And some news about, er, Kylie.


Photo (c) Oliver Regelmann

It’s the most beautiful, stylish avenue in the world. The view down it is amazing (despite the traffic), especially at Xmas when they switch the illuminations on. This year, however, there’s something new happening on the Champs Elysées.

Usually, the illuminations are made up of thousands of small light bulbs. However, Paris is very careful when it comes to environmental issues, and all those lights use up a heck of a lot of electricity. So, this year they are being replaced by low energy bulbs; over 2.4 kilometres from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde, 415 trees will be decked out with over a million little lights and ‘flashes’. That’s eight times more than usual ! And they’ll also be switched on for longer too, from 26th November to 20th January, in order to cover not only the holiday season but also the January sales (see our previous report about that here).

In fact, this year over 100 streets and squares will be illuminated, more than twice last year’s count. Paris mayor Betrand Delanoë will be switching everything on at 6pm on 26th November. We should have some photos for you next week…

Hey, wait a minute! What on earth does that have to do with Kylie? Well, she’ll be at the Virgin Megastore Champs Elysées at midnight on Sunday 25th as they re-open especially to start selling her new album. The Champs Elysées eh? Such class…