This is perhaps my favorite find on my most recent trip to Europe. How can a place so wonderful exist in our world? It's amazing.
I got a recommendation from a close friend that told me I would love this place. And he was right!
This is the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle and is one of the least-known places in Paris. Everyone goes for the hot tourist spots, and this museum sounds rather boring, yes? But as you can see... au contraire!
- Trey Ratcliff
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Big Sur Sunset
Last week I promised I would reveal the photo today that I took during the video above, and here it is.
I guess you can get the sense from that video how windy it was! What a crazy day... I spent all afternoon and evening getting ready for this. There was a decent amount of hiking, preparation, and walking-around to figure out the best place to stand.
Maybe the bad thing about that video is showing how easy it all appears to be... in future videos, you may see some more of the problems that I face and how I deal with them. In some ways, I think that is more real than something that appears to fairy-book perfect!
- Trey Ratcliff
Read more and see a behind-the-scenes video of this shot here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
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This is a very tiny chapel in Sainte-Chapelle is definitely worth a visit! It is very close to Notre Dame, and there is usually a line of people out front in the middle of the day. Just above this church is another famous stained glass portion of Sainte-Chapelle. They are part of the same area, so you'll get a chance to see both.
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Here is a new one from a discovery I just made here in France! Thank you for the inside tip on this amazing place from Friend X.
This incredible subway station under Paris has undergone a full Steampunk conversion, thanks to the mind of François Schuiten, a comic book artist from Belgium. Each tiny circular window lining the edges is a portal to another world. This is all influenced by Les Cités Obscures, where humans live on the counter-Earth. A wonderful concept… I think many of us on Google+ already feel one with the idea of the counter-Earth.
If you’d like to visit this stop someday, pull up a huge subway map and find your connections to the Arts et Métiers stop. It’s kind of out of the way, but just bring your camera and your imagination, and you’ll be there soon enough…
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Isn't it romantic? What could be more perfect than a beautiful sunset here in Paris?
There was a big storm all day long, but I could see the clouds were beginning to break up a little to the west, and I knew there was a possibility the sun would dip into an opening beneath the heavy clouds. So, with that intense possibility, I headed over to the Eiffel Tower area hoping the light would turn out right...
I also made a behind-the-scenes video. Since you guys have been so nice over on Google+, I'll share that video exclusively there first, so be sure to stay tuned... I'm still editing the thing together!
- Trey Ratcliff
Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
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