Browsing at the Galeries Lafayette

I'll let you in on a little secret.  Whenever you are in a Parisian department store, whatever you do, keep going up.  They are usually in great areas of the city and have many floors, so the views are almost guaranteed to be incredibly breathtaking.

My first experience with this came at the Galaries Lafayette in the 9th arrondissement.

View of the Eiffel Tower from the rooftop of Galeries Lafayette

 

Opera Garnier & la Tour Eiffel

Another view of Montmartre and Sacre Couer

Not to be outdone by the intricately designed interior of the store.

 Main atrium

Beautiful stained glass dome ceiling

 

 

More stained glass on the contemporary floor

A very cute gift section of the store

That is 5 Kg of Nutella folks...a lifetime supply!

These Parisians love their photo booths (some metro stations also have them)

I spent a wonderful afternoon exploring this enormous store and didn't buy anything!!!

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