26. Avenue des Champs-Elysees. Part 1

Our task today was to buy fruit and vegetables.  I decided we would forgo the same-old, reliable, high quality, fresh fruit and veg market at St. Honore that had served us well for the past three weeks.  I decided we should broaden our horizons and try an "up-market" market, something "recommended" by those who profess to know about the famous Paris marches.   

So I chose Marche Poncelet, somewhere in the area of the Champs Elysee/Arc de Triompe and therefore quite a way from where we live and quite a way to lug the loot home.  But, intrepid tourists that we are - why not?  So we caught the bus to the end of the Tuileries, alighting at the Place de la Concorde - the one with the Egyptian obelisk. Place de la Concorde is the beginning of the Avenue des Champs-Elysees and we decided to walk the boulevard from the Place de la Concorde at one end to the Arc de Triomphe at the other.
Avenue des Champs-Elysees

From the Place de la Concorde........

 ..... past the Grande Palais on one corner........

... past numerous parks along the way ...........

....... through very large intersections …..  the cyclists have no fear, they go wherever cars go...….

....... past the cleaning of the fountains and replanting of the garden beds ...........

...... up and up the wide pedestrian paths ........

..... till we are almost at  the top of the hill.  As a point of reference, I think this is where the Tour de France does a 360 degree turn (make that a 180 degree turn) and goes back down the Champs-Elysees.

And finally we are there...... the Arc de Triomphe.

We saw two interesting things along the way.

The first was a pair of Australian made ugg boots for 205 euros.  That is $293.00 AUD for the short pair.  Things are expensive in this part of town.

The second was the Peugeot dealership, complete with these blue things.

I am reliably advised that the first object is a La Monza racing car.  No further detail forthcoming.   And the second is a Peugoet 404 that looks nothing like the 404's we have in Australia.

Part 2 - coming up.