This picture was taken from the Eiffel Tower.  My companions and I climbed up the 200+? steps to the first level of the Tower.  It wasn't a cloudy day;  actually, that haze you see over the city is smog.  Nonetheless, a breathtaking city, which deserves its reputation for beauty, history and culture.

That's me in front of the fountain. The buildings you see behind me are typical of Parisian architecture.