The last thing that we saw was the Arc de Triomphe. We saw it in the distance shortly after leaving the Orsay and I decided that we should walk to it. It didn't look that far away. It was. We walked and we walked and we walked. We stopped for some ice cream. Then we walked more. Finally we go there (OK, it only took about 45 minutes to walk to it but I was really tired) and it was far more impressive and large than we thought. It is over 100 feet tall!
The arc was commissioned by Neopolean and honors those who died in battle. It also has tombs of unknown soldiers. While we were there, there were people who looked like veterans around. You can go up in the arc but we decided that I wanted to try to go shopping instead and we had to leave to catch our plane...
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