The Champs-Élysées ends at the Arc de Triomphe, built to honour the victories of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Avenue des Champs-Élysées is French for the Elysian Fields, the paradise for dead heroes in Greek mythology. Champs-Élysées is widely regarded to be one of the…
Sharon in front of the Arc de Triomphe. The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile ("Triumphal Arch of the Star") is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France,…
Ken in front of the Arc de Triomphe. The Arc de Triomphe is located on the right bank of the Seine at the centre of a dodecagonal configuration of twelve…
Until the reign of Louis XIV, the land where the Champs-Élysées runs today was largely occupied by fields and kitchen gardens. The Champs-Élysées and its…
Beneath the Arc de Triomphe is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I. Interred on Armistice Day 1920, it has the first eternal flame lit in Western…
Located at one of the craziest roundabouts in Paris, the Arc de Triomphe is an important monument mixing detailed architecture and history. The view from under…
One of the four main sculptural groups on the Arc. This is Le Départ de 1792 (or La Marseillaise), by François Rude. The sculptural group celebrates the cause…
Sharon on the Pont de l'Alma bridge with the Eiffel Tower in the background. This slender bridge on the River Seine was named to commemorate a victory in battle…
The Eiffel Tower is the most distinctive symbol of Paris. It was much maligned by critics when it appeared on the city's skyline in 1889 as part of the…
Sharon and Ken in front of the Eiffel Tower.
Looking northwest towards the Trocadéro Gardens over the Seine.
Sharon on board the Bateaux Parisiens river boat for our night cruise. A very different way to discover Paris... Gliding under one bridge to another with a view…
Sharon gets ready for our river dinner cruise along the Seine.
The Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, commonly known as the Grand Palais (English: Great Palace), is a large historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex…
Buildings along the Avenue de New York and also the site of the La Pompe À Feu Des Frères Périer or the site of the first fire pump in Paris.
The Pont Alexandre III is a deck arch bridge that spans the Seine in Paris. It connects the Champs-Élysées quarter with those of the Invalides and Eiffel Tower.…
The Tribunal Correctionnel, the correctional tribunal is the penal jurisdiction of first instance, competent to judge misdemeanors. It judges matters that…
Sharon enjoys the views and the dinner as we traverse along the Seine seeing sights we had only read about in books.
One of the two towers of Notre-Dame de Paris which are 226 feet high, and were the tallest structures in Paris until the completion of the Eiffel Tower in 1889.
