Apr 10, 2011
Day 100: Arc de Triomphe
… and on Day 100, she went to Champs-Élysées.
It has been a while since I last set foot on this lovely-but-tourist-packed thoroughfare. The funny thing was, as soon as I stepped out from the metro to go above ground, I immediately transformed into a tourist anyway. Especially as I stood in the middle of the road to take this photo, like all the others that came before and will come after me; the only difference being me not posing to have a photo taken with the Arc de Triomphe in the background. :p
I’ve always prefer to be at the other end of the avenue, closer to Place de la Concorde, where there are green spaces rather than zooming cars along a giant roundabout with tens of lanes of vehicles joining in every second. The first time I was inside one of those cars manoeuvering their way out from Étoile, I was so glad it wasn’t me driving. I would probably just go round, and round, and round, and round…
didn’t feel tempted to go shopping in the posh shops meh? ;)
they’re too rich for my blood ;)
i keep wanting to sing O champs-elysees dum dum da dumdum! (song i heard back in secondary school)
lol… darn, now you’ve got me humming the song!
i can hardly believe this song is so widely known! :) it’s such a silly song too :P
ah but you know, it’s a part of paris whom everyone (maybe) have a secret love affair with ;)