My Photographer's Soul: Our Paris adventure is coming to the end.

It is hard to believe that 2 weeks have gone by. Our weather has gone from Summer, for the first week and a few days, to fall. Yesterday was one of those fall days, so we hopped on the city tour bus and went up the Champs-Elysees. When you get to the shopping district and the Arc de Triomphe you are in a whole different income bracket.

We walked by car dealerships that looked more like boutiques than our showrooms. Every expensive brand you can imagine is in the small shopping district. As well as some very snobby sales people. No one really wanted to help you unless you were a size 2 and already had a Gucci bag in your hand. In one mall we had to pay 1,50€ each to use the restroom. I will say it was very clean. We definitely like our end of town better.

The Arc de Triomphe is something to experience. The arc itself is beautiful, but it's the traffic going around it that is incredible to watch. 14 street enter this circle with no lanes. It is organized chaos at its best. For the 15 minutes we spent there we saw no accidents but many close ones. When we got back on the city tour bus our driver when through the circle, I don't know how he did it.

We have been walking a lot. So much that Maddie worn the soles right off her shoes. Over the course of our stay we've averaged about 10-15kms a day. Some blisters but all in all our feet managed fine.

Here are a few pictures of our day in the expensive part of town.

This is by the Notre Dame

This is the entrance to the Grand Palais. Our tour guide Hannah, from the Eiffel Tower tour, went to an event where they filled the Grand Palais with Mini Coopers She rented one with her friends and watched the Big Labowski. Another time it was filled with water and you rented a boat to watch the Life of Pi.

A new Tiffany store is being finished on the Champ-Elysees and this is the screen that is covering the outside of the building. From the sparkly railing down is a banner with sparkly diamonds on it.

Apartments on the Champ-Elysees

This is a shot of some people looking at our rental car... Really this is the Peogeut Boutique.
Yes they were selling cars and Pepper mills.

The 2 arches on the Champ-Elysees.

This picture just doesn't do it justice. These are the stairs in the Swarovski boutique. The stairs are full on all sides with Swarovski crystals. Large ones at that. With the sun shining on them it was a site to behold.