1. Allons à Paris!!

2. 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. 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 - tickets Carnet – 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 3 rd 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 1 st arrondissement The Eiffel Tower is in the 7 th The Arc de Triomphe in the 8 th

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 1 st arrondissement along the Seine River.

14. Louvre

15. Louvre at night

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

17. Louvre Jacques0Louis David’s The Oath of the Horatii Theodore Gericaul’s The Raft of the Medusa

18. Centre Pompidou modern art museum

19. Centre Pompidou

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

21. Centre Pompidou Stravinsky 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 Paris Notice the flying buttresses!

27. Gargoyles of Notre Dame

28. Notre Dame from the SEINE River

29. Télécarte

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

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