The Parc de Monceau is about a ten minute walk from our apartment. It is one of the most picturesque parks in Paris. Beautiful trees, curved walkways, large grass areas that you can actually sit on. The pathways are lined with benches. Its informal layout, curved walkways and randomly placed statues distinguish it from the more traditional French style garden. There's a number of scaled down features including an Egyptian pyramid, a Chinese fort, a Dutch windmill and Roman style columns
It will be good to visit this park often and see the changes of the seasons.
This was our first visit there. It was about 5pm and it was -6 degrees. We entered from a side entrance through huge iron gates decorated with gold.
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| an entrance to Parc Monceau |
There is a huge lake, which
on this particular evening,
was frozen.
These are Roman style columns
that go around part of the lake.
Apparently this colonnade was
from the never completed mausoleum of Henry II at
Saint Denis.
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| Mallard ducks walking on the iced over lake. |
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| Geoffrey at the caroussel in the park. |
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| A frozen waterfall in the park. |
This video is of the partly frozen waterfall in Parc Monceau.
à bientôt
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