spirals

mmmm more little details!

check out those spirals:

bricks

check out these bricks!!!!!!

it's all about the details, people.

galerie patrick seguin

Galerie Patrick Seguin. Behind this door is a magical place full of 20th century furniture + architecture, it features work by Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Jeanneret, amoung others.

Palais Champs-Elysees

Palais Champs-Elysees is the equivalent to our White House.

This is where Sarkozy lives:

This is what Sarkozy looks like:

Oh hey, Sarkozy.

Oh interesting, you sly French man you. Read here about his relationships. Fun fact = he used to be the mayor of my commune. Fun Fact #2 = Carla Bruni, his current wife, is an Italian born International pop star. Here they are vacationing:

HE IS SUCH A SHORT LITTLE GUY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Palais Royal

Palais Royal

pidgeons!

I quite like this lady.

the building is sooooo long:

bibliotheque nationale

Wow. Bibliotheque Nationale is the national library. Wow.

Innnnnncredddible!

I don't think I could ever study here because I would be staring and gaping and drooling on the books. I love libraries.

skin

check out the skin of this building!

totally radical to the max:

la banque de France

La Banque de France has green doors. I like 'em.

Hotel de Ville - tennis

Everyone here is really pumped up for the French Open aka Roland Garros. Hotel de Ville even had some tennis courts set up and a sand court for tennis volleyball??? I've never seen anything like this before, it looks really difficult and the rallies never last for more than a couple of minutes:

Hotel de Ville:

Tennis courts!

up in the arc

I hadn't been up in the Arc de Triomphe yet and I thought it would be a swell idea to see la Nature Capitale on the Champs Elysees from a high viewpoint, as well as the sunset over La Defense and the twinkling of the Eiffel Tower at dusk!

Here are some of the main boulevards stemming from the large roundabout:

the bright sun over La Defense

There she is, in all her glory.

Nature Capitale! So sweet from this view!

some video views for you:

Sacre Coeur in the distance:

Concorde + Louvre

Someone has a baller terrace:

Livin' large:

another Frenchie livin' large:

oh! and another!!!

Grand Palais:

greeeenery:

Now for the sunset over La Defense:

La Grande Arche

mmmm, first sunset I've seen in 5.5 months! :)

Watch it with me:

Paris, je t'aime.

bonjour la lune

my favorite time: dusk.



The City of Light, starting to light up....

razzle dazzle:

Underneath the Arc de Triomphe is the tomb of an unknown solider from WWI. An eternal flame is lit every night:

and last but not least, this makes my heart melt: