In front of the invisible pyramid with Molly and Saul

Saul and Molly in front of the Pyramid of the Louvre

9:00 AM – With Molly and Saul from California, we crossed by running Paris from west to east to make an attractive tour of more than 16 km (10 miles). We made a small stop in front of the Louvre and, what a surprise, the Louvre Pyramid seems to have disappeared by leaving a grey halo!

Is it a photomontage? No, not at all, the pyramid was made invisible by the artist JR by a astonishing anamorphosis.
(if you want to know more about JR’s works, go to this nice arts website at this page: https://www.artsy.net/artist/jr)

A look aside makes us understand a little better the trompe-l’œil effect:

We began our race near the “Palais de la Découverte” to join quickly the river Seine at the level of the “Pont de l’Alma” (bridge of Alma). A important number of photographers had assembled near the Zouave, who has become again an attraction because of the important flood of the Seine, this June 2016:

“Pont de l’Alma”

“Zouave – Pont de l’Alma” – Lizard of the “Pont Alexandre III” – Passage towards the banks (footbridge Senghor)

By the way, let us take back the photography of the Bridge of the Alma and the Eiffel Tower, don’t you notice anything new in this Parisian landscape? The new Russian Orthodox Church in Paris:Find the zouave and the usual level of the Seine here.
This flood is impressive and offers surprising views:

Russian orthodox spiritual and cultural center

From the “Pont de l’Alma”, we climb the avenue of President Wilson to join the hill of Chaillot and the beautiful views of the Eiffel Tower since the Trocadéro:

Molly and Saul – Eiffel tower from the Trocadéro Notice the ball above the first floor of the Eiffel Tower, it is the ball of the Euro of Football/Soccer 2016 (during the Roland Garros tennis tournament, we get a tennis ball)

Later, we cross again the Seine by the bridge Alexandre III:

Molly and Saul – “Pont Alexandre III” See the completely flooded bank (usually, we can run there)

We alternate then the beautiful routes, right bank and left bank with the pleasure of running in the Latin Quarter in the street Rollin, lined with buildings of the XVIth and XVIIth centuries where lived, in particular, the philosophers Pascal and Descartes: