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From the Madeleine we walked to the Place de Concorde which is at the other end of the Garden de Tuileries from the Louvre. They were putting up a huge Ferris Wheel so we wanted to check on their progress (it wasn't finished by the time we left). This is the square where, during the Frence Revolution, they did the guillotining (Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI were both guillotined here). Now there is a Egyption obelisk from the temple of Luxor, eight statues that symbolize the main cities of France and Mackenzie's favorite part of the square the fountain (she was bummed the water was out of it for the winter).

We walked down Champs de Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe (and stopped in the Disney store on the way).

The Arc de Triomphe is the World's largest Round-a-bout. 12 Avenues open into it, imagine driving that.

The Arc was yet another Napolean piece. He had it commissioned in 1806 to commemorate his imperial victories, but he started losing and wasn't completed until 1836.

This is the view from the top of the Arc de Triomphe (284 steps) towards Sacre Coeur on the left and down Champs de Elysees on the right.



The Sun was over by the Eiffel Tower so this was as close as I could get.

These are the steps that we climbed up and down to get to the top.



We took the Metro out to the Cimetière du Père Lachaise to find a few famous graves. There are over one million people buried there and the place is huge. We found Jim Morrison (from The Doors) but gave up looking for Federic Chopin and didn't even try Oscar Wilde, Isadora Duncan or Georges Seurat.

It was getting close to dark and we still wanted to see the Basilica du Sacré Couer. It's on the top of Butte de Montmarte and is really pretty. It was dark by the time we got there so I didn't get any more pictures. We walked through the Basilica and around some of the cobblestone streets of Montmarte before finally heading home.

We had to leave around noon on Sunday so right after breakfast we headed back to the Garden de Tuileries to feed some of the birds in the fountains. We picked up some fresh croissants on the way (and passed the statue of Joan of Arc).