Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Hi everyone, welcome back! I hope that you all had a great spring break and first week back at school. Today, we’re going to spend some more time in Paris. Last week, I talked about the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, and Louvre. For this post, we’re heading to the Arc de Triomphe and River Seine, and I’m also going to give you some information about river cruises! The Arc de Triomphe is a famous monument and is located in the middle of the Place Charles de Gaulle, at the western end of the Champs-Élysées. It was built in the 1800s after Napoleon I commissioned it to celebrate his military accomplishments. The detail in the arch is absolutely impeccable and seeing it is truly pretty magnificent. You can get to the Arc de Triomphe via an underground tunnel, and this is actually the only way to access it without getting hit by cars. (The Arc is surrounded by a traffic circle and is always extremely busy!) I didn’t go up to the top of it, but I’ve heard that the vie...