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In a delightful change of contrast, the weather forecast was for sun, so we decided another outdoor park was in order. Make hay while the sun is shining, as they say… which is appropriate, because the park, Parc de la Villette, is the former site of a giant cattle sales barn/slaughter house among other things. Additionally, it is next to an equally amazing children’s science museum, Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie. Winning!
M&G, Mike, AJ and I drove from the south side of Paris where M&G live to the north side where the park is. After getting tickets for 1½ hours later, we picnicked on a hill overlooking a fountain and cool sculptures, and then explored some of the park. Let me tell you, it’s a BIG park (the largest park in Paris), it was designed by the architect Bernard Tschumi and it has sculptures and statues and things to climb and run on all over it. To say that it’s awesome is an understatement.
The science museum was also super cool. You pick a section of activities based on your child’s age and you have 1½ hours to explore them. Close to your time you sit in a holding pen and when the sound goes off, you run in and start playing. We enjoyed the water sections, the gardening sections, the animal, machine and human body sections. Heck, we enjoyed all the sections (which surprises exactly no one given that we’re a pretty big science nerd family).
Upon completion of our time — ended by the same sound going off — we met up with Michele, Gilbert who had been joined by Yves and his boys, and we all went off to find Gilles, his partner Adèle and Nino in the park. The kids had a great time blowing and chasing bubbles and walking around the massive, massive park. No cow dung in sight!
Daily highlight gallery: https://photos.smugmug.com/Family/2014/Europe-AprilMay/Highlights-May-4
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