The Adventures of Kerri & Matt

We went to the Arc De Triumph.

It has some sculptures of some stuff that looks interesting.

Don’t ask us what, Kerri didn’t download an audio guide because she had already seen it. And she got nothing out of it the first time either.

It definitely involves a crazy bull though.

We climbed up a very long spiral staircase to see what was at the top.

The answer, of course, was a gift shop.

There was also a small screen lying on the floor.

Displaying live footage from a camera hidden in this flower. It’s a virtual reality glass floor! I wonder if the gift shop sells one so that we can have the harrowing experience of standing on a glass floor in the Arc De Triumph in our own living room!

Above the gift shop we got a great view of the City of Lights.

In one direction there were even flashing red and blue lights.

The streets all point straight out from the arc, which is kind of a cool effect.

There was also a nice view of the Eiffel Tower.

When we got down they were doing a ceremony for fallen soldiers.

This is the eternal flame in honour of the soldiers.

The stained glass was very bright.

Some parts were far more colourful than others.

They were so large that it was hard to take a picture with the whole thing in it and really get an idea of what all the different panels were.

Here’s a more abstract panel.

There was a lot of stained glass.

It was a Sunday morning inside the Cathedral, so the primary activity was taking pictures of the priest giving his sermon.

Selfie sticks were strictly forbidden, and thus everywhere.

The back of the Cathedral was filled with the gift shop.

In case during the sermon you felt the sudden urge to own a gold bird’s nest or cross made of woven gold. Or a souvenir book  worth more than would be reasonable if it was also carved out of solid gold.

The candles make a lot of soot which builds up on the stained glass.

And on the ceiling.

This is the smelliest museum we visited.

The system has been gradually improved and expanded from a time when they just used stormwater to flush sewage straight into the river. So it still contains mixed stormwater and sewage, and they treat all of it.

Here’s some wires Kerri took a picture of for some reason.