Our Travels: October 2nd, 2011

Sunday we decided to walk to Jardin des Plantes, despite the heat. However our walk to the park was nice with the shade that the Parisian buildings offered us.

Once we arrived in the park Nicholas wanted to play on the playground equipment. Soon he was too hot to play anymore and we began to explore the grounds. The park is very large and if we wanted to see it all we would have needed a whole day. We noted some activates that we would like to come back for, like the zoo and botanical gardens.

We spent some time walking in the outdoor gardens before we came to the main boulevard-type walkway. The view was amazing, just like you’d expect to see on a postcard. The leaves are starting to change here and the golden hue of the trees just added to the view. We found a bench to sit and relax on, and most importantly to enjoy the popsicles we bought to cool down. After our break we walked towards the North of the park and found Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, a museum filled with bones of all sorts of creatures. We thought Nicholas would love to see all the dinosaur bones but in reality he wasn’t that excited. We wandered around the museum until the heat (no air-conditioning and lots of windows made it really hot) drove us out and then we walked back to our apartment for the rest of the night.