I'm probably the last person on the planet to finally get round to playing with Google Earth. At least I wasn't disappointed, although I couldn't make out my flowerboxes, so it's not that great! :-)

I brought up l'Arc de Triomphe to see if was a really messy traffic jam, but it seemed pretty clear. I actually cycled around Bastille roundabout today (almost 300 degrees of it, for some reason I decided not to use the pavement and go the wrong way). Big mistake, cobbled surface, bizarre give way road markings, cars and scooters all over the place. Never again.

Anyway, I wanted to post this image of Etoile (where the l'Arc de Triomphe is). I never knew that it actually had those red arrows on it, even though I've been up the arc plenty of times (one of the best view points of Paris I reckon). Etoile is french for star by the way...