La Défense with Kim and Jeff

After lunch with Kim and Jeff at Cafe de Flore, we headed out to La Défense to see La Grande Arche. The white marble arch was built to commerorate the bicentenary of the Revolution. It is said that Mitterand wanted the steps at the bottom of the arch so that no tanks (especially German ones) would be able to drive through it.


You can see the cloud canopy at the bottom of the arch and the metal braces for the elevators that take you to the roof.


A close-up of the arch.


The cloud canopy and elevator braces.




View from the bottom of the arch. You can see the Arc du Triomphe in the distance.


Kim et moi on the roof of the arch. Thanks to Jeff, I have horns.


From the roof of the arch, you can see the Arc du Triomphe and Eiffel Tower.