Eiffel Tower ironwork — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

The Trocadero palace and gardens seen from the Eiffel Tower — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

The Eiffel Tower ironwork glowing at sunset — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

The full Eiffel Tower rising past a Belgian flag — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

Looking up the curving legs of the Eiffel Tower — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

The Eiffel Tower soaring overhead against pale sky — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

Visitors on the Eiffel Tower observation deck above Paris — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000)

The polished black grave slab of Marcel Proust — Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000)

The lipstick-kissed Oscar Wilde tomb with carved inscription — Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000)

The inscription panel on Oscar Wilde's tomb, Pere Lachaise — Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000)

Weathered handwritten notes left at Jim Morrison's grave — Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000)

A hand holding a heartfelt letter at Jim Morrison's grave — Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000)

The flower-piled headstone of James Douglas Morrison — Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000)

Roses and tributes heaped on Jim Morrison's grave — Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000)

Crowded mausoleums and crosses at Pere Lachaise Cemetery — Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000)

Chopin's monument decorated with flowers and ironwork — Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000)

Carved relief portrait on Chopin's grave plaque — Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000)

Rome

The dome of the Institut de France across the Quai de Conti — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000)

Crowded beach and curving bay along the Promenade des Anglais — Nice, France (13-20 July 2000)

Southern France

Railway tracks and apartment blocks along a Mediterranean line — Southern France, France (13-20 July 2000)

Hills and graffitied warehouses from a moving train window — Southern France, France (13-20 July 2000)

Strasbourg

The inscribed marble tomb slab of Erasmus — Strasbourg, France (1-3 July 2000)

The twin sandstone spires of Basel Minster — Strasbourg, France (1-3 July 2000)

The rose window and spire of Strasbourg Cathedral — Strasbourg, France (1-3 July 2000)

A modern Jubilee-year installation in the cathedral nave — Strasbourg, France (1-3 July 2000)

Tourists in the nave of Strasbourg Cathedral — Strasbourg, France (1-3 July 2000)

The astronomical clock of Strasbourg Cathedral — Strasbourg, France (1-3 July 2000)

The great dial of the Strasbourg astronomical clock — Strasbourg, France (1-3 July 2000)

The Strasbourg astronomical clock beside stained glass — Strasbourg, France (1-3 July 2000)

Ornate tiers of the Strasbourg astronomical clock — Strasbourg, France (1-3 July 2000)

© Richard Bean. Photographs from a 2000 Western Europe tour, scanned from 35 mm film, shown at 2000 px. Captions and dates are best estimates. Plain HTML, no JavaScript.