Une promenade dans les 8e et 17e arrondissements

Wednesday's walk, a reconnaissance really, was mostly in the 17th and 8th arrondissements, starting at the Arc de Triomphe, twisting and turning and ending after the Parc Monceau.

On Avenue de Wagram, the beautiful old Hotel Ceramic

Thus; belongs in Barcelona

On Avenue des Ternes, the FNAC now occupies a late 19th century department
store

With a beautiful glass ceiling way up there

Never miss an opportunity to visit a patisserie, Vicki says

The Alexander Nevsky Russian Church--open only on
Tuesdays and Fridays

At the Russian restaurant across the street, also closed, you and your friend
can try the caviar and vodka sampler for only 390 euros (you can just round
that off at $500, tax and tip included); such a deal

45 Boulevard de Courcelles, Proust family dwelling during
Marcel's years as a prig/fop/twit; no signage; now an embassy

Nearly across the street, the Pagoda (available for weddings,
funerals, bar mitzvahs...)

Now in Parc Monceau; the reconnaissance part

It is an old park, with many follies, etc.

Thus

Thus

And thus; despite the pix, the place was packed, especially with kids and nannies

And is not without historical interest

Thus, the first parachuting; the first lighter-than-air flight 
took place not far from here, in 1757, with the royals
looking on; I wonder whether the first parachuting was a
related event... 

The park is on the one-time periphery of Paris, and so here is the inevitable
rotunda, for collecting taxes on goods brought into the city