La Grande Arche de La Defense Paris

Entry containing 13 photos titled: Grevin Wax Museum, La Defense, Notre Dame, Palais Garnier - Opera National de Paris

Today, we have nothing planned, we just have tickets to the Eiffel Tower at 20:00hrs.

Nan has been given some stuff about a shopping tour through the Gallerie LaFayette, somewhere on the Right bank, and she wants to see the shopping district around the Champs Elysees, where she knows there are shops also, so we head towards the Champs …

We arrived into Paris at 6am after what has been our longest flight to date. With a serious case of jet lag brewing we made our way to our apartment in Paris's 10th Arrondissement. For those that are not familiar, central Paris it is broken into 20 arrondissements which are akin to suburbs. The 10th was about a 10 minute Metro ride to where all the …

Vejrudsigten havde lovet regn, og det var da også snuskvejr, da vi stod op. Planen blev derfor, at vores sidste dag i Paris skulle gå med shopping. Natascha lyste da også straks op, da ordet shopping blev nævnt :o). Der lå et kæmpe shopping-center med 240 butikker under tag i La Defense-området lige ved siden af den nye triumfbue "La Grande Arche" …

... Triomphe. In the other direction, the actual esplanade with ultra-modern buildings on either side of the pedestrian walkway with La Grande Arche de La Defense at the finale. It is almost devoid of people. We realize this is a business district and that ...