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French street theater group Cie Malabar perform on the streets of Leicester starting outside BBC Radio Leicester in Jubilee Square and making their way through the city streets to Curve and Orton square as part of Light The Night an annual cultural event that runs alongside the switching on of the city`s Christmas lights. A host of tall fantastical white and silver beings bounced and spun their way through the streets of Leicester from the city's newly opened Jubilee Square down high street and on to the cultural quarter and Orton Square where outside Curve and the Athena they performed various acrobatic feats, The performance concluded with a pyrotechnic display and a round of applause from the assembled crowd. images follow

Whilst visiting Northern France to film the Paris - Roubaix bike race I had a chance for a brief stop in Lille. The largest city in French Flanders Lille old town is known for its characterful 17th century buildings with various wrought iron signs and traditional narrow streets opening into larger open squares making the area well worth a visit. Look out for the upside down house and the Vieille Bourse (Old stock exchange), built from 1652 to 1653 This building is made up of 24 little houses around an arched courtyard. A second-hand book market as well as chess players can be seen inside.

The Eiffel Tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, who designed and built the tower. The tower was Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair and has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. My video filmed in the early morning shows the tower from various angles and demonstrates how the tower dominates the Parisian skyline so spectacularly, It also almost seems to glow against the blue sky in the morning sun.

The roundabout at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris is notoriously difficult (for those not used to it) to navigate. The roundabout has no lanes and as such gives the impression of Chaos !. My film (filmed from the passenger seat whilst my Dad did the driving) gives a front seat view of the madness as we enter and exit the roundabout .