I will get back to my trip to the southwest of France, but first I wanted to show you some
Paris events during last weekend. There were a number of ecological
interventions – Paris is preparing the 2015 United Nations Climate Change
Conference, “COP21”, and there will be more events.
Sunday was “a
day without cars” in Paris, however only in limited parts in the centre of the
city. I show you some pictures from the Champs Elysées and the surrounding
streets, Place de la Concorde, Rue de Rivoli, Place Vendôme, Opera Garnier, Boulevard
Haussmann, Gare Saint Lazare…
Walking down
the Champs Elysées, I got mixed up in a crowd of journalists interviewing the
Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, surrounded by some colleagues from other European
cities. I managed to be almost in the frontline.
Another more
modest event took place Saturday in “my” little park, Square des Batignolles.
The city employees who take care of our “city trees” explained their work…
… and
invited the kids to climb a tree and to slide down a zip line.