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You may think this is an old photo that I took last winter, but no, I took it very recently, while I was having dinner at a friend's house in the close suburbs of Paris. It was sooooooo cold, that my friends decided to start a fire!

"Hurry honey, we don't want to be late, do we?"

Look how vivid the colors are, it's amazing. I don't even know what's behind this wall located in the 18th arrondissement, the only thing I know is that every time I passed by it, the scenery changes!

Today I had to go to the left bank and I passed by the Louvre and almost drowned the engine of my scooter there! Here is why!

Paris has a lot of beautiful doors and I can't help noticing them! This one belongs to theHôtel de Ville (the Paris town hall) and I was lucky enough to photograph it while there was a cool reflection on it.

Last evening I had a meeting at a pretty cool café, near Les Halles. It's calledLe bon pêcheur, the decors is really very Parisian and so are the waiters (all dressed up in traditional outfits, including a cap (you can see one on the left by the cash register).

I passed by this "Brownfield land" yesterday (friche industrielle in French) - that is an abandoned industrial facilities waiting to be reused - in Montreuil, a close suburb of Paris. You can easily imagine how it could be turned into lofts or a covered market or garden.

I love it when they hang the huge French flag between the "legs" of the Arch of Triumph on top of the Champs Elysées. They only do it on special occasions, like, at the moment, the celebration of V-E day.

I went to the Champs Elysées yesterday where they had several marches to commemorate the end of WWII. I managed to get close to these guys and take this shot.

If you were in Paris this week you'd find it pretty empty... Why? Because a lot of Parisians made "Le pont" (the bridge), that is took advantage of a holiday to go on vacation for the whole week.

Believe it or not there are Hummers in Paris! And not just "small" ones we also have limos! Hence this one that I photographed at rue La Boétie...

I left Paris yesterday afternoon but I won't leave you without a daily shot of your favorite city of course ;-) To celebrate here is a typical view: sunset on the Alexandre III bridge.