With our backs to the Arc de Triomphe we will now take a virtual stroll down the broadest and most well-known street in Paris..

In Paris, there are about 16 500 taxis so you think you should be able to get one easily, no? Nope! Paris' cabs usually don't stop when hailed. Why? Because of the whole taxi organization in Paris.

Now that we've been through every neighborhood in Paris, let's take a closer look at the major monuments. Step back onto our virtual e-tourbus and feast your eyes on the world-renown showpieces on display throughout Paris. We'll start by taking a spin around one of its most famous . . .

The last arrondissement is a neighborhood of young families and the dead. Père Lachaise Cemetery—the largest green space in Paris—takes up 108 acres and is filled with those who made Paris what it is. And since this is the final stop on our virtual tour of Paris it seems fitting that the only real museum in the neighborhood is a graveyard.

Welcome to what is perhaps Paris’s most rough and rumpled neighborhood. Born January 1, 1860, during the re-alignment of the arrondissements, the 19th is a mix of old buildings in disrepair, tower blocks (on the hideous side) from the 1960s and 1970s, and lively commerce, all fueled by the immigrants who have been showing up here for over a century. In 1900 more than 80% of the population was working class, and it remains so today.

Up we climb now to the top of Paris; up the butte de Montmartre, the hill overlooking Paris in the 18th arrondissement—a neighborhood of both sinners and saints.

Welcome to the 17th arrondissement, the neighborhood that first saw the Statue of Liberty. From 1882–1884 the Atelier Monduit et Béchet—the foundry on rue Chazelles—cast the statue’s copper sections. During construction a walk past the atelier became a favorite promenade for Parisians.

As we round the corner into the 16th we see where the wealthy like to hang their hat, and run into a park—the Bois de Boulogne—that is more than twice as big as New York’s Central Park.

(Before we start just a reminder that the French don't call it Bastille day but "le quatorze juillet" or, less often, "la fête nationale". If you say "Jour de la Bastille" while in France, you will get some strange looks!)

Since Camille and I just returned from a week in Paris, I wanted to share some of my observations with you. Now of course, if you want to experience Bastille day in Paris, then, that will obviously be the best time for you to go. For all others, avoid that time of year if you can...

Though more Parisians live in the 15th than any other arrondissement, its roots are in commerce and industry . . . with a bit of art in the mix.