In September 2017 I spent three weeks in southern England and northern France touring museums, iconic sites, and cathedrals. I found that the panoramic feature on my phone camera offered a unique perspective on my experience as a tourist. Enjoy these wide-angle views.
Note: If you click an image you get a bigger view and can then scroll through (but you can't see my captions).
Captaining the Cutty Sark in Greenwich |
Straddling the Prime Meridian at Greenwich |
Royal Observatory in Greenwich |
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre |
View from Golden Gallery of St. Paul's Cathedral |
View from Golden Gallery of St. Paul's Cathedral |
Windsor Palace |
Windsor Palace |
Hampton Court |
Kew Gardens |
The Beehive in Kew Gardens |
The Beehive |
Buckingham Palace |
Thames in London |
Thames Footbridge |
Bibury in the Cotswolds |
British Library |
British Museum |
British Museum |
Tate Britain |
Westminster |
Notre Dame of Paris |
Winged Victory in the Louvre |
Monet's Waterlilies at the Paris Orangerie |
Versailles |
Pasture near Versailles |
Versailles |
The Pantheon in Paris |
Napoleon's tomb at the Invalides |
The Invalides in Paris |
Reims Cathedral |
Reims Cathedral |
Laon Cathedral |
Laon Cathedral |
Amiens Cathedral |
Amiens Cathedral |
Amiens Cathedral |
Amiens Cathedral |
Beauvais Cathedral |
Beauvais Cathedral |
St. Remy Church in Avers-sur-Oise, France |
Monet's gardens at Giverny |
Rouen Cathedral |
Rouen Cathedral was painted many times by Monet |
Canadian Cemetery in Normandy |
American Cemetery in Normandy above Omaha Beach |
Omaha Beach |
Omaha Beach |
Near Mont Saint Michel |
Mont Saint Michel |
View from Mont Saint Michel |
Chartres Cathedral |
Chartres Cathedral |
Chartres Cathedral |