Elysees in the springtime

Louvre

Champ Elysees

Arc de Triomphe

As I recal if you standing in the courtyard of the Louvre and your looking up the Champ Elysees
street looking at the Arc de Triomphe which is about a mile up the street this is what would be behind you and in front of you. My first French victory was figuring out how to pronounce this street. On the other hand if you were standing at the Arc de Triomphe looking towards the Louvre then if you looked to your right about three buildings down the street, if you were me, you would notice an office building and remember that your neighbor a couple of blocks away back home in Utah, at that time, had his office in that building. One of the largest advertising companies in the world. Then and even now it sort of makes me think that would have been a neat job to have had for a while. Long commute however. I have been to London twice but only once to Paris. In some ways I can think of a lot more things that I missed seeing than we saw but we saw a lot. The bottom picture is an old one. Old cars. Today it is four lanes. The cars go around the Arc and turn in and off onto all of the streets that enter the circle like a spoke. Sooner or later I probably will need to makes some comments and perhaps do a reveiw on a book called "Down and out in Paris and London". Or any of a number of other books about Paris I have read. Then this takes me to what is a real interest I have in French Literature. Probably too many random specific thoughts for the night.

Cole Porter wrote this song. Frank Sinatra made it famous.
I Love Paris
I love paris in the spring time
I love paris in the fall

I love paris in the summer

when it sizzlesI love paris in the winter

when it drizzlesI love paris every moment

Every moment of the year

I love paris,

why oh why do I love paris

Because my love is here