Paris

Paris is the capital of France. They have a republis government and french is the main spoken language. They also use the euro for their currency. It is the 2nd largest city in Europe and the 5th largest in population. It is a huge shopping city with lots and lots of designer stores. The time difference is if it is 10:00 P.M. in Indianapolis, Indiana, then it is 4:00 A.M. the next day is Paris.
The population for the urban area is 9.93 milllion and for the metropolitian area is 12 milllion. The geographis size is 212,935 sq. miles. It has a temperate climate with mild to warm temperatures during the day and cool evenings. The average temperature is 60 degrees fahrenhiet. There is also very little but unexpected rainfall.
Paris lies on the Seine River in norhtern France. It is relatively flat with a low elevation of 115 ft. above sea level. It has some hills. The highest is Mentmartre, which is 427 ft. There are lots of gardens, parks, and museums.
Britt will be staying in the Premiere Classe Roissy Parc des Expositions hotel. It is $44.85 per night. It is close to the airport, too.
She will be visiting three of the most famous Parisian landmarks. They are the twelfth century cathedral Notre Dame de Paris on the Île de la Cité, the nineteenth century Eiffel Tower, and the Napoleonic Arc de Triomphe. The Eiffel Tower was a "temporary" construction by Gustave Eiffel for the 1889 Universal Exposition but the tower was never dismantled and is now an enduring symbol of Paris. The Historical axis is a line of monuments, buildings and thoroughfares that run in a roughly straight line from the city centre westwards: the line of monuments begins with the Louvre and continues through the Tuileries Gardens, the Champs-Élysées and the Arc de Triomphe centered in the Place de l'Étoile circus. From the 1960s the line was prolonged even further west to the La Défense business district dominated by square-shaped triumphal Grande Arche of its own; this district hosts most of the tallest skyscrapers in the Paris urban area. The Invalides museum is the burial place for many great French soldiers, including Napoleon, and the Panthéon church is where many of France's illustrious men and women are buried. The former Conciergerie prison held some prominent Ancien Régime members before their deaths during the French Revolution. Another symbol of the Revolution are the two Statues of Liberty located on the Île des Cygnes on the Seine and in the Luxembourg Garden. A larger version of the statues was sent as a gift from France to America in 1886 and now stands in New York City's harbour.The Palais Garnier built in the later Second Empire period, houses the Paris Opera and the Paris Opera Ballet, while the former palace of the Louvre now houses one of the most famous museums in the world. The Sorbonne is the most famous part of the University of Paris and is based in the centre of the Latin Quarter. Apart from Notre Dame de Paris, there are several other ecclesiastical masterpieces including the Gothic thirteenth century Sainte-Chapelle palace chapel and the Église de la Madeleine.
The night of the 11th Britt will be leaving to head to Nairobi, Kenya. The cost of the flight is $1014. It is a twelve hour and twenty minute flight and arrives the next day.