I'm just back from dinner in Paris and on the way back I passed by Avenue Montaigne, a famous avenue located off the Champs Elysées. It's one of the most luxurious streets in Paris and for Christmas they decorated the place in a stunning way. It was hard to capture the beauty of the scenery in a global photo so I chose to show you a close up - the "flower" in the foreground actually belongs to one of the fake trees they installed at the crossing of avenue Montaigne and rue François the 1st.
The flower looks so beautiful and fragile.
ReplyDeleteParis is worth a visit at Christmas. I did.
I haven't been out to see the lights, and even thouth it's -9 C tonight, I'm going out to eat...Italian. No offence, mes amis, it's the full moon night at Pazzaluna. Can't resist.
ReplyDeleteCiao.
I know I'll just miss the Christmas Lights of Paris as I don't arrive til mid January so I'm very grateful that you are posting them for me (yes, yes, it's all about me Murielle!) here! Merci Eric x
ReplyDeleteI wish that there would be a lot more christmas photos in paris to look at. would love to see that. And thank you for your great work. It is very inspiring. thank you.
ReplyDeleteNice shot!
ReplyDeleteSo they are not doing the "falling snow" theme with the trees, this year?
Tomate Farcie
It looks beautiful. I'd love to visit at Christmas time.
ReplyDeleteSo elegant and beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI have never been in Paris during Christmas, but it's one of my goals to do that.
So pretty, Eric. 'Fragile' is a great way to describe them. I keep imagining I'd prefer to visit Paris in spring but these night lights twinkling are making me think I could brave the cold for a Christmas in Paris. {Not this Christmas, unfortunately!}
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful, Eric. The color of the golden flowers is so rich it makes me want to drink it!
ReplyDeleteShell, in fact it hasn't gotten that cold here yet. Still time to hop on a plane!
ReplyDeleteThis avenue at Christmas is one of the loveliest I've seen. No crowds of the Champs Elysées and just simply elegant.
Hi again everyone. Just thought I'd share this coupon code I got yesterday for $10 off Zazzle products for this weekend. Makes that PDP calendar a lot less expensive!
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Maybe I wrote too fast. It's a one time use code, so the first person to grab it gets the discount. I won't need it, so still happy to share it.
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Well I have already received my wonderful 2012 PDP Calendar in the post! :-) so I will let someone else take that coupon Michael :-) xx
ReplyDeleteHey Roniece, a cool exhibit going on at the Musee Branley:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.quaibranly.fr/en/programmation/exhibitions/currently/maori.html
Gorgeous! I love Christmas lights... I wonder why I don't put any up outside at my house? LOL
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing the falling snow on the Champs Elysee trees. It was the first time I had seen that kind of light display and was mesmerized.
ReplyDeleteI would love to see this picture in person, too, but I have been eating Italian food too, Jeff.
Thanks for sharing nice thought........
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful image for the season...
ReplyDeleteOh, so tempting, Michael!!
ReplyDeleteDear photographer,
ReplyDeletethank you very much to have taken this beautiful picture of our decor.
Indeed, I'm Matthieu Colin, the personal assistant of Mr Julien Septanil, the exclusive designer of this decor and many others in Paris and all over the world.
Please visit our website:
www.julien-septanil.com
Thank you again for your nice text, Mr Septanil appreciates it...
Regards,
Matthieu Colin
matthieu.colin@julien-septanil.com