Bike ride to the Champs Elysées
Nice weather might finally be back. So it was fun to jump on my bike this morning to get to an early morning meeting on the Champs Elysées. From our place, the way to go is to get on rue du Mail (a small street lined with housing fabric stores) to reach rue des Petits Champs. A few minutes after riding in front of the former Bibliothèque nationale, I am crossing avenue de l'Opéra. A quick look to the right to check out the opera building and a few minutes later I am taking a left on rue de la Paix (a pricey one on the French monopoly board) and coming out on Place Vendôme. No time to check out the jewellery stores.
The next step is to turn right on rue de Rivoli which borders the Tuileries Gardens, then to take my chances on Place de la Concorde (a funny name given that it is the place where the French used to guillotine away during the Revolution) and now a crazy busy traffic mess. To avoid getting on the busy Champs Elysées quite yet, I take a few parallel streets (avenue Gabriel and rue de Ponthieu) before getting on avenue Franklin Roosevelt to finally get on Champs Elysées. 15 minutes later after leaving my place, I am at my meeting, full of energy after this nice ride through
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