flanked by many sculptures decorating the garden
It's a garden boulevard linking sections of the city
walk walk walk!
a frozen pond!
complete with ducks!
talking about walking on water!
pond's frozen dead center!
Water fountain squirty thingies
The Ferris wheel at the end of the Tuileries
It's so small!
Sculptures by the exit
Horses by the gate
Which is actually not much of a gate!
onward ferris wheel!
Photogenic!
game stores by the wheel
The Hotel Be La Marine
By the Place de la Concorde
The Obelisk of Luxor
aka L'Obelisque!
2 big stuff one photo!
Lets move on!
Food stalls by the Allae Marcel Proust
Xmas carnival style!
The Grand Palais
Close up of the palace the entrance and roof
The Le tombeau de Napoleon past the Esplanade des Invalides on the far left
Sunset!
Lets carry on west!
The shopping avenue part of...
The des Champs Elysees
complete with street performers
Few of the many posh shopping arcades
Deckout out!
Not to mention a splurger's haven
shop shop shop!
The place's packed
So is vehicular traffic
Our uphill climb ends and...
I spy with my little eye...
The Arc de Triomphe!
Inaugurated in 1836
it's one of the most famous monuments in Paris
a sight to behold at least
Underground access under the Charles de Gaulle
Here we are under the Arc!
The arc spots a Neoclassical version...
of ancient Roman architecture
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc
The Arc honours those who fought and died for France