This is one of my favorite views of Paris
The sculpture is by Jean Terzieff. It's entitled La Femme aux Pommes. Two apples held apart by naked beauty. The two bad apples represent the opposing forces before WWII.
The stone building is the Senat but was once the home of Catherine de Medici and was modelled after the Pitti Palace in Florence. The skyscraper is the Montparnasse tower.
The photo is from last week.
And so is this, the cherry tree blossoms in Parc des Sceaux just south of Paris.
Under the cherry blossoms everyone was there, like the entire city. It was standing room only. There were people dressed up like samurai and others in traditional Japanese kimonos playing instruments I've never seen.
This is Paris today. So much for the May 1st parade. It's 10°C.
