Arc du Triumphe. We walked down the Champs-Elysees and found the Arc. Built by Napoleon for one of his great victories but it was short lived. Several foreign armies have proven that as great as he was he was not invincible. The French survived the Revolution only to have a megalomaniac in the palace. We waited in a side walk cafe for the army band to stop playing under the Arc for some national event and had wonderful food and drink. Then, we climbed to the top of the Arc and had a beautiful view of the city at dusk. The French are proud of their military accomplishments and have built monuments to them, but they also honor their dead and this is the place of the unknown soldier flame. We grabbed a metro train back to the flat and crashed, another successful day and many great memories.
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