Paris
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16rajagopal_ananya on May 28, 2012
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French | English |
|---|---|
 Le Jardin de Luxembourg | 118 acre park, previously a palace garden, contains ponies, a merry-go-round, and a giant playground |
| Le Tour d'Argent | fancy restaurant overseeing Notre Dame, famous for duck (numbered), $16 million worth of wine in cellar |
| Le metro | subways, performers audition to play in metro, clean, quick, and crowded |
| Pere Lachaise | large graveyard, "home" of many famous Parisians, popular is the grave of Jim Morrison |
| La Seine | 8-mile long river flowing through Paris, divides Paris in half, toured by river cruises |
| Musee D'Orsay | used to be train station, 70,000 works of art |
| Notre Dame | gothic cathedral, supports called flying buttresses, saved/almost destroyed |
| Tour Eiffel | seen from everywhere when built French hate, used to be tallest building in world |
| Arc de Triomphe | built by Napolean, home to tomb of unknown soldier, avenues cascade |
| Centre Pompidou | modern, inside-out building, surrounded by performers |
| Musee du Louvre | previously palace, art museum |
| Hotel des Invalides | Napolean's tomb, military museum |
| Quartier Latin | on left bank, narrow streets, inexpensive food |
| Banlieue | suburbs outside city |
| Ile de la Cite | larger central island, holds Notre Dame |
| Ile St. Louis | smaller central island, holds artists' quarters |
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