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the middle of the Seine. Most of your sightseeing will take place within five blocks of the
river.
Arrondissements are numbered, starting at the Louvre and moving in a clockwise spiral
out to the ring road. The last two digits in a Parisian zip code indicate the arrondissement
number. The abbreviation for “Métro stop” is “Mo.” In Parisian jargon, the Eiffel Tower is
on
la Rive Gauche
(the Left Bank) in the
7ème
(7th arrondissement), zip code 75007, Mo:
Trocadéro.
ParisMétrostopsareusedasastandardaidingivingdirections,evenforthosenottaking
the Métro. As you're tracking down addresses, these words and pronunciations will help:
Métro (may-troh),
place
(plahs; square),
rue
(roo; road),
avenue
(ah-vuh-noo),
boulevard
(boo-luh-var), and
pont
(pohn; bridge).
