I'm just back from a dinner with very good friends of mine, in the suburbs. On the way back, I drove through the Champs Elysées and saw the French flag was hanging, in between the arches. This generally happens when we celebrate something, like Bastille day (le 14 juillet,) or the end of WWII. In this particular case I don't know why... Maybe one of my readers will give us the solution. Anyway, it's a classic, but it's still beautiful ;-)
Note to the people who are having trouble loading PDP with Internet Explorer: I have removed the Facebook Like button, as I think this is what causes the problem, can you let me know it it's OK now? Merci.
Nice Photo! I remember going to a Bastille celebration in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They have a Bastille celebration every year or use to.
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Like Monica said—yours, all yours!! And a great shot, mon ami. The perspective makes it looks like the arch is just rushing up at me!
ReplyDeleteHelp! I'm a faithful (and real patient) daily follower and still have to wait at least 5 minutes for PDP to load, as I posted yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI do all the maintenance, etc. and have IE. Just seems the "Picnic" started it all.
Thanks, Jean
a great sight to behold.
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the beauty of Paris.
The Picnic post froze my IE for a couple of days but everything seems to be working fine now, well, I am in Firefox now so that might be it.
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Jean: I use Firefox on my laptop and Safari on my iPhone and do not have any trouble with either one loading....it is frustrating, I know. Sorry I could not help!!!
ReplyDeleteThe photo is beautiful, Eric. I do not know what the special occasion is, though.....
Pentecost???...Nahhhh...Pentecost Monday????..Hmmmmm....maybe they are getting ready for Bastille early??..Is it Carla Bruni's birthday?? Whatever...the shot is MAGNIFICENT!! Merci!!!
ReplyDeletemaybe the D-day anniversary
ReplyDeleteI'm with Carine. The flag was there on Monday already. So certainly D-DA
ReplyDeleteay celebration.
Loaded with internet explorer this morning after not loading previous few days .
ReplyDeleteNo answer to the flag question but looks stunning .
It WORKS with IE !!! No more problem for me. This is just like before the FB 'like' Buttom. Just like it has to be !!! ;) Thanks Eric!!
ReplyDeleteWell, for sure, this was on June 6th, the 67th anniversary of the D-day, this year. Thank you deeply dear US soldiers ... That's such a great thought to remember that.
LOVE your photo today Eric (BTW, I don't need any 'Like' buttom, but a LOVE one, definitely! ;))
Were you driving east or driving west, Eric.
ReplyDeleteI thought it might have been D-Day but I think that is June 6, yes?
Can load on any browser now.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a "thumbs down" for the Like Button.
We like all your pics. anyway.
i think i saw this at India. this tower is at Mumbai?
ReplyDeleteOh, Eric, such memories you have stirred:) On my very first trip to Paris way back in February 1993, when I visited the Arc, it began snowing!! I was as giddy as a child.
ReplyDeleteI think the angle of your pic makes it a standout. The flag, the lighting and then the angle -- the piece de resistance:)
My uncle died shortly after D-Day -- June 19, 1944. He's buried in the American Cemetery. A boy of 19. A country boy from Oklahoma. I heard he had a French sweetheart. I like to think so, that he had some sweetness in the midst of all that ugly war and a death way too soon....
Beautiful tribute to your uncle, Trishia. Wanted you to know I'm sharing very much (as a French) your comment. Beautiful photo also.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful story, Trishia, beautiful comment, Flore, beautiful photo, Eric! Merci, all.
ReplyDeleteI didn't have any trouble loading the site on my Mac. It's been fine over here.
Definitely opening faster now.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful photo, Eric. I love it!! Just lovely.
ReplyDeleteVitesse nominale retrouvée (même avec Mozilla c'était devenu un peu longuet).
ReplyDeleteUne superbe photo, les Champs pour toi tout seul, donc pour nous tous seuls aussi!
Une belle manière de nous souvenir de tous ceux qui ont donné leur vie pour nous libérer.
WOOHOO!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy PDP is back!! Merci mille foix, Eric! Now I can check in 10 times a day (but never from work, of course!)
Awesome photo of the AdT. Its going straight onto my slideshow. : )
Thanks again!
beautiful photo but what happened to the facebook Like button? -marie
ReplyDeleteThank you Petrea.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful Paris moment you've captured Eric. I'm sorry I missed this!
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C'était un rendezvous ?
ReplyDeleteMy PDP is 100% better! Not jumping all over the place and I can scroll now. Whatever you did worked, but I still can't get the picnic as I don't have Adobe.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they were just feeling a bit patriotic and in need of a bit of celebration! Great photo.
ReplyDeleteWas that a true biological attack ?!
ReplyDeleteReally nice. Thanks so much for being everywhere, every time, with such a beautiful grain.
ReplyDeleteYES, the flag celebrated the 6th of June, 67 years later.
I know why!!!! You posted this on June 9th...my sister's birthday! She is a Parisian at heart and her dream is to live in Paris one day so how nice that Paris is flying the flag to lure her...giggle!!!! We have made several sister trips to Paris and this was always my favorite view...love when the French flag is flying!!!! When we were there it happened to be when a holiday was so we got to see it both ways and I am not French but when that flag flies you can't help the feelings that come over you!
ReplyDeleteThere were national ceremonies on June 8 to commemorate those who died for France in Indochina. The flag is probably associated with those.
ReplyDeleteits really nice to see it thanks for sharing it
ReplyDeleteits really nice to see it thanks for sharing it
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