On this day I randomly picked a region and we investigated it. We actually got a bit lucky as this region was one of the best parks in Paris (if not the best). It had museums, a philharmonic concert hall, forested and grassy areas, tons of local Parisians, and even a cooking challenge that we probably won!
This is the Science and Industry museum. We didn’t stop in, but got several pictures of the surroundings.
This metal sphere can be seen from much of the park.
Quite possibly the best slide I’ve ever seen!
Wow! What a thrill for a 3 year old LOL!
This a canal bisects the park into two halves.
The park is filled with sculptures here and there.
A metal reinforced awning that stretches for over a quarter mile providing shade to the pedestrians and bikers (of which there were many).
Buildings are scattered throughout the park, most with the same red color, and interesting industrial designs.
The French love their carousels 🙂
This is a play area for children. Looks like a good time! The wind turbines have seats and pedals at the base so kids can turn the blades. The entire area is threaded with tunnels and other fun features.
This is a large open air space where people can congregate.
This guy was great. He’s a breakdancer, but in his maybe late 50s. No head spinning or wild stuff here! Just core breakdancing techniques blaring the 80s breakdancing classics on his portable boombox.
Towards the end of the park is a grand fountain.
K having a great day of it.
You’ll never believe this! We got roped into a cooking competition sponsored by Ikea! Go figure 🙂
Where’s the Paprika??? What a fiasco!
The group we were assigned to along with people to document the event.
The judge tests the final product… Yeah we won! No metals handed out though.
The final product. And we got to eat it afterward.
The orange circle on the left is the DJ booth, and they had a seating area and several competition tents.
Cool colors hey?
“No such thing as a free meal”? Well not that day! We enjoyed our free meal while chatting with some very nice Parisians we met there who knew English well. I’d say maybe 25% of the people we’ve met in Paris know at least some English.
There’s a museum just up the way so we checked out the architecture.
Paris Philharmonic
The pattern is a strange choice if you ask me. But there were plenty of architectural points that made it an interesting photo assignment.
A tessellation pattern shaped somewhat like birds I guess.
Creative.
Back to our stroll through the park.
This a musical arena. Workers were inside playing music. You could hear it even 200ft from the building with all the doors closed!
The main grass area. Many people were out on this day.
Creative growing techniques.
The reflection from the clouds is pretty fantastic!
This isn’t the Seine River, but is a large enough canal to support river boats.
Losing our light.
Imagine how hard that is to keep clean!
K getting ready to dig into some snails LOL! She’s good at the funny expressions.
Some of the shops hire artists to decorate their shutters.
