5. Place de la Concorde Walk

I veruntrued out on the Concord walk on a perfect spring day in Paris, which made this walk so realxing and nice. Our first stop was Seeing the Theater Magriny which was designed by Garnier in 1853. Garnier also designed the Paris Opera house. We then walked along the Palais de l'Elysee which is the French white house. You could easily see the home from the sidewalk which surprised me since I would expect the President to reside in a house that has about 50 acres around it. This home was built in 1722 and houses visiting foreign leaders along with the President.

The guarded gates of the Palais de l'Elysee.

the best Part about the street Faubourg Saint-Honore was the amazing window displays from the different high end designers. There were so many different stores everywhere and they all were really dramatic and cool. We then went and saw some of the nicest hotels in Paris; Hotel Faubourg and Hotel de Crillon. They looked very tucked away and were hard to spot but, I guess that's what makes them very exclusive. We then stoped in front of the U.S. embassy, surprisingly though it was very discreat. We didn't see any Flags or any indication that it was the U.S. embassy.

The Discreet U.S. Embassy.

Next stop was the Luxor Obelisk which was a gift form Egyptian Governor Mohammed Ali to Charles X. It is from the Luxor Ruins and is over 3,000 years old. The last stop was the best stop of the walk; the Tuileries Gardens, it has been in Paris since 1564. In the garden is also the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel which was built to celebrate Napoleon's Victories.

The Luxor Obelisk


The Gardens filled with tourists.

The view of it all.