After a long trip in Paris, I wanted to visit other places and found this one. Very interesting…read moreabout all topics of science (astronomy, electricity and so on). Everything is written in French so be careful otherwise you would be badly surprise. I recommend only for tourist who can read French.

After reading many recommendations online for this museum, I thought it'd be the perfect spot to…read moretake my kiddo. Unfortunately, since all of the blog posts I read were written by English speakers, it did not occur to me that we would not be able to understand much of what we were looking at because all of the placards were in French. Well, duh, of course they were. Maybe if I had a pocket translator, we would have gotten more out of it. But with my limited French, most everything was lost on us. So if you're not multilingual, I don't recommend it.

Long lost Roman arena? My two boys couldn't wait to see this…read more As we sat in the almost empty park, we read online (free Wifi) about the arenas discovery and preservation. Oh and gladiators fought here-really nothing more to say.

I love that an ancient Roman amphitheater that dates back to the first century and would be…read moreconsidered a must-see in most cities is now just a quiet park tucked away in the Latin Quarter. I don't think it's a sight many people stumble upon because it's tucked away and unless you know what you're looking for - you would just walk on by it. The arena now seems to be used as a park by the locales, when I visited, there were a few guys in their twenties kicking around a soccer ball and a few groups of elderly people playing a game of boules. I recommend grabbing a sandwich or other yummy goodies from Eric Kayser and coming here for a quiet and relaxing picnic lunch if you feel you need to escape the usual crowds of the 5th.

Well I'm just going to go ahead and give it 5 stars even though we weren't able to go inside. But,…read moreit was still cool to be able to stand directly across the street from the French version of the White House otherwise known as President Macron's present residence. There were a few officers out front, and in the immediate area there were police stationed at the Minister of Interior which is across the street and on every corner for a few blocks.

You know, I can't believe anyone had anything bad to say about the most literal and honest museum…read moreI've ever been to. I learned so much, it was a cultural journey, and I do think history is best understood by understanding how people lived rather than dates and battles. But, it is, a sewer, you are inside of a sewer, so plan for that.

This is a fun little museum and a really interesting way to see a part of Paris history that most…read morepeople probably miss. It does smell like a working sewer but if you can stand the smell, it's worth a visit. They have a book with English translations of all the exhibits.

It's pretty cool to look at there's a pretty good history behind this (found on google)…read more:Founded in 1750 by King Louis XV, the École Militaire was designed by architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel to provide a free military education for impoverished young noblemen. Its most famous student was Napoleon Bonaparte, who graduated in 1785 after completing the two-year program in just one year. During the French Revolution, the building fell into disuse and was even used as a storehouse for flour and fodder. Napoleon later restored its military purpose by transforming it into a barracks for his Imperial Guard. In 1944, the site witnessed intense combat during the Liberation of Paris, and bullet holes from the fighting are still visible on its stone facade. Today, it remains an active military site housing the French War College, where senior officers are trained for high-level command. When we showed up it was cool watching the soldiers walk by protecting the Eiffel Tower area as this is the end of the Courtyard at the very end of the Eiffel Tower. But at this time it was fenced off and I believe because it is a academy, there was no tours or views of the inside allowed at this time.

This is an impressive building with an interesting past. It was set up to train young men to be…read moresoldiers. Napoleon was a student in this school. It is located down the green way down from the Eiffel Tower.