Arc de Triomphe

When I was in high school, the Étoile was where I used to meet my friends. Then we would head out for a night of... culturally enriching experiences.

The traffic around this circle is crazy. It uses the old rules of priority to the right. That means that anybody entering the circle has the right-of-way over people already in it. It's crazy because you race in at full speed and slam on the brakes because the people at the very next street are racing in at full speed too. And yet, a lot of crazy tourists decide to cross this on foot instead of using the pedestrian underpass.

A ceremony had just concluded at the tomb of the unknown soldier underneath the Arc.Read more