Thursday, September 11, 2025

9 September 2025 Paris: Bois de Boulogne Park

 



This sprawling 2000 acre park was created by Napoleon III in the 1852.  It is over two and a half times the size of Central Park.  We had our picnic by the lake and we watched a huge number of runners, bike riders and walkers pass by on the trails.  While we were snacking we saw a pontoon boat crossing the lake.  Intrigued we inspected it closer and then took the boat across the lake.  We got a table, had hot tea and a tasty dessert at Le Chalet des Isles.  Then we walked over to the Lis Vuitton Foundation's building.  This behemoth of a building is quite modern and of course it was closed.  No matter, it was pricy to visit so we saved a mint.


This paths was wide and underutilized


Happy dog


In the woods was a man cooking over an open fire


My sweetie with another group of runners in the background


A beautiful lake and out picnic bench on the right hand side


Herons


Cormorants


Swans


A lunch of roe and salmon on rye crackers


A free boat ride


On the water


Very peaceful


Le Chalet


No rowing today


Our companion at the next table over


Deviled eggs and mint tea


A chocolate tart to share


We strolled a bit on the island


Coming in for our return trip


A little carnival set up in the park


The Eiffel tower off in the distance


A man and his bird


More row boats


Dog lady


Another nice path


Remember they can't cancel the spring


This is the headquarters of the Louis Vuitton Foundation


A huge modern building


Getting sailing ship vibes


Hey there! 


Looking at the cars gives an idea of the scale of the building


At the edge of the park


Let the fancy buildings begin


Addams Family "Thing" the knocker


Passing the Louvre


Not my logo bit it could be if my middle name was Person


Frida Kahlo, Van Gogh, Warhol, Picasso and Magritte meet at a pool


An early Fashion week photo shoot


Many of the nicer passages are locked up


Serious pests need serious attention



It has been 3 years and 96 days since we began our Migration