"It's funny to see [...] so many people united to watch sport, I find it quite incredible," says Victoire Allard, a Parisian student. While many had 'fled' Paris, convinced that the Olympic Games would transform the capital into an uninhabitable city, a number of Parisians who were sceptical from the outset have finally changed their minds and are enjoying the Olympic atmosphere in the City of Light. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES