L'Abomination

It was to be another big day. From our lunchtime visit to the Botticelli exhibit, we walked to the Champs Elysees to pick up some mail held for us at the rental agency and then to the "wrapped" Arc de Triomphe. After that we strolled back along the great boulevard, gawking at all the flagship stores and other curiosities, and then took the wrong bus back home, discovering another neighborhood and restaurant of interest. 

Yup, must be the Champs Elysees

Every few feet, a stand or kiosk or cart selling souvenirs...12€

for the flimsiest of small book bags...

Voila! In a heavy shimmering bluish white drape, roped in red...

Can't believe we're doing this

Kissing the flag, showing my deep respect for the

great stunt

Us, there

The Eiffel Tower looks on, uneasily

Brisk business

By no means was it the only building wrapped on
Champs Elysees 

Of course practically any building undergoing renovation, or a
new paint job, or termite control, goes under wraps

Line to get into the big LV

Apple staking its claim to fashion greatness...note it is a golden

apple; I doubt any mythological allusions are intended

Still processing this one

Dutch tourist who has just navigated the Etoile (the Arc de Triomphe
is at the center of the Etoile, the "star," the roundabout joining 12
different roads; "Etoile" sure sounds better that "malfunction junction,"
as we would have called it back in Missoula; or maybe "mega
malfunction junction"; this is the only RV we've seen in Paris in a
month; I've driven our campers in Paris in former years, but only in the
double digit arrondisements; he's probably having a double genever
to steady his nerves