Sunday afternoon...
Labels :
Champs Elysées,
Family,
Madeleine Church,
Mattias,
Paloma,
Paris 8,
Place de la Concorde
Today I had the intention – and had yesterday started to prepare - a post on the Grands Boulevards, as promised. However, I decided to make a short break and first report on my Sunday.
We decided after lunch to meet with children and grandchildren in front of the Grand (Ferris) Wheel which was temporarily installed on Place de la Concorde, just in front of the Tuileries Gardens, a couple of weeks before Christmas. It will be dismantled today, as well as – quite late – the Christmas decorations on the Champs Elysées.
We had first a walk in the Tuileries Gardens. Both Paloma (now five years) and Mattias (now 16 months) were happy to be able to walk and run around freely. 
After a warm chocolate (and coffee for me), and the daylight disappearing, we decided to make a tour on the wheel. This gave me the opportunity to take a photo of the Champs Elysées in the opposite direction, compared to the one I recently took from the Arch of Triumph. 
When leaving the family, starting to walk, I stopped at the Madeleine Church (five minutes from Place de la Concorde), as I was surprised by a small demonstration with banners and torches organised in honour of the poor King Louis XVI, who was guillotined on Place de la Concorde 215 years ago (January 21st, 1793). There are still some fervent royalists around! 
Some of these pictures can be found on my photo blog.
Tomorrow we will start the walk along the Grands Boulevards… promised!
We decided after lunch to meet with children and grandchildren in front of the Grand (Ferris) Wheel which was temporarily installed on Place de la Concorde, just in front of the Tuileries Gardens, a couple of weeks before Christmas. It will be dismantled today, as well as – quite late – the Christmas decorations on the Champs Elysées.
We had first a walk in the Tuileries Gardens. Both Paloma (now five years) and Mattias (now 16 months) were happy to be able to walk and run around freely. After a warm chocolate (and coffee for me), and the daylight disappearing, we decided to make a tour on the wheel. This gave me the opportunity to take a photo of the Champs Elysées in the opposite direction, compared to the one I recently took from the Arch of Triumph. When leaving the family, starting to walk, I stopped at the Madeleine Church (five minutes from Place de la Concorde), as I was surprised by a small demonstration with banners and torches organised in honour of the poor King Louis XVI, who was guillotined on Place de la Concorde 215 years ago (January 21st, 1793). There are still some fervent royalists around! Some of these pictures can be found on my photo blog.Tomorrow we will start the walk along the Grands Boulevards… promised!
