14 July Bastille Day

14th July was Bastille Day, National Day of France. It falls on Monday, thus a long weekend for us and since we made it back from our unplanned trip, we were woken up early by Mal who heard about the Patrouille de France fly pass at the parade. He never miss any opportunity to see planes!

We board the metro to the nearest train station. Roads were closed. Locals and tourists marched and roamed. the streets along Champs Elysees. For once, pedestrians ruled the roads, a rare opportunity in Paris. I usually had to give way to tyrannic drivers when it was clearly green man! It reminded me of Singapore Swing, those annual road parties we used to have along Orchard road. We saw more planes during the fly pass and more static display of army tanks and choppers in front of Les Invalides.My boy who had been chasing airshows for 2 consecutive days, sacrificing sleeps, showed no sign of fatigue and was clearly running on adrenaline. He squealed with delight and excitement seeing the choppers landing right in front of him. Dragged me along, eager to introduce each and every choppers we passed. Even on our way home, he continued to rambled on about the planes we saw. His passion for these flying machines sometimes really amazed me.
can you spot the landing chopper?