See how Paris’ Champs-Elysees turned into a mass picnic blanket

PARIS (AP) — The French capital’s most well-known avenue, the Champs-Élysées, reworked into a large picnic blanket Sunday as round 4,000 folks sat within the solar having fun with an al fresco meal.

The fortunate picnickers have been chosen by way of a draw and supplied with free baskets loaded with delicacies from some prime Paris cooks, together with puff pastries and inventive sandwiches.

The meals was ready in eight momentary kitchens arrange alongside the avenue and offered by eating places alongside the avenue, which embrace the famed Fouquet’s — in addition to McDonald’s.

An enormous tablecloth working 216 meters (236 yards) from the Arc de Triomphe to the intersection of Avenue George V served because the sitting space for the occasion, which got here precisely two months earlier than Paris hosts the opening ceremony of the Summer time Olympics.

The tablecloth had a complete floor space of 4,212 sq. meters (45,338 sq. ft) and was made in France from 100% recycled fibers, in keeping with organizers.

Mayor Anne Hidalgo additionally visited the picnickers. The Champs-Élysées Committee has staged different open-air occasions previously, together with a mass film displaying and the world’s largest dictation occasion.