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[France Summer Vacation] Day 04: Exploring the city of Paris + Lunch at Le Petit Cler

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It was Day 4 in Paris, and we walked down to Les Invalides after our breakfast. The walk took us about 15 minutes. We made use of our museum pass again to visit the Le Musée de L'Armée , as well as the Dôme des Invalides and The Cour d’Honneur. Les Invalides , officially known as the Hôtel National des Invalides (The National Residence of the Invalids) , contains museums and monuments relating to the military history of France,  as well the hospital and a retirement home for war veterans. It also houses the Musée de l'Armée , the M ilitary Museum of the Army of France , the Musée des Plans-Reliefs , and the Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine ,  as well as the burial sites for some of the famous war heroes of France, including Napoleon Bonaparte . The centrepiece of the Dôme des Invalides is the tomb of Napoleon I. It is not just the resting place for Napoleon since 1861. There are various notables tombs, including Napoleon II (his son), Joseph Bonaparte (older brother), Jérô...