Second Day - Our fist day in Paris, France By Nick B.

We arrived in Charles de Gaulle Airport at 7:45. We had eaten on the plane which is complementary. We take a train from Charles de Gaulle to Paris which is 35 minutes. This costs 1.80 Euro per person to get on the train. After a 20 minutes on the Metro we finally arrive at the hotel. The hotel is called The West End Hotel. By the time we checked in and put our bags in the hotel it was 10:00 am. We sat on the comfortable beds before leaving. We left the hotel and walked to the nearest metro stop. To get on the metro it is 1.80 per person. We got lost for a little bit on the complicated metro.  History: We are heading to the Arc de Triomphe. We get there and walk around taking pictures. The Arc de Triomphe is a large arch built as a monument for the men who served France. There is a round about around the arch and the arch looks down many streets. We take an elevator up the arch to the observatory. This costs 9.50 Euro per person. At the top we get a great view of the surrounding streets. After we visited the Arc de Triomphe, we went to find food. We take another metro to the restaurant. That is 1.80 per person too.

Arc de Triomphe

At top of the Arc de Triomphe

  Indigenous food: We ate at Chant Airelle Paris which is about 30 Euro per person. The food you can get there is traditional French food. They serve dishes like duck breast, stuffed cabbage, and beef back steak. After a delicious meal it is now about 2:00 pm. History: We start heading to the Pantheon which is about a 5 minute walk from the restaurant. The Pantheon is a big dome built in honor of St. Genevieve. It was ordered to be built by King Louis XV. As we walk inside the Pantheon we see a large dome. It is covered in intricate designs and statues. The cost of the Pantheon was covered by the Paris Pass. In the middle of the building, hanging from the dome is a ball connected by a wire. It is called the Foucault Pendulum and it can tell time because of the rotation of the earth. Under the Pantheon is the graves of many great French people. These people include Voltaire, Marie Curie, and Victor Hugo. After we look around inside we take a tour to the top of the dome. We climbed the old stone steps to the top of the dome for a beautiful view of Paris. You can see many Parisian land marks like The Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame. After we left the Pantheon at 5:00, we ate dinner at Ginger.

Pantheon                                                                 Inside the Pantheon

Indigenous food: Ginger has French Japanese food. It only costs about 35 Euro per person. At the restaurant you can order a some Japanese dishes like tuna rolls and crispy calamari and some French dishes like lemongrass grilled chicken and fried beef with onions. We take a metro back to the hotel that is 1.80. We finally got back to our hotel at around 7:00 pm and went to bed early. We had a big day of traveling ahead of us!! (Money spent 101.5 Euro/ Money left  Euro)