Above Paris

Google Maps is supposed to work only for the U.S., but if you simply drag the map from right to left, you'll get to Europe. There they have maps with almost no detail, except national borders and some major rivers. But that still makes it possible to locate Paris, and then switch to the satellite view: voilá. Then it's just a matter of zooming. Here, for example, is the Eiffel Tower -- at first you see only its shadow, as the satellite photograph was taken early on what seems to be a sunny winter day.

You want a street map, you'll have to go to Yahoo.fr. Then you can see where Alex Chee went to dinner.