Paris Plages week : sunday bridge

One last picture to end the Paris Plages week and to also celebrate Sunday Bridge theme day.
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Paris Plages week : dancing

Yesterdya evening I went to have an "apéritif" (drink before diner) on Paris Plages and look what I saw : people dancing ! I posted a video of this nice moment if you want to enjoy more of the atmosphere : Dancing on Paris Plages

Paris Plages week : need some fresh spray ?

Giant water spray ... a real great thing when hot !

Paris Plages week : at the pool

Yes , they even built a pool on the bank !

Paris Plages week : resting

While kids are spending their energy, what about a nice calm rest on the river bank ? I can even see tourists with the suitcase, maybe spending some last hours in Paris before leaving the city.

Paris Plages week : kids on the bumps

Paris Plages offers lots of free attractions like this up and down hills for young bikers. They really have great fun and it's especially great for kids who can't afford to go on vacation and don't even own a bike.

Paris Plages week : entering

To start what will be a Paris Plages week, here is one of the entrance to the river banks. Usually it's a quite non stop traffic jam on this expressway entrance but for one month Parisians and visitors can slowly go down and enjoy. I could have used the plant pots for yesterday's bright colours theme day !

Still hot

Hot summer days are still here in Paris and enjoying the chairs on the Seine banks is so great.

What you see behind the people on the chairs is the Paris Plages swiming pool which I posted a picture of earlier this month.

Paris Plages 4 : Swiming

Last saturday I posted a picture of the floating swiling pool on the Seine, here is another pool along the river but this one is temporary for the Paris Plages event.

Paris Plages 3 : Pétanque

Playing Pétanques on the Seine bank, that's also what Paris Plages is about !

If you want to see more pictures on Pétanques go on Virginia's Paris through my lens blog. She's got great shots.

Paris Plages 2

A little rest by the Seine ...

Paris Plages

For the 8th year, the express road along the Seine River is closed to cars during 1 month (july 20th untill august 20th) and transformed into a great pedestrian way. This is called "Paris Plages" (plages meaning beaches), and as you can see on the picture I took yesterday afternoon, it is quite popular. Not all the express way is like this with sand. You can also find "Cafés", places to play Pétanque, a swiming pool, etc... All of this beeing temporay. I will show more pictures of Paris Plages these next days.

If you want to know more and see some little movies you can go on the Paris website (in English this time !).