Stargzr ....... I've been paying more attention to your politics than to the UK fiasco.  Thank you for that link ...... most enjoyable.  I hope Trump is made to squirm for all of the next 2 years.

Ha......we ran him outa town !

http://www.cnn.com/2018/11/09/politics/donald-trump-paris-trip/index.html

 LOL  !

Hahahaha.    I expect there will be people who gaze in awe at the orange blob ..... until they burst out laughing.

Hi MD,    Right, my apologies were not that he'll miss the meeting, but that he's headed for that beautiful city at all.  :D

Hi stargzr ......  I don't think he'll be missed ...... except in a good way.   :D

Taken from your link    "Diplomats in Washington said Paris did not push hard for Trump to attend the peace summit, and that both administrations were content for the president to skip the meeting."

Sorry, dear Parisians.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/09/trump-paris-macron-peace-forum

Hi Liese .....  I love Paris.  I've spent so many holidays there but it's impossible to see all of it.  I wish I was there now.

Oh how beautiful!!! It is SO long since I visited Paris. In fact, I think that must be what is wrong with my life now. No travel :-(

Hi Moose ........ typical.   It was the football anthem for the French football team way back in 1998 when they won the world cup.  It was a great day to be in France!!!!

"The uploader has not made this video available in your country."

Yaaaaaaaaaay!!!   Allez les bleus!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF_ggG5dY5U

Happy Bastille Day.

Some nice fall shades appearing here.

Very atmospheric.

Very nice http://youtu.be/HFGBi0BvMqM

Tour de France is over. Roll on next time.

Happy Bastille Day.

I thought you would be watching, M D. 

Rain Shadow ..... I didn't watch today because it was Dusseldorf to Liege. Once they are on French soil I'll be glued. One year the tour came through the next village to our home, a tiny place called St Laurent de la Cabrerisse. It was a great day. My abiding memory is of the smell of suntan cream on the cyclists and the number of people handing over bottles of water. Part of the route is on the roads through the alps. I've driven those roads and I'm amazed that the cyclists can climb so high. Alpe d'Huez is steep and like a corkscrew. My biggest disappointment was finding out about Lance Armstrong but these things happen.