Monday, August 31, 2009

Arc de Triomphe


I wasn't feeling too well by the time we got to the Arc de Triomphe, so not too many photos. It was probably from the ice-cream I ate on the very touristy Avenue des Champs-Élysées!



This pedestrian tunnel was the only way to get to the arch itself because it's surrounded by a HUGE traffic circle. We watched some guys try to run across and get in trouble by the police (and almost run over while they were at it).











3 comments:

Cele said...

Beautiful. What is the flame?

Linda Reeder said...

Does that mean you didn't climb to the top?

Maya said...

Cele: It is the eternal flame lit for the unknown soldier. Read the wikipedia entry. It is quite interesting!

Linda: Nope. Did you?