Thursday, April 21, 2016

Notre Dame

As the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Paris, Notre-Dame is the parish that contains the cathedral, or official chair, of the Archbishop of Paris, currently Cardinal André Vingt-Trois.[4] The cathedral treasury is notable for its reliquary which houses some of Catholicism's most important first-class relics including the purported Crown of Thorns, a fragment of the True Cross, and one of the Holy Nails.

1. stained glass = vitrail
2. gargoyles = gargouilles
3. the center of paris = le centre de paris
4. the bells = les cloches
5. two tall rectangular towers = deux tours rectangulaires de grande taille
I eat... le cassoulet
les macarons

The Louvre

The Louvre or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre,pronounced: [myze dy luvʁ]) (French About this sound  ) is one of the world's largestmuseums and a historic monument in Paris, France. A central landmark of the city, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement(ward). Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet). The Louvre is the world's most visited museum, receiving more than 9.26 million visitors in 2014.[1]It is also one of the largest

1. Mona Lisa
2. pyramid = pyramides
3. famous sculptures = sculptures celebres
4. Venus de Milo
5. Grand architecture = architecture grandoise
I eat...
la bouillabaisse
la tarte tatin


Eiffel Tower



Constructed in 1889 as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair, it was initially criticized by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but it has become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The Eiffel Tower is the most-visited paid monument in the world; 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015.

1. lawns covered in trash = pelouses couvertes dans les ordures
2 tall tower = grande tour
3. flashing lights = lumieres clignotantes
4. very long lines = tres longe lignes
5. metal = metal
I eat...
le boeuf borguignon
la compote