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| Two different views from the top of the Champs-Elysees |
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| Arc de Triomphe and the view from the top |
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| The 'metal asparagus' looks beautiful at any time of day |
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| Thanks to an interactive photo booth at the Pompidou, we now have billboard-sized mugshots on our living room walls. The concept by French street artist JR was for participants to mount their pics on the street afterwards Read about JR |
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| Taking the pic is the easy part, trying to cross the road poses a challenge. Luckily we saw a gap when 200+ cyclists staged a coup by shimmying into the road forcing traffic to halt for 5 minutes. Yes, the hooters were blaring. |
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| River Seine and yet another patisserie |
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| Baguettes! |
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| Tour de France final stage and all the promotional activities around the Champs-Elysees |
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| Only the French decorate their boats with flower pots, and the obelisk at Place de la Concorde |
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| Macaroons at Laduree and a surly French pooch waits for its owner to exit the boulangerie |
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| When the Pompidou was built in the 1977 it was scorned, now proudly embraced by locals |
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| Obligatory visit to the Louvre (far too many people) and the Moulin Rouge windmill in Montmartre |
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| Ginormous mural outside the Pompidou and our Hotel du Petit Moulin is set in an old boulangerie |
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| The gorgeous Jardin Tuileries flanked by the Louvre, the Seine, The Champs-Elysees and Place de la Concorde. Made us wish we'd packed our running shoes |
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| Our local fromagerie in Marais |
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| Cafe Culture ... we love how Parisians sit in a row looking onto the street rather than around a table facing one another |
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| Our secret find in Marais down a tiny alley - flower and fresh produce market, old photographic prints and other vintage gems |
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| The macaroons didn't stand a chance. |
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| The pedestrian footbridge Pont des Arts is covered in love-locks. We left our own. |
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| Quaint shopping street just north-east of the Islands and our hotel lobby |
