Oh dear lord, I missed one. I can't believe that I missed one.

In my defence, the Avenue des Champs-Élysées (on the left) is, how shall we put it... "attention grabbing". It is almost certainly the most famous street in Paris, and one of the most famous in the world, so it really shouldn't be a surprise that it captured my attention to the detriment of its neighbour on the right, the Avenue Marceau.

The Avenue Marceau is the closest we have to a street that runs directly to the Seine, but not so directly that I would hev been able to get a shot of the river had I shot down it. There's a verrry slight kink to the south about half way down, and from this distance the river would be obscured by the buildings anyway.

The avenue was opened in 1854, it's 40 metres wide and 910 metres long, and it was originally named the Avenue Joséphine (after you know who) but renamed Avenue Marceau in 1879. Its namesake is General François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers (1769-1796), who died in action during the French revolutionary wars.

The most interesting thing about the avenue is that it forms the border between the 8th and 16th arrondissements.

That's all you get to see of it, the bit over on the right; just the entrance to it.

That bit right there.

You're all looking at the Champs-Élysées, aren't you?

Sigh.

What I regard as my best shot of the Champs-Élysées was taken a few after this set, so let's look elsewhere first.