We begin our tour of Paris with the Notre Dame Cathedral.

Notre Dame 

Notre Dame 

This statue is outside Notre Dame. 

A pretty garden! 

This is a large park area in front of the Louvre. 

This is a small arch of triumph that is outside the Louvre. 

This bridge was built using stones from the Bastille. The stones were used for this so we could march over tyranny. 

This is the soldier's building or the Hotel de Invalides. It was founded by Louis XIV to house wounded veterans. It is surrounded by a man made moat and event the shrubs are bullet shaped! 

This is the soldier's church. It's called Eglise du Dome, and is famous for containing Napolean's remains. That's real gold on the dome.

pretty garden 

Here it is...the Eiffel Tower. It stands 984 feet tall and was built in 1889. 

Here's Adam near the Eiffel Tower. 

A view from the ground looking up. 

A view of the city from the 1st level of the Eiffel Tower. 

Across the river you can see the observation platform for viewing the Eiffel Tower. We took this from the 1st level of the tower. 

This is the inside of the Eiffel Tower from the 1st level. Would you want this job? We watched this guy check and recheck his ropes for about 10 minutes. We never saw him move though. 

Here we are on the observation deck across the river from the Eiffel Tower. 

Look at all the tourists under the tower!  

The Arc de Triomphe - 162 ft. high and 146 ft wide. Tweleve streets meet here in one heck of a traffic circle! The Arc de Triomphe was constructed as a tribute to the successes of the Napolenic campaigns. The sun rises directly over the monument's center on August 15, Napolean's birthday. 

Arc de Triomphe - sculpture on pillar 

Arc de Triomphe - sculpture on pillar 

Arc de Triomphe - top 

This is a museum under construction that crossed our path. 

An Egyptian monument in the center of Place de la Concorde. This square was begun in 1755 in honor of Louis XV. It is where Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and thousands of others were beheaded by guillotine during the Reign of Terror.