Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Zoom-zoom - Jardin du Luxembourg


Unless you have seen Jardin du Luxembourg on a weekend afternoon you cannot imagine the number of activities, families, children, singles...

Yes, you can even have a pony ride, a real one.
You can ride a carrousel with brass rings.
You can play a game of Pétanque.
You can sail a boat.
You can read a book while seated in a green chair with your feet propped on a fountain.
You can frolic on a playground that would never be allowed in our litigious country.

You can even get pulled around in a little green roadster... zoom-zoom!


Jardin du Luxembourg
75006 Paris
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24 comments:

  1. French Girl in SeattleFebruary 29, 2012 at 12:38 AM

    Now that is great shot, Genie. I would know this was taken in France even if I had never heard of your Paris "fixette." ;-) Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)

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  2. Sylvia KFebruary 29, 2012 at 1:08 AM

    Oh, yes! Such a great shot it is! And, yes, it is SO FRENCH! I love it and wish I could stroll through the park tomorrow! Hope your week is going well, mon amie!

    Hugs
    Sylvia

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  3. Pierre BOYERFebruary 29, 2012 at 1:22 AM

    J'aurais bien aimé avoir une belle voiture comme celle-ci !
    ;-)
    Belle journée,

    Pierre

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  4. Rob-bearFebruary 29, 2012 at 1:25 AM

    Ah; Le jardin du Luxembourg encore. Une photo délicieuse d'un père avec son fils (je pense). Ou peut-être un grand-père?

    Merci. Une photo très joli, Génie.

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  5. VreniFebruary 29, 2012 at 2:26 AM

    The Jardin du Luxembourg is one of my favourite places in Paris! This green car is great, I would have loved to be pulled around a park this way.

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  6. MalyssFebruary 29, 2012 at 3:19 AM

    This green car will make dream a lot of us!

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  7. JoeFebruary 29, 2012 at 3:54 AM

    What a great place to wander, especially with all those trees.

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  8. Cezar and LéiaFebruary 29, 2012 at 5:22 AM

    This is an enchanting garden! :)
    So cute scene there, great capture!
    Léia

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  9. PatFebruary 29, 2012 at 6:24 AM

    So cute...and so French.

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  10. s.cFebruary 29, 2012 at 6:25 AM

    Great shot and the guy is wearing a real french baret. So no mistake there this must be in paris.

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  11. winterludesFebruary 29, 2012 at 6:39 AM

    nice shot! le luxembourg, jardin de mon enfance... les bateaux dans le bassin, les vieux de 18 ans qui s'embrassent près de la fontaine médicis, les manteaux bleu-marine, les trottinettes...

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  12. MFebruary 29, 2012 at 8:42 AM

    Adorable! And, oh, so French!

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  13. Louis la VacheFebruary 29, 2012 at 10:08 AM

    Indeed! It is a place for children of ALL ages! Delightful!

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  14. brattcatFebruary 29, 2012 at 11:11 AM

    zoom-zoom, indeed. what a tender papa, so careful as he takes his child on a ride through the garden

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  15. VirginiaFebruary 29, 2012 at 12:03 PM

    I loved this little guy, letting papa do all the work!
    V

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  16. StarmanFebruary 29, 2012 at 2:49 PM

    The weekends at any park in France (or Europe for that matter) are pretty much the same.

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  17. AlexaFebruary 29, 2012 at 3:33 PM

    That's some snappy roadster! You could have called this "Must Be French Guys." :~}

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  18. biebkriebelsFebruary 29, 2012 at 4:04 PM

    Everybody should wish to sit in that car and be pulled by a handsom frenchman. Ah, to be a child again....

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  19. AnonymousFebruary 29, 2012 at 7:35 PM

    Sweet image Genie. It must be cold there...they are both bundled up!

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  20. JackFebruary 29, 2012 at 10:11 PM

    It's the good life, Genie.

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  21. AnnFebruary 29, 2012 at 11:44 PM

    Sounds like my kind of place...

    Nice image.

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  22. Genie -- Paris and BeyondMarch 1, 2012 at 12:18 AM

    Alexa, I think that I should start a new label. Why should there only be "must be a French girl" and not "must be a French guy" too? Merci beaucoup!

    This little car looks like the ones I have seen in the little toy store near Place Maubert. Wish that I could get home with one of these in red (of course)! I do not think that it would count as "carry on" luggage, hummmm......

    Bises,
    Genie

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  23. JulieMarch 1, 2012 at 5:39 AM

    Quite possibly my favourite place in Paris.

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  24. AnonymousMarch 2, 2012 at 9:36 PM

    I have said the same thing about that amazing playground so many times :)

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Merci for your comments!