Tuesday, March 10: St. Do and Musée de L’armée

Today’s post recounts Tuesday, March 10, and is written by Miles Fine ’17:

Today the weather was fairly nice; it rained a bit but still nice compared to all the snow at home. Started off the day with everyone going to 4 different classes for an hour each with 15 mins in the middle as a break. Some of us went to a preschool English class, other physics (hard!), and even P.E. We then had a nice lunch at the cantine at St. Do, and then departed for the main event of the day.

Waiting to Cross

 

After a short metro ride, we exited to be greeted by the Musée de L’armée in the distance.

 

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After the short walk over, we got our tickets and went to our first stop: the tomb of Napoleon. There are five separate coffins in there – one inside another!

 

Napoleon's Tomb

 

After our exploration of the impressive room and crypt, we headed over to the armée where we saw arms and armor of sorts, ranging from the medieval era to World War 2. My personal favorite item of this part were the models. Tiny model

 

We all meet up with our corres back at St-Dominique, and that is where the regaling of today’s events end, but there will be more to come as we still have the rest of the week!