I have shown these famous steps leading up to the Palais des Festivals in a previous entry, but that was during the film festival. What I wish to convey today is that these same steps have been decorated as appropriate for the season, and that a red carpet has been laid out, even though there is no event scheduled at the moment. Thus, tourists are dying to have their picture taken on the VIP steps. I observed a group of Asian visitors take individual photos of each other, exchanging cameras at every turn. Italians mostly want pictures of their children on the steps, the Germans pose as groups, Americans as couples, and so on. I tried to take a photo without people and failed. Empty steps with no one but these two partially hidden kids was the best I could do.