Comments on: Arc de Triomphe

By: Kordt

Kordt — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:10:11 +0000

And here is the Eiffel Tower:

You can identify it by its enormous shadow!

By: james

james — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 05:00:42 +0000

my friend just came back from Paris, and the tour guide told here that no car insurance in the world will cover an accident at that round about. There is a car accident every 12 mins

By: The Parisian

The Parisian — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 23:37:56 +0000

That’s fun you can see my house on the Montparnasse tower shot, and my girlfriends on Saint Germain en Laye’s one (not Germane! ). The place de l’Ã©toile is the most fun place ever to drive a scooter, I love it! I althought hate it since doing a course of road management abroad it was given as an exemple of the worst mess ever in the world, and people kinf of made fun of me because of it! Note; there are lane on the place de l’Ã©toile, but there are in the shape of star in order to make the mess even bigger! It is such a mess that whatever happens on it the responsability will be equally shared by both drivers.

By: Jean-Marc

Jean-Marc — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 21:02:39 +0000

to TD : It is Saint Germain en Laye castle.

It was build in 1122 and used (and transformed) by french kings until the revolution

Although les reknowed than Versailles, Saint Germain en Laye is closer from Paris (thus was more convenient).

About the "Place de l'Ã©toile", well, you got to got used to it. There is nothing to do to make it better. It is too large and 12 large avenues are connected to it.

To Salfara : There was no motorized traffic when it was designed.

By: gIMpSTa

gIMpSTa — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 00:17:22 +0000

Robert thats why i put it in qoutes. I was counting how many lanes it COULD be.

By: TD

TD — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 20:30:27 +0000

What is this on the west side of Paris? Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

Must be something historical, ’cause they’ve built this crazy long tunnel for a highway and a train to go underneath it. All I can find on maps is “Saint Germane En Laye”. What is the history here?

Here is Versailles Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

By: beth

beth — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:24:58 +0000

Placemark: here / Google Earth is the correct link for la Tour Montparnasse that Luke speaks of

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:35:13 +0000

I forgot to mention, Placemark: Here / Google Earth is that one skyscraper. You won’t see anything else in central Paris, but once you leave that area and go to the outskirts, that is where the skyscrapers are.

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:33:18 +0000

I have been there and it is pure madness. There are twelve lanes that you can leave and exit through. (If you are on the ground you can see they form a nice litte star) If you are actually at the arc (I was there a few months ago) it is pure madness. There are no lanes. As well, the government could fix this problem and have tried but to much protest from the Parisians. Similarly you will only find one skyscraper in main Paris,

As well, the southeast of the Arc you will find Placemark: Les Invalides / Google Earth which is where Napoleon is burried. As well there is a really nice WWI and WWII museum there which is really interesting. Directly across from Invalides is the Rodin Museum with the famous “The Thinker” statue. You can just make it out as a tiny dot but it is located to the right of the giant building and is the top left square of that small building to the right.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:32:05 +0000

“Thereâ€™s a passageway underneath the road for pedestrians who like to get to the otherside without dying.”

I thought you had to die to get to the “otherside”