Pigeons can also make another use of things

Business as usual, it's lunch time and quite a few sat on the popular steps leading to the Grande Arche, trying their lucks for crumbs, pigeons routinely mess around and get chased by some gestures of dispair !

Well, some of those flyers got smarter than their stablemates

by recycling those disused flagpoles

into resting pads. Off-course, they refrain from demanding a complete pigeonhouse !

While some sample golf and skateboarding nearby

others pay attention to another marquee just a couple of yards away.

Colgate and UFSBD, France's non-profit society for Dental Healf and Protection jointly campagn in favor of a 3rd daily tooth cleaning set for after lunch time,

Office staff members being briefed of what's up inside.

Once inside, a dental cleaning kit consisting of a tooth-brush, a sample tooth paste tube and a sample of PLAX mouth lotion, together with an hard paper disk and a plastic cup come next as give-aways. The models behind the latters are for display.


Before entering this inflated bubble shaped marquee, one normally fills and signs a form of visit, which in turn will call for donating a similar kit to an homeless. Actual hand over to beneficiaries will be undertaken by the french social dedicated department of the EMS.
Then comes time for washing one's teeth.
Upon request, a dentist performs a lookup.

When back to the open air, I sized the opportunity to capture on memory card this


Merry-go-round which is not only a fixture of the plazza, but one of the earliest resident attraction as well. It originally sat close to the 4-temps shopping mall, but was moved across this part of the plazza to its current location a few years ago.

Decathlon Grand Opening Today

Member of Auchan group of companies, Décathlon has picked up a strategic location in the rejuvenated CNIT/Convention & Exhibition National Center to set up a new sport and leisure focused department store. Today, France number 1 retail company in sport goods proceeds to the grand opening of its newest addition.

To better go along with the event, and not deterred by bad weather, Décathlon also pitched its village of marquees and attractions on the central plazza at the foot of the now rejuvenated CNIT and close by the Grande Arche.

The stage is set until next Sunday.

As far official bodies are concerned, local based non profit societies focusing in sport together with dedicated federations have been invited to set up a field office.

While a Sécurité Civile (Lifeguard dept) ambulance referred as Pluton (Pluto) 925 stays on alert for bruises in case of.

Supervised by specialized instructors, attractions are to allow free sampling of quite a few sports including

Poney riding, the large white marquee behind houses Judo and combat sports

Skateboarding

and Golf

Not yet the rush hour as it's not yet lunch time either. Ranging from dedicated instructors to Pluto 925's crew members, everyone is already on the alert.

Day # 4, July 2nd, the show can begin.

Part of the welcome comitee.

Our Giga Fiat 500CC is in one piece,

the stage is set,

time to see the product in real size at close quarters.

Canvas is being lifted

The cars are ready for inspection

And a fellow photographer is already at work

Soon joined by some would-be buyers and on-lookers alike

Behind the driver's wheel

and passenger's. Upholstery looks good.

Day # 3, July 1st, Giga Five Hundred now (then) in one pieces

The stage is set for the show.

Interesting to see how it dwarfed the passers-by.

Day # 2 - June 27th - Not yet in one piece

But not anymore a jigshaw out of the crates

Together with parts of the body

and side doors

Singapore Airlines' show was still going strong, but FIAT promised something big

By launching the convertible version of the very popular New 500 compact model. A team of builders specially drove up from Italy in this Fiat Ducato Van and stayed for a whole week to set up the stage and then pack everything again when the event was over.

Work discreetly, scuzzi, piano-piano, started on June 26th, by laying out the chassis.