The Idiot concluded the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris today by completing the 50-kilometer hike around the perimeter of the city on the GR75 (GR stands for grand randonnée, or long-distance hike, and 75 is the designated number of the Paris region).
The final section of the walk, which was created as part of the French bid for the Olympics, went from Cité Universitaire in the southern part of the city to the Parc de la Villette, where the pleasant urban hike begins and ends.
Here’s a sampling of what The idiot saw during a walk that included destinations named for Ella Fitzgerald, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King.
The map of the 50-kilometer GR75 walk that encircles Paris.
The guide to the GR75 described the expansive international campus at Cité Universitaire as a “beautiful utopia.”
Not everyone in Paris was a fan of the “inclusive” Olympics. This critic considered it “For the millionaires.”
An elevated section of the GR75 in southwestern Paris, known as the “Petite Ceinture,” runs parallel to an old train track.
The Idiot took a break while walking on the elevated “Petit Ceinture” in the southwestern part of Paris.
This Citroen 2CV was one of the many attractions in the vast André-Citröen park on the GR75.
The Idiot was at the 12th kilometer of today’s women’s marathon race on the GR75 before any of the other competitors.
The GR75 passes the Parc des Princes where numerous football/soccer matches were played during the 2024 Olympics.
The GR75 meanders through the aesthetic Auteuil hippodrome.
A large section of the GR75 is in the verdant Bois de Boulogne.
A unique view of the Eiffel Tower from the GR75 in the Bois de Boulogne.
A diverse array of architecture surrounds the Parc Clichy-Batignolles-Martin-Luther-King on the GR75 in northwestern Paris.
A barge on a canal on the GR75.
The GR75 ends where it began. At the geode in the Parc de Villette.
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