Tomb of Dumont d'Urville, explorer
Ammonite tombstone
A monument in the Montparnasse cemetery
A nice door
Moskos stencil
Grave of Baltasar Lobo, sculptor
Artichoke flowers
A wooden skeleton in an art supply store
A fun fair
The harbor
La Rochelle train station
Harbor
View from the Tour St. Nicolas toward the Tour de la Chaîne
Jennifer in a tower
Arcaded streets
Streets like this were built for merchants--who then had to pay rent on the space if they used it for business.
The town hall (hôtel de ville)
A door
Monogram of Henri IV
Wave sculpture
Wave sculpture (not a toy, says the sign)
A bicycle rickshaw
Masts at the pleasure boat harbor Les Minimes
Sand sculpture
In front of the restaurant Richard Coutanceau.
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The harbor by night
Tour de la Lanterne
La Rochelle: the old city
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My dessert at Richard Couteanceau, a 2-star restaurant.
Sailor's graffiti
Sailor's graffiti, Tour de la Lanterne
Beach from the Tour de la Lanterne
Staircase, Tour de la Lanterne
Atop the Tour de la Lanterne
La Rochelle from the Tour de la Lanterne
The church on the left, in the background, is the cathedral of La Rochelle.
A small spire
From the Tour de la Lanterne
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Roof tiles
A particularly good example of the red clay roof tiles that characterize much of southern France (and a good chunk of the north these days too).
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Sawtooth shark at the aquarium.
Fort Boyard
This fort was planned in the 17th century but not actually built until the 19th. By the time it was finished it was obsolete.
Monument to massacred priests
From the Terror
Sundial
A house on the Île d'Aix
Seashore on the Île d'Aix
Note the plastic lawn chair (lower right)
Fire station
It's a very small island!
