La Défense is a big business district located west of Paris. It’s not far from where I live. It’s only 4 minutes by train. And this is where I was on Monday afternoon. I had taken the girls to the cinema inside the enormous shopping centre. I had two hours to spare so I decided to record this episode right at the foot of the Grande Arche, the building that ends the « axe historique » of Paris. Then I walked and took photos of the different works of art that I had just mentioned in the episode. Including the statue of La Défense by Barrias which gave its name to the district. It 

was erected in 1883 to the glory of the French soldiers of the 1870 war with Prussia.  

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My name is Laetitia, I’m French, I live just outside Paris and I share with you a small slice of my daily life here in France. 

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