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The reason for my business trips to Paris is for my job as the Media Delegate for the FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series and my client, Le Mans Endurance Management, manages all aspects of these two sportscar championships.  The company recently moved offices in Paris and on this first trip of 2015 I had the opportunity to see the new working environment that my colleagues have to endure.  The offices are on the 5th and 6th floor of a building in Rue Gallee near to the Arc de Triomphe.  The views from the top floor are breathtaking with a fantastic view of the Eiffel Tower to the south west and Montmartre and the Sacre Cour to the east. Both these images were taken in late afternoon as the sun was setting, providing a beautiful soft glow over the 'city of light'.  My next trip will be at the beginning of March and I am looking forward to seeing this view again at the start of Spring . ---------------------------------------...

On Wednesday I travelled to Paris for meetings ahead of the resumption of the FIA World Endurance Championship next month.  I normally stay near to the office just off Avenue Kleber, situated between the Arc de Triomphe and the Trocadero but for this trip I found a very good deal on a hotel near to Montmartre and, with one eye on the 2014 expenses budget and saving a bit of money, I decided to book in for the night.  I had visited the area in July 2012  but I hadn't taken any images of the Sacre Cour at night and so the opportunity was very welcome.  Luckily the weather was also favourable and the rain that was a feature of my last visit to Paris was not evident when I headed to the hotel on the Metro to check in after I had finished for the day at the office. The room I was given was on the 8th floor and when I went to the window I looked out over Montmartre and the Sacre Cour (see image above).  I had travelled to Paris with just the Fujif...