Nov 21, 2011

Jardin des Tuileries, Place de la Concorde, Champs-Élysées, Arc de Triomphe

Champs-Élysées; or let's just be more élégant while we are at it; The Avenue des Champs-Élysées, is probably world's most popular street, let alone Paris.You won't be surprised to learn that Champs-Élysées happens to also sit at the top spot of world's "most expensive strips of real estate". (What might  surprise you, though, is that the Champs-Élysées name is French for "Elysian Fields", the place of the blessed dead in Greek mythology... If you care.)

You can - as a ton of other accompanying tourists will do along with you- start your tour from the lovely Jardin des Tuileries. Have a quick rest by the lake and enjoy the adorable view; and then move forward to Place de la Concorde (the largest square in the French capital). Keep walking up-west, along the strip of food and other junk stalls to reach Champs-Élysées, and keep walking along until you end up at your final monumental destination Arc de Triomphe, which I personally find to be a more exquisite Parisien symbol. It is yet another French architecture you can climb on if you got the energy and enthusiasm. Check this out if you skip that one, too.


Time to get relaxed... anyone care to join?


Ok, not that relaxed maybe...



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Food stalls along the way up towards Champs-Élysées.
 Literally smoking hot.











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