Luxenbourg gardens and more Marais

On Satuday afternoon, we set out for Jardin (gardens) du Luxenbourg (in Arr #6). We'd read good things, but would have probably skipped it if it wasn't for E -- we really wanted to take him to their marionette puppet show. As luck would have it, E fell asleep just as we got there, but we had a great time nevertheless. It's an amazing park. It's design is ingeneous. It's sort of broken up into several areas... one area for kids, several for quiet reading, a big area for socializing and people watching, etc., all interconnected with paths, some of which head off to cool statues or a pond or flower garden. It's a great public space. I haven't seen anything like it in the States. If you have kids, you have to go. There are pedal-car races, pony rides, rope swings, stand-up swings, model sail boats for rent, ... makes you want to be a kid again. We'll try taking E again next week and bring ourselves a book.

On the way to the park, we stopped for lunch at Les Editeurs (4 carrefour de l'Odéon, Arr #6). We sat out on the sidewalk, had a great meal (a "like" on the tastingmenu scale), and people watched. This was yet another example of the French knowing how to live the good life. Also, I have to admit that this was the first place I saw someone paying with the Amex Centurian card (aka "amex black"). It's hideously expensive and definitely a status symbol (it went really nicely with his Prada shirt), but I'm told that the perks are nice. ;-)

Afterwards, we walked over to the excellent market at the Bon Marche (22 Rue de Sèvres, Arr #6) and got a bunch of little bites to nibble on for dinner. We tried lots of things we hadn't had before, including chicken encased in gelatin -- a form we see everywhere -- it was not good.

We spent Sunday on chores at the apartment and exploring our neighborhood. It's funny having chores on vacation, but with laundry, groceries, cooking meals (and making baby food) and diapers to buy, they are just part of the plan.

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