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Allons à Paris!!

Allons à Paris!!. French Phrases for Transportation and Getting Around Where is the train station? Où est la gare ?   Excuse me, I am looking for the ticket office. Pardon, je cherche le guichet . I would like a one way / round trip ticket to Lyon.

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Allons à Paris!!

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  1. Allonsà Paris!!

  2. French Phrases for Transportation and Getting Around Where is the train station? Oùest la gare?   Excuse me, I am looking for the ticket office. Pardon, je cherche le guichet. I would like a one way / round trip ticket to Lyon. Je voudrais un aller simple / aller retour à Lyon.

  3. Charles de Gaulle Airport

  4. Orly Airport

  5. The Paris metro was first dug out at the turn of the 20th century. It opened July 19, 1900

  6. Billets - ticketsCarnet – a book of tickets

  7. Metro

  8. Paris: 20 districts known as arrondissements

  9. Paris • Paris is located on the Seine River in north-central France. • Paris was first settled in the 3rd cent. BC by the Parisii tribe. • Today, Paris is one of the most famous cities in the world.

  10. Paris arrondissements • The Louvre is located in the 1st arrondissement • The Eiffel Tower is in the 7th • The Arc de Triomphe in the 8th

  11. La Tour Eiffel • Designed by engineer Gustave Eiffel • 1,000 feet tall • Was tallest structure in the world until 1931 • Was a temporary structure built for the Universal Exhibition of 1889

  12. View from Eiffel Tower Throughout the years, the Eiffel Tower has been a place for dare devils to attempt stunts like parachuting, scaling, pilots have tried to fly through the girders, etc. Now there are antennas on the top to transmit TV, radio, and meteorological info

  13. Le Louvre • The Louvre Museum was formerly the palace of the kings of France it is now one of the greatest museums in the world. • Over 800 years old, the Louvre palace is located in the 1st arrondissement along the Seine River.

  14. Louvre

  15. Louvre at night

  16. Louvre Winged Victory Leonardo DeVinci’sMona Lisa (located in the Denon wing of the Louvre)

  17. Louvre Jacques-Louis David’s The Oath of the Horatii Theodore Gericault’s The Raft of the Medusa

  18. Centre Pompidoumodern art museum

  19. Centre Pompidou

  20. Centre Pompidou • Located in the 4th arrondissement in Paris • Largest modern art museum in Europe

  21. Centre PompidouStravinsky Fountain • 16 brightly painted sculptures that spray water • Outside the Pompidou Center

  22. Musée d’Orsay – used to be a train station Houses the world’s largest impressionist exhibits

  23. Impressionism Showed artist’s impression of a subject Visual brushstrokes Artists played with color and light Monet

  24. Vincent Van Gogh

  25. Notre Dame • One of the greatest gothic cathedrals in the world, Notre Dame de Paris is located on the Ile de la Cité in the Seine River.

  26. Notre Dame de ParisNotice the flying buttresses!

  27. Gargoyles of Notre Dame

  28. Notre Dame from the SEINE River

  29. Télécarte

  30. TGV – train de grande vitessespeed train that goes all over France TGV TGV 1st class:

  31. Other trains Métro - to get around Paris RER - goes outside of Paris to places like Versailles or EuroDisney

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